Having opted to bat first, the Mumbai Indians (MI) lost the early wicket of their opening batsman Will Jacks for one run in five balls. Wicketkeeper-batsman Ryan Rickelton scored 37 runs in 24 balls, with the help of five maximums (Pic: X/@mipaltan)

Suryakumar Yadav managed to score 21 runs in 12 balls, including three boundaries and a maximum. Tilak Varma was dismissed for five runs in eight balls (Pic: File Pic)

Later, Naman Dhir smashed 57 runs in 37 balls, including four boundaries and three maximums. Robin Minza was dismissed on five runs in three balls, including a boundary. Skipper Hardik Pandya also returned to the pavilion after scoring 18 runs in 23 balls, including two boundaries. Krish Bhagat and Trent Boult stayed unbeaten. Bhagat scored three runs in six balls, whereas Boult registered seven runs in two balls, with the help of a maximum. With this, the "Paltan" has posted a total of 159 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs against the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led team (Pic: File Pic)

Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) Noor Ahmad returned with the figures of two wickets for 26 runs in four overs. Anshul Kamboj also claimed three wickets by conceding 32 runs in four overs. Ramakrishna Ghosh and Jamie Overton also chipped in with one wicket each. Mukesh Choudhary and Prashant Veer went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against MI (Pic: X/@ChennaiIPL)

The home crowd will expect their star wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson to deliver a big knock tonight against the arch-rivals, MI. The right-handed batsman has been a consistent performer for the Super Kings so far in the tournament (Pic: File Pic)