Jofra Archer Misses MI's Crucial Big IPL 2023 Game Against CSK. Rohit Sharma Reveals Reason

08.04.2023 - 15:33 sports.ndtv.com

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to field first against five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.

Mumbai Indians started off their IPL 2023 campaign with an eight-wicket loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and this is their first home game this season.

CSK on the other hand, had defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 12 runs in their previous match and won one match out of two, losing the other to Gujarat Titans.

CSK has made two changes to the squad, all-rounder Ben Stokes is injured and Moeen Ali is also not available. Ajinkya Rahane and Dwaine Pretorious are playing in their place.

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The Gujarat Titans batters were on a rampage against Mumbai Indians in an IPL 2023 game on Tuesday. Shubman Gill hit a half-century while David Miller and Abhinav Manohar too came up with vital contributions. GT notched a huge total of 207/6 in 20 overs. MI captain Rohit Sharma would have liked the total to be lower clearly. The IPL-winning skipper also looked frustrated when his teammate Piyush Chawla displayed a poor fielding effort. The incident happened on the third ball of the 17th over of GT innings with Riley Meredith bowling to Abhinav Manohar, who directed the yorker length delivery towards third man. Fielder Chawla, stationed at short third man, could not stop the ball as it went between his legs towards the boundary. Rohit was not happy at all and looked frustrated.

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Mumbai Indians defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 14 runs in their IPL 2023 match on Tuesday, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Asked to bat first, MI posted a huge total of 192/5 in 20 overs after Cameron Green played an unbeaten knock of 64 off 40 balls. Apart from him, Ishan Kishan smashed 38 off 31 balls. Later, SRH fell short by 14 runs after Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff, and Riley Meredith took two wickets each. With this win, MI rose to the sixth spot while SRH remained at the ninth spot. Rajasthan Royals continued to lead the points table.