WATCH: MI's new-recruit Deepak Chahar gives first blow to his old team CSK in 3rd IPL 2025 game

The newly-recruited member of Mumbai Indians, star pacer Deepak Chahar gave the first blow to his old team Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the third game of the ongoing IPL 2025. The moment came just in the second over of the CSK innings, when they were chasing the target of 156 runs.

He bowled a 130 Kmph bouncer short-pitched delivery over CSK opener Rahul Tripathi’s left shoulder and took a thick edge of the bat before going into the safe hands of MI wicketkeeper Ryan Rickleton. Just after picking Tripathi’s wicket, Chahar roared hard in an animated celebration.

The video of Chahar’s ecstatic celebration immediately went viral on social media as soon as it was shared by a user on X (formerly Twitter).

Here’s the video:

EARLY WICKET! 💙

Just what the doctor ordered! #DeepakChahar strikes early with the new ball, and #RahulTripathi walks back! 🙌🏻

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— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) March 23, 2025

Speaking of the action of the third IPL 2025 game between CSK and MI, the hosts won the toss and asked Mumbai Indians to bat first. Batting first, the visitors posted an ‘average’ total of 155 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, owing to the three short but crucial knocks played by Tilak Varma, Deepak Chahar, and Skipper Suryakumar Yadav. The trio scored 31, 28, and 29 runs to help MI go past 150+ in total.

Debutant CSK spinner Noor Ahmed claimed a sensational four-wicket haul, scalping 4 wickets at just 18 runs in his four-over spell, alongside 3 wickets picked by Khaleel Ahmed at just 29 runs in his 4 overs. Besides these two, Nathan Ellis and Ravichandran Ashwin also bagged a wicket each.

While chasing the target, CSK fumbled a bit in the middle order after a strong second-wicket partnership between opener Rachin Ravindra and skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad. However, the yellow outfits managed to cross the line in 19.1 overs, scoring 158 runs for the loss of 6 wickets and winning the game by 4 wickets.

Rachin scored 65 runs off just 45 balls, with two fours and four sixes followed by skipper Gaikwad’s 53 runs off just 26 balls, with six fours and three sixes. Later in the end, Ravindra Jadeja’s crucial 17 runs off 18 balls, helped CSK to chase down the total and go over the line.

Eventually, Gaikwad’s men won the match and started their IPL 2025 campaign on a winning note.