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Fans allege ball tampering in CSK vs MI match Photograph: (X)
Social media has been abuzz with a new clip that is circulating after the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) game on Sunday. CSK won their opening match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season by four wickets and five balls to spare. In a short video that is going viral now, fans are calling out CSK for alleged ‘Ball-tampering’.
Watch the video here:
Ball Tempering 👀 pic.twitter.com/9xIsNH7C0Y
— Nikhil (@TheCric8Boy) March 24, 2025
The incident in question happened in the early part of the game with seamer Khaleel Ahmed being seen at the top of his run-up. CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad can be seen walking up to the bowler who put his hands inside his left pocket. The cameras saw Gaikwad and Khaleel get involved in a short chat.
What raised the suspicion of the fans was that as Gaikwad was walking back, Khaleel handed him something. CSK’s skipper was quick to put whatever was given to him in his pocket. Many fans were upset and questioned the move on social while another section of fans defended the act and claimed no wrongdoing.
Disclaimer - The video is speculative in nature as it has been posted by fans on social media. Sports.info hasn’t been able to verify the authenticity or the veracity of claims made by fans regarding the incident.
Chennai Super Kings open their campaign with close win over MI
Mumbai Indianslost their 13th successive opening match of the IPL campaign on Sunday. Noor Ahmed’s four-wicket haul broke the back of MI’s batting which saw the visiting side score a mere 155 runs on the board. The Afghan spinner picked the wickets of Suryakumar Yadav and also added the scalps of Tilak Varma, Robin Minz, and Naman Dhir.
Rahul Tripathi making his debut for CSK was out for just two runs caught by Ryan Rickelton off Deepak Chahar. Rachin Ravindra was joined by skipper Gaikwad at number three and the latter went onto score his fifty off just 22 balls. Debutant Vignesh Puthur ended Gaikwad’s stint at the crease when he was caught in the boundary by Will Jacks.
The best batter for the hosts was Rachin Ravindrawho was not out on 65 and hit the winning runs. For Mumbai Indians, the best bowler was young Vignesh Puthur who picked up three wickets. MI, now next face Gujarat Titans and will welcome back their skipper Hardik Pandya for the huge encounter.