MI vs CSK Highlights, IPL 2026: Sanju Samson, Akeal Hosein star as Chennai Super Kings thump Mumbai Indians by 103 runs

GAME OVER! Chennai Super Kings have beaten Mumbai Indians by 103 runs in Mumbai. The Hardik Pandya-led side fail to chase down a target of 208 as they are bowled out for just 104 runs in 19 overs. Akeal Hosein was the pick of the CSK bowlers with figures of 4/17 from four overs.

This is Mumbai Indians' fifth loss of the IPL 2026 season. This is also MI's biggest IPL defeat in terms of runs.

OUT! Mumbai Indians lose their ninth wicket as Shardul Thakur departs. Anshul Kamboj gets the wicket as Shardul is caught by Dewald Brevis at long-on.

MI 102/9 (17.2 overs)

OUT! Jamie Overton strikes for Chennai Super Kings as he removes Krish Bhagat, who is caught by Gurjapneet Singh at fine leg.

Gurjapneet Singh s introduced into the attack. It is a good over from him as just five runs come off it. CSK have dominated this game, especially in this run chase.

MI 99/7 (16 overs; Target 208)

OUT! Akeal Hosein gets his fourth wicket as Chennai Super Kings get rid of Suryakumar Yadav for 36. SKY goes for a sweep, but gets a top-edge that travels towards Sarfaraz Khan at deep backward square leg.

MI 89/7 (13.5 overs; Target 208)

OUTTT!!! BIG BIG blow to Mumbai Indians as Akeal Hosein and Noor Ahmed strike thrice within a space of five balls. First, it was Hosein who gets better of Tilak Varma. Centurion in the last game, Tilak is clean bowled for 37. In the next over, Noor strikes twice in three balls, as Hardik Pandya and Sherfane Rutherford perish for 1 and 0 respectively. SKY is still fighting, MI 87/6 (13)

Looks like Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav have arrested the slide with a stand of 60 runs from 48 ball so far. While Tilak is batting at 35, Suryakumar is unbeaten on 28. Meanwhile, Sharul Thakur has replaced Mitchell Santner as a concussion substitute. Santner fell badly while taking Kartik's catch. So he's been subbed out.

MI 76/3 (11)

OUT! Akeal Hosein strikes yet again as Mumbai Indians lose their third wicket. The West Indian cleans up Naman Dhir, who looks to loft it down the ground, but the ball crashes onto the stumps instead. CSK are on top at the moment.

MI 11/3 (3 overs; Target 208)

OUT! Mumbai Indians' are off to a horrific start in the chase against Chennai Super Kings. After losing Danish Malewar, now Mukesh Choudhary has cleaned up Quinton de Kock. De Kock looks to go for the drive, but gets a thick inside edge as the ball crashes onto the stumps.

MI 11/2 (2 overs; Target 208)

OUT! Akeal Hosein strikes early as he removes Danish Malewar for a golden duck. Mumbai Indians are off to a bad start in this chase. Malewar is edged and caught by Sanju Samson.

INNINGS BREAK! Sanju Samson roars yet again for Chennai Super Kings as he slams a 54-ball century to power his team to 207/6 from 20 overs. He remains unbeaten on 101 from 54 balls, hitting 10 fours and six sixes.

Mumbai Indians need 208 runs to win from 20 overs. Stay tuned for the chase that will begin shortly.

OUTTT!!!!! What a brilliant catch by Mitchell Santner at the deep. Kartik Sharma takes on a full toss from Jasprit Bumrah and Santner dives low to pluck a sensational catch. Sanju Samson is still in the middle. Jamie Overton walks in. CSK 166/5 (17)

Fifty for Sanju Samson in style! The CSK opener slices Ashwani Kumar for a boundary at deep backward point. OUTTTT!!!! Dewald Brevis goes for a slash on the up and it goes straight at the hands of Jasprit Bumrah. Brevis walks back for 21. CSK 122-4 (11)

OUTTTT!!!! It's Allah Ghazanfar once again. Shivam Dube makes so room and misses the line of the ball to see his stumps shattered. Ghazanfar roars in celebration as Dube walks back for 5. CSK 91/3 (8.1)

Sanju Samson is once again making Mumbai his own with the kind of shots he is playing. Even after CSK lost Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sarfaraz Khan, Samson made sure the run rate keeps going by finding the boundaries. CSK 91/2 (8)

OUTTT!!! The dot balls certainly put pressure on Ruturaj Gaikwad as he goes big against Allah Ghazanfar. It was a carrom ball an drifted around the leg-stump. Tilak Varma takes the catch. Sarfaraz Khan comes at no.3. CSK 32-1 (3)

After a quite first over, Ruturaj Gaikwad goes bonkers in the second over against Hardik Pandya, smashing the rival captain for 19 runs with a flurry of fours and sixes. The whole Wankhede crowd went crazy. CSK 26/0 (2)

Hardik Pandya: We are going to bowl first. I think a lot of boxes were ticked. The intensity was there. I think we needed that kind of a game where everyone comes in and chips in. Yeah, we had a perfect game. Yes, I think that was a conscious effort - that no matter what happens, intensity is in your control. I just wanted to make sure that we enjoy ourselves. I think things were becoming quite serious. Cricket is played best when you are enjoying the sport. A lot of things happen, right! So yeah, we just wanted to have fun. Things went our way and it was a good game. This pitch looks green, but it did against the KKR game as well, and it played pretty well. It’s going to be a good track. Just want to see how much we have on the board and chase it. Same team.

Ruturaj Gaikwad: We would have bowled first as well, but it was a 50-50 call. It looks a good wicket and coming here at Wankhede Stadium, you have to bat well irrespective of whether you’re batting first or bowling first. So it is just about putting up a great show even if you’re batting first. We are doing really well. It’s just that we are not able to cash in on a couple of moments. But I think we pulled it back really well during our bowling in the last game. Even batting, we had started off really well. But as I said, it’s just a couple of moments where we have to make sure we cash in and we get that win. But everyone is confident and ready to go. (Wherever you go, men in yellow, there’s a lot of noise?) Yes, obviously all thanks to the legend (Dhoni) who is not here unfortunately. But obviously it is because of him. Everywhere you go, we have a lot of support. So hopefully we’ll make them happy tonight. We’ve got a couple of changes.

We are just minutes away from the toss. Rututaj Gaikwad and Hardik Pandya walk out for the all important toss at the Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai Indians win the toss and opt to bowl first.