{"id":21978,"date":"2025-03-23T23:18:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T17:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=579860"},"modified":"2025-03-23T23:18:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T17:48:29","slug":"ipl-2025-mi-vs-csk-mis-streak-of-losing-first-match-of-the-season-continues-as-csk-won-by-4-wickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2025-mi-vs-csk-mis-streak-of-losing-first-match-of-the-season-continues-as-csk-won-by-4-wickets\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2025, MI vs CSK: MI\u2019s streak of losing first match of the season continues as CSK won by 4 wickets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0The Mumbai Indians\u2019 misfortune in IPL season openers continued as they suffered a <\/span><b>13th consecutive opening-game defeat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, extending a streak that dates back to 2013. In the much-anticipated IPL 2025 opener at <\/span><b>Chepauk<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Mumbai Indians fell short yet again, losing to arch-rivals <\/span><b>Chennai Super Kings (CSK)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014their <\/span><b>fifth straight loss to CSK in the IPL.<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>El Cl\u00e1sico: CSK continues dominance over MI<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dubbed the <\/span><b>El Cl\u00e1sico of IPL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the CSK-MI rivalry has delivered many thrilling encounters over the years, but Chennai has had the upper hand in recent meetings. With this win, CSK has now <\/span><b>defeated Mumbai Indians five times in a row<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, cementing their dominance in the battle between two of the most successful franchises in IPL history.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Match summary: CSK\u2019s young stars shine<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mumbai Indians, led by <\/span><b>Suryakumar Yadav<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, managed to post a total of <\/span><b>156 runs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> after struggling against a disciplined CSK bowling attack. On debut, <\/span><b>Vignesh Puthur stole the show with the ball, picking up three wickets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and rattling MI\u2019s middle order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In response, <\/span><b>Rachin Ravindra guided CSK home with an unbeaten 65<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, alongside a quickfire fifty by CSK captain<strong> Ruturaj Gaikwad<\/strong>. Despite losing wickets at regular intervals, CSK stayed in control throughout the chase, sealing a <\/span><b>four-wicket victory<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the final over.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Mumbai\u2019s nightmare continues<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With yet another season-opening loss, Mumbai Indians have failed to win their first match of the IPL for <\/span><b>13 consecutive seasons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Their wait to break this unwanted streak will now extend to 2026. Meanwhile, CSK will take confidence from their performance, particularly with their young guns stepping up in a high-pressure encounter.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The Mumbai Indians\u2019 misfortune in IPL season openers continued as they suffered a 13th consecutive opening-game defeat, extending a streak\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":42283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}