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Chennai Super Kings Thrash Mumbai Indians by 103 Runs; Hardik Pandya Blames Powerplay Collapse
CSK vs MI: The Mumbai Indians captain blamed the loss of wickets in the powerplay as a major reason for their loss to the Chennai Super Kings. He said, "We needed a good powerplay and the momentum should have been in our favor, but that didn't happen."
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."
