MI vs CSK Highlights, IPL 2021: Pollard blitz powers Mumbai to thrilling 4-wicket win against Chennai

Sam Curran to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! De Kock finds the fence this time. A full ball, outside off, de Kock reaches out and squeezes it through backward point. He hits it wide of deep point who runs to his right but is beaten.

Sam Curran to Quinton de Kock, Lovely drive but for nothing because de Kock finds the cover fielder. Sam begins his spell with an overpitched ball outside off, de Kock creams it straight to the cover fielder.

Who will share the new ball? Sam Curran it is.

Deepak Chahar to Rohit Sharma, Dot to end the opening over. Length ball around off, Rohit works it to mid-wicket.

Deepak Chahar to Rohit Sharma, Rohit is up and running with a brace. A fuller ball on middle, he clips it through mid-wicket and scampers back for two.

Deepak Chahar to Rohit Sharma, Gets the line right and beats Rohit with this shortish length. It is angled away. Rohit is rooted in the crease as he tried to cut. Misses and is beaten for the outside edge.

Chahar loses his run up again! 2nd time in the over.

Deepak Chahar to Rohit Sharma, WIDE! Deepak misses the line for the right-hander. A full ball down the leg side. Rohit misses his flick. Wided.

Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Shortish and just outside off, de Kock looks to punch it through the off side but ends up getting it off the bottom of the bat. It rolls on the off side and they take a quick single.

Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Good length and wide outside off, de Kock pushes it to cover.

Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Mumbai and de Kock are away, away with a boundary. A full ball, on the pads of the left-hander. De Kock flicks it through square leg and opens the account with a boundary.

Time for the chase! The two umpires stride out in the middle. Rohit Sharma, the Mumbai skipper, walks out to open the innings along with de Kock. Deepak Chahar to begin with the ball for Chennai. Here we go...

Right! Chennai have got a massive score on the board. However, the track looks superb for batting. Mumbai have a strong batting unit but it is not going to be easy. Early wickets will be key for Chennai. Let's see which way the game goes. Chase coming your way shortly.

Moeen Ali is down for a chat. He says that the conditions are good and they batted well. Adds that they have to take the conditions into account and play accordingly. Says that Rayudu played an amazing knock when the situation was tricky. Adds that they will look to take early wickets as Mumbai has a strong batting lineup.

Take a bow, Rayudu! What a sensational finish from him. 82 from the final 5 overs and Chennai have put on a mountain of a total. What a brilliant effort from them. They didn't start well and got going. They lost track again but Rayudu has finished things in a blazing style for them.

Mumbai opted to bowl first after winning the toss and Boult with a wicket in the first over proved the decision right as he got rid of Gaikwad. However, after that, the bowlers were spanked all over the park. It was Pollard's 2-wicket over that brought them back in the game. But they failed to apply the pressure after Pollard was taken off as Rayudu smashed the other bowlers all over the park. Bumrah was taken apart in his 4 overs as he gave away 56 for his 1 wicket. Boult and Dhawal too weren't spared. And now, their batters have a big target to scale.

The start for Chennai wasn't a good one as one of their in-form openers was dismissed for just 4, in the first over. However, Faf continued his form and so did Moeen. The southpaw took the aggressive route and took the bowlers on. The duo added 108 between them with Moeen getting dismissed in the 11th over after getting to his half ton. Faf too reached the milestone but soon joined Ali in the pavilion. Suresh Raina got out without doing much and 112 for 1 soon became 116 for 4. If Mumbai thought they can now force Chennai on the back foot, they were wrong. Rayudu walked in and went bang, bang. He got to his 50 in just 20 balls, with the help of 5 gigantic sixes. And he kept going. His 27-ball 72 has powered Chennai well over 200.

Dhawal Kulkarni to Ambati Rayudu, SIX! Poor ball and punished! Full toss, outside off. Rayudu moves across the line and pulls it over the square leg fence.