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Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score Updates: Sanju Samson’s 100 has taken Chennai Super Kings to 207/6 against Mumbai Indians. Dubbed the El Clásico of the Indian Premier League, two of the most successful franchises in tournament history, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, face each other in IPL 2026 Match No. 33 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, adding another chapter to their storied rivalry. Mumbai skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl first against Ruturaj Gaikwad’s Chennai Super Kings

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Ironically, both teams are languishing near the bottom of the points table with equal wins from equal games. Both MI and CSK have two wins in six matches in IPL 2026. Hardik Pandya’s Mumbai sit in seventh place with a +0.067 net run rate, while Ruturaj Gaikwad’s Chennai are eighth among ten teams with a -0.780 NRR.

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MI lead CSK in head-to-head encounters, having won 21 of the 39 matches played between the two sides in IPL. CSK have emerged victorious 18 times.

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‘15-20 ball khel le’: How Rohit Sharma’s advice helped Tilak Varma return to form with 101 off 45 balls against Gujarat Titans

T20 is increasingly becoming a format where strike rates for batsmen at the top matter a lot more than before. Under such circumstances, Tilak Varma is an anomaly — he is an innings builder and not someone who dominates from ball one. He reads the situation and then turns it around in a short time. That shift — from control to acceleration — is a clear pattern in how he bats in the shortest format. The latest example was during MI’s previous match against the Gujarat Titans. The southpaw, who walked out after the sixth over with MI tottering at 44/3, did not break stride in the first half of his innings, focussing more on strike rotation to be on 19 runs in 22 balls. (READ MORE)

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