Saidutt Kamat

#Cricketdnaipl is not only about cricket and entertainment but it is also about something more and most of the time we can witness thrilling contest between the two sides.

But, what can you expect more when the opening match itself starts with thrilling contest and that too amongst Arch Rivalries?

Yes, I am talking about Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, which are two most successful sides of IPL till date with Mumbai winning 3 titles and Super Kings emerging winners for 2 times but this year’s story was emotional one for CSK and its fans as they returned after long wait of two years.

It was grand opening day of VIVO IPL 2018 and the Match started after grand opening ceremony at wankhede stadium, Mumbai. CSK captain MS Dhoni won the toss and put MI into bat first. It was very slow start for Mumbai after losing early important wickets but Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav helped their side to post 165 runs on Board.

It was not looking huge total for Mumbai at Wankhede stadium as sometimes even 200 is not safe score to defend on that surface but their bowlers had some other plans in the mind as they successfully picked up early wickets in quick succession before Dwayne Bravo’s spectacular 68(30) runs, which took team in, yellow home by just 1

Wicket. It was welcome return for CSK as they emerged winners in absolutely thrilling contest and that too in a very first match of the tournament against defending champions.

With this, it was once again a poor start of the tournament for Rohit Sharma and boys because even if they have managed to win the title in recent years, they always failed to register win in their first match of IPL. It doesn’t matter if you win or lose in the first game in such a tournament but Mumbai Indians will definitely like to work on a good start.

On the other hand side, between these two arch-rivalries, MSD’s CSK emerged as the winner in an important opening contest and once again gave a clean signal of their strong power within. Whistlepodu#bestvsbest #vivoipl