When was the last time Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings in the IPL?

All the attention and focus of the cricketing world will be centered at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday night. Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season will witnesses the blockbuster clash between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Two sides with rich cricketing history, with five title wins, and numerous memorable clashes in the past. 

Halfway through the tournament, Mumbai Indians are seventh in the table with six points. Chennai on the other hand are rooted at the bottom of the table with four points from seven games. Loss for either side on Sunday will have serious ramifications as far as their playoff hopes are concerned. MI vs CSK encounter though isn’t one of the games in the IPL as for many fans this is the game of the tournament. 

In their last meeting, which took place in Chennai it was the home team came out on top. Noor Ahmad first dented Mumbai’s batting unit with a four wicket haul. It was Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra’s turn with the bat as the duo scored fifties to help the side win four wickets. Interestingly, in the last four matches between the two sides, it is Chennai Super Kings who have ran out winners each time. 

Mumbai Indians aim to break unwanted streak on Sunday

The last time Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings was in the IPL 2022 season. Rohit Sharma and his side won the game by five wickets  at the Wankhede Stadium in what was a low-scoring affair. Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first as CSK were bowled out for just 97 runs. 

Australian seamer Daniel Sams wreaked havoc in the first over of the game to remove Devon Conway and Moeen Ali for no score. The left-arm seamer then got the key wicket of Ruturaj Gaikwad for seven runs caught by Ishan Kishan in the fifth over. The best batter for CSK on that day was skipper MS Dhoni who was not out on 36 off 33 balls with four boundaries and two sixes. 

Needing a mere 98 to win, MI lost Ishan Kishan (6) and Daniel Sams (1) to left-arm seamer Mukesh Choudhary. Rohit Sharma scored 18 runs off 14 balls with four hits to the fence, Simarjeet Singh got the wicket of MI skipper caught by MS Dhoni in the fourth over. Tristan Stubbs was out for a duck to become Mukesh’ third wicket of the day. 

Tilak Varma and Hrithik Shokeen then added 48 runs for the fifth wicket to seal the game for MI. Varma was not out on 34 while Tim David’s two sixes helped Mumbai win the game by five wickets in hand and 31 balls to spare. Since then, Chennai has won two games at the Wankhede and two matches at home. Hardik Pandya will hope to end this streak with a win and also potentially put CSK out of the tournament.