Over the years, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) have been two of the most popular IPL teams, and have given viewers many memorable matches. The two teams will open their IPL 2025 campaigns with a game against each other in Chepauk on Sunday night. Here’s a look back at some of the memorable contests between the two sides over the years.
Chennai, 2008 – CSK won by six runs
The first meeting between these sides in the IPL produced a high-scoring nail-biter. Brisk fifties from Matthew Hayden and Suresh Raina powered CSK to 208, before MI, despite losing wickets regularly, kept the chase going. Abhishek Nayar and Harbhajan Singh combined to bring the equation down to nine from the last four deliveries, but Joginder Sharma kept his nerve to take CSK over the line.
Mumbai, 2012 – MI won by two wickets
After a few years of lopsided contests came the real humdinger. MI’s pursuit of 174 had been led by half-centuries from Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma. But a dramatic collapse – 134 for 1 became 159 for 8 – left them needing 16 from the final over and then 14 from three balls. No fear! Dwayne Smith, playing his first game of the season, hit Ben Hilfenhaus for 6, 4, 4 to set off celebrations in the MI camp.
