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#MIvCSK | RO+SKY raadaaaa = EL CLASICO DOMINATION!!! – As it happened

By Mumbai Indians

We are gonna go now, join the team celebrations in the dressing room! 🎉 Milte hain jald Hyderabad mein for the #SRHvMI contest on Wednesday, where the Hardik Pandya-led side will look to continue their magnificent run of form! Bye bye... 👋

It's indeed gonna be a GOOD NIGHT! ✨ We are in no mood to put our foot off the accelerator. Confidence is SKY high and we can just say one thing while bidding adieu... ROK SAKO TOH ROK LO! 👊 

Paltan, are you pleased or ARE YOU PLEASED?! 😁 Everything about the enconter was just romba nalla and we have now registered three wins on the trot to close in on that top-4 territory. 🤘

Isn't this THE VINTAGE MUMBAI INDIANS we know!! Full tod fod right from Ball one, not letting our rivals get into the contest at any point and finishing it off in typical SURYAKUMAR YADAV STYLE, smashing back-to-back sixes to seal the deal! 🥶🥶🥶 

10:49 PM IST: HUM JEEEEEETTTTTT GAYEEE!!!! Wow, simply wow!!! This has to rank right amongst those top run chases where you leave no stone unturned in getting things done in style!

10:40 PM IST: SURYA + SUPLA + SUPREME = Another FIFTY off just 26 balls!! Oh, he's in the form of his life. And he's in a hurry to finish this off. The El Clasico bragging rights are well and truly coming home!!!

Words are falling short to describe this run chase. 🤯 One of those days when you are 101% perfect in every aspect of the game. TOP NOTCH!! Also, SKY is approaching his half-century 🔜

Now it's Surya who is playing the role of an aggressor and WE ARE ABSOLUTELY LOVING IT!!! 😇 50 required in seven overs and we aim to get that, the #PlayLikeMumbai way!!

10:24 PM IST: ...And there's the much-awaited moment. Hitman records his first fifty of the campaign in a knock that had CLASS written all over it!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Oh how we missed this, Paltan!!! Dil baag baag ho gaya ekdum... 💙

🗣️ "That sweep is a work of art!" – We collectively agree on that, SKY! 😁

Surya दादा joins the partyyyyy! A six and a four in the ninth over off Ravindra Jadeja made us go WOAH! 🙌 MI's score reads 88/1 at the end of nine overs.

10:08 PM IST: Hitman is closing in on a half-century... It has been a CLASSIC ROHIT SHARMA innings so far 🤞

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Umm, a small speed breaker. Ryan Rickelton is back after an entertaining 24-run knock. Chalega, chalega, koi nahi...

9:57 PM IST: Powerplay-ed yaar! Simply crazy batting by the duo, taking CSK bowlers to the cleaners! 🥳 We are now well-placed at 62/0, looking to wrap things quickly.

And just like that, we have our best opening partnership this season. 🤝 WE ARE SEATED comfortably and enjoying the tod fod boys!

Exactly the kind of start we needed. Both the openers have showed the intent and we are manifesting only boundaries from here on!

9:42 PM IST: 🗣️ "Rohit on song today..." and rightly so! He is simply dealing in boundaries. THIS IS THE RO WE KNOW!

Rohit Sharma. Playing his ™️ pull shot. Ball getting planted in the stands. A TREAT TO OUR EYES! 🤌

Ryan bhai. Powerplay. Free-flowing boundaries. It's just becoming a thing now... 🥰

9:29 PM IST: RO-Rickelton are in the middle. Run chase, होऊन जाऊ दे!!

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So, a 177-run target in sight. We shall get back shortly for the run chase. Tab tak, dinner kar lete hain! 🍴

9:15 PM IST: ...And there's the mid-innings. Apart from a couple of phases where CSK were on the frontfoot, our side has done a decent job to keep the total under 200. ⚡

Final over to go... Let's finish this off on a high!!!

9:08 PM IST: Our National Treasure wins this 👇 battle and half of CSK's team is back in the hut.

Paltan, what would be a chasable total on this surface? 🤔 Discuss in comments.

8:55 PM IST: Who else but BOOM BOOM!!! scratch what we wrote 3 minutes back as Bumrah chips in with a crucial wicket. 😍 Shivam Dube heads back after scoring a fifty and CSK are now 142/4!

Okay, okay, scene thoda problematic ho raha hai...

8:45 PM IST: It's strategic time out. ⌚ Let's strategise our next wicket now. Need to break this stand ANYHOW.

C'mon boys, partnership todne ka time aa gayela hai... 👊

8:24 PM IST: 26 balls since the last boundary it is as CSK's scoreboard reads 73/3 at the end of 11 overs. Superb bowling बोलते... 🌪️

📸 Creator मंडळी in full support:

Paltan, ek activity ho jaaye! Describe our performance so far using one word in the comments section. ✍️

So far, so good... FOR REAL! No freebies on offer and the visitors are finding it difficult to free their arms. Let's keep up the same stuff guys... 👏

8:10 PM IST: WICKET NO. 3 ft. Santner ची firki! WHAT. A. DELIVERY! 🤩🤩🤩 Completely deceived Shaik Rasheed and Ricky भाऊ completes a regulation stumping. Aane do wickets boys, ekdum mazaa aa rela hai!!! 

8:04 PM IST: YESSSSS, Deepak Chahar gets the better of Dangerous looking Ayush Mhatre and we have our second breakthrough! 💥 Mitch Santner completes a good catch and we do see an animated RO in his element behind the boundary ropes! 😬 

7:59 PM IST: Barring a brief Ayush Mhatre carnage, it's safe to say that we have been on the frontfoot in the powerplay. 💪 CSK's scorecard reads 48/1.

7:45 PM IST: Ashwani Kumar mera naam, first ball wicket lena mera kaam! 😎 There's the opening wicket and reminiscent to his heroics in the KKR game, he gets us up and running this time out as well! Rachin Ravindra departs.

Just one boundary conceded in the opening three overs! 👏 Talk about tight bowling...

7:35 PM IST: • • 1 • 1 2 – Swing on offer and Deepak makes full use of it! एक नंबर opening over!

7:29 PM IST: Paltan, as per our mandatory rituals! 🔊 GANPATI BAPPAAAAAA… MORYA!!!!! 🙏

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🗣️ "Just executing our plans and keep doing what's working for us. That's exciting, we have not played to our potential and gives us an opportunity every game to play to our potential," said HP at the toss.

7:01 PM IST: We have won the coin toss and Hardik has opted to BOWL first. ✌️

6:50 PM IST: फक्त 1️⃣0️⃣ mins to go for the toss. 🪙 Jaldi se chai-nashta kar lo guys! We are pretty sure y’all don’t wanna miss any action from 6:59 PM onwards! 😌

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Yes, the previous few meetings might not have gone our way, but that surely doesn’t deter us from stepping on the field with a purpose! 💪 A run of two successive wins, with an aim to make it three on the trot is the only agenda for the day! So, be seated and follow the MI LIVE BLOG as we deliver the stadium feels from the comfort of your homes! 📲

6:30 PM IST: Paltan, today we welcome you with open arms for #MIvCSK’s MI LIVE BLOG. 📣 The return leg of the fiercest rivalry is here and this time out, it’s OUR FORTRESS which is set to witness the madness unfold in another chapter of a high-voltage encounter! ⚡