Chris Jordan, who made his IPL debut in 2016, has so far played 28 IPL matches and has 27 wickets against his name. The speedster has represented England in 87 T20Is and has scalped 96 T20I wickets. Jordan joins MI for Rs 2 crore.
The rivalry week kick-started on May 6 with one of the exciting of IPL when Chennai Super Kings locked horns with MI and now the second biggest contest as Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium.
In their previous match, Mumbai Indians had secured a six-wicket win over Punjab Kings. On the other hand, RCB had lost by seven wickets against Delhi Capitals.
PBKS is at the seventh spot in the points table with five wins and five losses. They have a total of 10 points. KKR is in the eighth position in the points table with four wins and six losses. They have a total of eight points. KKR had won their previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad whi
Faf du Plessis has scored 511 runs in 10 matches with a strike rate of 157.71 so far and aims to be more aggressive with his bat in the remaining matches to take the team to the playoffs.
IPL 2023 season is not going well for MI captain Rohit as in ten matches, he has scored 184 runs at 18.39 and a strike rate of 126.89. This includes two ducks.
Pathirana with his lethal bowling took three scalps by conceding just 15 runs in his four overs. He was given the 'Player of the Match' award for his performance.
Top knocks from Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway guided Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to a six-wicket win over Mumbai Indians (MI) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Chennai on Saturday.
Pathirana is having a fine IPL 2023 season so far, having taken 10 wickets in seven matches at an economy rate of 7.60, with the best bowling figures of 3/15.
Conway and Gaikwad are one of the most productive batting pairs of IPL 2023. They have stitched half-century/century stands on a regular basis and provided solid starts to their side with some dazzling strokeplay.
This was the second instance of CSK beating MI in both league games in a season, the first having come in 2014. In their first encounter, CSK managed to defeat MI by 7 wickets. In their second encounter, CSK won the game by 4 wickets.