A major concern for Mumbai Indians (MI) is that their top spinner Mitchell Santner was forced to leave the field with the assistance of a physio. In the process of dismissing Chennai Super Kings (CSK) young talented player Karthik Sharma, Santner injured himself after successfully completing the task.
This incident happened during the fifth ball of the 17th over.th Over of the first innings. This was the third over of Jasprit Bumrah’s spell tonight. The fast bowler gave only a few runs in this over and took the important wicket of Karthik Sharma. Sharma was out after scoring 18 runs on 19 balls.
Mumbai Indians’ star spinner Mitchell Santner injured his shoulder during the match against CSK.
On the fifth ball of the over, against a full toss from Jasprit Bumrah, the batsman hit it in search of a boundary. In his brief innings, the CSK batsman was able to hit only two sixes, both of which were against Mitchell Santner.
After making contact with the bat, the ball was flying towards deep square leg. Snattner, stationed there, dived forward to catch the ball. He clearly took the catch, but injured his shoulder while diving. The owner of Mumbai Indians looked a little worried. He even went to check the injured fielder.
Mitchell Santner proved costly for Mumbai Indians
Mitchell Santner completed his 4-over spell against Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium. In his quota, the Kiwi spinner took the wicket of Sarfaraz Khan but overall, he proved costly as he conceded 44 runs at an average of 11 runs per over.
But the star attraction of the first innings was Sanju Samson. The CSK opener registered his second century in the ongoing IPL 2026 season. Samson remained unbeaten after scoring 101 runs in 54 balls. The keeper-batsman capped his innings with ten fours and six sixes and a strike rate of 187.04. CSK, who came to bat first after losing the toss on the basis of Samson’s century, got 207 runs for 6 wickets.
MI bowler Ashwini Kumar talks about the nature of Wankhede surface
During the innings break, MI bowler Ahswani Kumar pointed out that the wicket was a bit difficult.
Kumar said after the first innings, “The ball pitched a little behind the length. The fuller balls were coming on the bat well. In these conditions, this is a chaseable score for our team. There is no dew yet, but maybe it will come in the second innings. The plan was to bowl slower bumpers and I tried to execute it.”
The 24-year-old seamer claimed two wickets at an economy rate of 9.20 in his 4-over spell against CSK. During this, he dismissed two dangerous foreign batsmen, Dewald Brewis and Jamie Overton.
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