Mumbai Indians set foot in the 18th IPL season following their traditional 12-season opening pattern. The Mumbai Indians lost their first match of this season after the 13th consecutive opening match defeat. During the match in MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai where Mumbai Indians faced CSK they lost by 4 wickets. Hardik Pandya sat out from the match. Old man Suryakumar Yadav took over captaincy responsibilities during this match.
During the opener of the season 18 after Suryakumar Yadav took charge as captain Mumbai Indians played against Chennai Super Kings before losing the match. Mumbai experienced its opening season defeat as the 13th incident of consecutive first match losses. Mumbai Indians have experienced a loss in their season-opening match during every year of the last 12 seasons. Mumbai Indians recorded their 13th loss in the season opener through this match.
Match Summary
The match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians ended with a 4-wicket victory for CSK in IPL 2025. During their first batting turn Mumbai Indians managed to score 155 runs before losing 9 wickets during the 20 overtime period. Tilak Verma (31), Suryakumar Yadav (29), and Deepak Chahar (28) secured the highest run totals among all Mumbai Indians scorers during the match and Noor Ahmad delivered a standout performance that included 3 wickets in 4 overs. The target run chase of 155 by Chennai Super Kings concluded in 19.1 overs at the cost of 6 wickets. Rachin Ravindra hit a match-winning 65-run innings from 45 balls and captain Ruturaj Gaikwad made 53 valuable runs. During the match against Mumbai. Vignesh Puthur picked up three wickets yet it was not sufficient to deliver victory to his team.
