Chennai Super Kings played an exceptional game in the 33rd match of IPL 2026 held on Thursday and won the game by a margin of 103 runs against Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians were defending 208 runs made by Chennai Super Kings in the Wankhede stadium, Mumbai. The entire team of Mumbai Indians got bowled out for 104 runs. It is the fifth time that Mumbai Indians have lost in the current IPL season.

After the match, Pandya said that losing early wickets in the powerplay is always difficult. You always fall behind in the match, and then we couldn't make a comeback. Was there any change in the pitch? He said, "I'm not one to say that. They batted well, they scored 207 runs. The pitch was the same, the soil was the same. We just needed to bat better."

Did the spinners get a good grip on the ball? Pandya said, "Our spinners also bowled very well. The only thing is that Sanju played a tremendous innings. Furthermore, their batsmen kept coming in and contributing little by little to help the team reach a good score. This score was quite good considering the pitch. To chase this score, we needed a good powerplay and momentum should have been in our favor, but that didn't happen."

Will there be any further changes to the team in the upcoming matches? He said, "We will go back and discuss this, formulate a strategy, and decide what to do next." We have a few days. We just have to see what we can do best.

Meanwhile, MI captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said about the win, "It feels great. Even at the toss, I was in a 50-50 situation. My gut feeling was telling us to bat first. I felt the pitch was a bit green, but I also felt it was a bit dry. Always, you have to assess the pitch in the first few overs. Sanju and I said that the ball wasn't coming on to the bat properly. So any score around 200-210 is a really good score."

Sanju once again played a brilliant innings and led us to victory, and a huge thank you to him. He's in tremendous form. And as I said, our bowling has been improving steadily since the first and second matches. We've been performing really well." We're trying to stay calm and do the basics right. And I think our strategy is starting to work.