Bravo smashed 68 to lead CSK to a one-wicket win. © BCCI That's it from us folks! Hope you enjoyed our coverage as much as CSK's cracking win. Do join us at 3pm IST tomorrow for the second game. Some game for with bat and ball. A real Champion if ever there was one. Keep setting the standards champ, never over till its over.???????????? Mohit Sharma 42 is only other pacer to conceded as many. We need to improve our death bowling, we were in the game till the 17th over, the last three overs didn't go our way, dew isn't an excuse. We knew with 165 on the board, we needed to bowl very well, but I think we will 10-15 runs short. Bravo bowled very well in the end, we have got a great bunch of guys, we need to look into the positives and learn from it. Just the first game, it isn't the end of the world, we will need to learn from this. Kedar Jadhav: I am happy physiologically, but physically I am hurt. I don't know how long I will be out, maybe two weeks, three weeks or even a month. Fingers crossed, but I would like to appreciate Bravo's knock. Credit goes to him, he brought us back into the game. I knew I couldn't run and I needed to get the runs. I told him Tahir that I will try and make the runs myself, play all the six balls and try and stay still. But after three balls, I felt he Tahir was feeling itchy. I knew that the bowler would come under pressure, I was waiting for my chance, knew that the bad ball would come, wanted to see how my body was reacting. The deeper I took the game, he the bowler comes under more pressure. Dhoni: I think they missed the competition. CSK-MI is one game that people wait to watch. We're coming back after two years, that's also the reason that people are eager to watch us in action. I'm a practical person, so I was hoping in the dressing room that the quantum of defeat wasn't too big. The way Bravo batted, it was really good to see him take the responsibility. Don't think we batted well as a team. But it's the first game, so we'll take the positives out of it. The kind of players we have got, our selection will be based on horses for courses. We'll have to keep an eye on a lot of things. Bravo, MoM: It was a great team effort. Want to dedicate this win to CSK fans. They waited so long for this moment. CSK have shown a lot of faith in me. Wanted to give myself the best opportunity to start well. Here at Wankhede, once you bat deep, chances are you'll win the game. Just happy with the win tonight. This is CSK's first one-wicket in IPL. Summary of the match - CSK won the toss. MI tossed the win. IPL 2018 Jadhav has done it. He's done it with one leg. Full and outside off. Drilled past cover for a boundary. What an insane win this has been for CSK. There were no where in the game till the 17th over. And then Bravo revived the chase. Markande picked up three. Hardik picked up three but MI messed up things in the death overs. The CSK camp is pumped. Seven needed off three. Jadhav goes down on one knee and scoops it over fine leg for a six. One needed off two now. The CSK camp is pumped. Banged in from around the wicket. He wanted to slap that one over cover. Doesn't connect and gets caught at cover. CSK need seven from the last over. He brought CSK back in the chase single handedly. He has smashed two sixes in the 19th over to bring the equation down to 15 off 10. CSK 151 for 8 just look more settled. But, for , this is a long tournament and time for course correction— Harsha Bhogle bhogleharsha So all the loopholes of the CSK batting line up demonstrated in the first match itself... Guess every team should notice it.. Try hard to bowl few economical overs up front... Mitchell McClenaghan joins the party. CSK 105 for 7 THREE FOR MARKANDE First ball duck for Chahar. Steps out and doesn't the googly. Wondering how he got there? Kedar Jadhav retired hurt because of a hamstring injury. CSK's chase going no where. CSK 84 for 6 JADEJA GOES CSK are five down and this should be it for CSK. Slower ball from Mustafizur. Jadeja danced down the track and wanted to slap that one towards the off slide. Slices the ball high towards long-off and Suryakumar Yadav completes the catch. CSK 75 for 5 in 12 overs. Coach Jayawardene had revealed he wasn't sure if they would get Markande and Rahul Chahar at the auction but was extremely happy to have both of them signed — Amol Karhadkar karhacter Not reading Mayank Markande at all is a real testament to CSK's team bonding— Pratyush Sinha prat1204 This is a seriously wow debut for Mayank Markande. A Bumrah kind of debut? Better at this stage...... Traps Dhoni plumb in front. Wasn't given but MI went for the review. Replays show CSK captain was plumb in front. CSK 51 for 4 Mayank Markande gets his first Two dot balls and then bowls the google. Rayudu goes for the sweep and doesn't connect. Plumb lbw as the youngster gets his first IPL wicket. CSK 42 for 3 ONE MORE FOR HARDIK Raina, who was hit on the wrist on the previous ball by a throw, goes for the pull and doesn't connect. Caught at mid-on by Krunal. CSK 42 for 2 after six overs. FIVE OVERS DONE - CSK 39 for 1 IPL 2009 1st match: MI scored 165 runs batting first against CSK. IPL 2018 1st match: MI has scored 165 runs batting first against CSK. He hit the previous ball for a six. Picks out square leg on the next. Knuckleball from Hardik and flicked to Lewis. CSK 27 for 1 Good news for MI fans - Hardik is out there and will bowl the fourth over. Chase Sweet timing from Rayudu straight away. A boundary each of McClenaghan and Mustafizur gives CSK 16 from the first 2. Matching the rate required... The players are back. Watson and Rayudu to open. Mitchell McClenaghan to bowl the first over. Should be a cracking chase... Join and with me mid-innings on. Krunal's 41 off 22 has helped them post a par score. Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar did well to revive the innings after Lewis and Rohit fell early. Hardik struggled against Bravo and ended with 22 off 20. Hardik had to be carried off the field. Looks like he has injured his ankle on the last ball of the innings after a collision with Bravo. Just five off the last over from Bravo. This has been an exceptional comeback from CSK. Can they chase this down? Join us in 15... One over to go. Krunal has smashed 40 off 20. MI have 160 on the board. How much more will they get? AND ONE MORE Tahir was smashed for 18 in his first over and gets a big wicket now. Floated outside off, Kishan wanted to slog that to the on side. Caught at short fine-leg. MI 113 for 4 Imagine using seven bowlers in 13 overs and the most successful one is Shane Watson. Caught at fine leg by Harbhajan. He falls for 43 and the threatening 78-run stand comes to an end. CSK desperately needed this. MI 99 for 3. Pressure back on CSK and the crowd is right behind their team. This pitch now is what we know it to be. Great to bat on. And these two young Indian batsmen are turning this game around— Harsha Bhogle bhogleharsha Imran Tahir: 3 Captain's trust: 0— Pratyush Sinha prat1204 MI need more than 180 here! Mark Wood to bowl now on his IPL debut now. This is brilliant start for , as they are banking on their bowling so the bowlers are delivering well. I have a strong feeling he will deliver for. Two wickets down and they can put MI under pressure here with Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan out there. Having said that, make no mistake, Suryakumar is looking in amazing touch. Harbhajan to bowl now. MI 39 for 2. FIVE DONE - MI 26 for 2. BIG ONE - ROHIT GONE He looked scratchy during his 18-ball stay. He looked rushed and wanted to smash every ball out of the park. Had hit the previous delivery over the cover fence. Went for another big and the ball took the outside half of the bat and went straight up. Rayudu just about managed to hold on to the catch. MI 22 for 2. IPL losing its DRS virginity to an umpire's call... Full and swinging in from Chahar. Swings in just a touch and Lewis was late into the shot. Crashed into the pads and the finger went up straight away. Lewis went for the review. Pitching in line, impact in line and wickets hitting - umpire's call. MI 7 for 1. Superb start from Chahar. Five of the first over after three beautiful balls first up. Rohit looks a bit rushed early on. Has stepped out several times already and missed by a long way. Two runs from the second over from Watson. CSK 7 for no loss after two overs. Evin Lewis becomes the 500th player to make a debut in IPL. CSK are out there. Lewis and Rohit to open. We are ready for the tournament to start. This should be a cracker! Deepak Chahar to bowl the first over of the tournament. As Joy Bhattacharjya said in our pre-game show - CSK are a very good team... CSK pace looks weaker than MI.. MS Dhoni - We will bowl first. There will be some dew later on, it's a good batting surface. It feels nice to be back in yellow, but we can't be emotional. Starting well is important. Wood, Tahir, Bravo and Watson are the four overseas players today. Rohit Sharma - Happy to bat first, we were bowling as well. Fresh wicket, should be plenty of runs on offer. We have prepared very well, we have come together as a group. It's time to perform. What we have done in the past doesn't matter a lot, we will have to start afresh. CSK play well as a team, we have got four bowlers, two genuine all-rounders in the Pandya brothers. McClenaghan, Bumrah and Mustafizur are our pace options, Mayank Markande is the new guy in our team, heard good things about him. TEAM NEWS - In case you were wondering, the CSK management has revealed Faf du Plessis won't be playing in this clash. Pat Cummins isn't available for MI as well. Billings and Mark Wood likely to play for CSK. Do you really enjoy IPL opening ceremonies? What's your take on that? We've won all the three titles for this wonderful crowd here. Looking forward to starting this tournament on a good note - Captain ahead of tonight's opening game. The eight captains sign the Spirit of Cricket pledge as the VIVO commences in Mumbai. Did you know Joy Bhattacharya started cricket fantasy in India? We've got some useful tips from him to build your team. Don't miss this and don't forget to make your team! Both captains - Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni will be playing in their 160th game. Here's Harsha Bhogle, Simon Doull and Zaheer Khan with their views With some time still to go, you can read the. ICYMI - Kaushik Rangarajan and Prakash Govindasreenivasan on how the. And to get you warmed up, here's Harsha Bhogle, Simon Doull and Zaheer Khan with the IPL 2018 curtain raiser. Hello and welcome to the live blog of the first IPL 2018 game between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. The opening ceremony is done and we move now to the action. CSK are back in the tournament and the buzz they've created in the lead up the tournament, I can't think any team has been able to match that. More than 20,000 fans turned up to watch the practice sessions and that should tell you how much the people of the Chennai missed their team. Having said that, they are in Mumbai - a venue Rohit Sharma and Co. It won't be easy for the visitors but they've got experience on their side. Make no mistake, the Mumbai fans won't make it easy for the CSK players even if Dhoni is in their team.
