Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, 1st Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

00:15 Local Time, 18:45 GMT, 00:15 IST: Yeah, safe to say CSK were missed. An insane finish to an insane game of cricket, which weirdly enough was everything that the IPL is about. And haven't we been desperately waiting for it to get underway. It's well past midnight, so let's just take that Dwayne Bravo knock with us back home, fresh in our minds - especially that stunning six over extra cover. He was good. Boy he was good. I've been Sagar Chawla, and on behalf of Raju Peethala, Pradeep Krishnamurthy, Abhinand Raghavendran, Nikhil Jadhav and our scorer Siva, it's goodbye and good night!

vikas: Mumbai may be thinking that losing their first game is a lucky charm to win the IPL. Absolutely bonkers to lose from that position when you have two of the best death bowlers

Karthik: If MI took the DRS for Jadhav earlier we would have not witnessed his six in final over

This is CSK's first one wicket win in IPL. Previous fewest was by three wickets vs RCB in Ranchi in 2015

Bravo, MoM: It was a great team effort. Want to dedicate this win to CSK fans. They waited so long for this moment. I'm happy to contribute with a match-winning performance. CSK have shown lot of faith in me. Wanted to give myself the best opportunity to start well. Have been working a lot on my batting. Here at Wankhede, once you bat deep, chances are you could win the game. It's a small outfield, ball comes onto the bat. They bowled in my areas. Just happy with the win tonight.

Dhoni, CSK captain: I think they missed the competition (on Wankhede fans cheering CSK). CSK-MI is one game that people wait to watch. Support has always been there wherever we've played. We're coming back after two years, that's also the reason that people are eager to watch us in action. Overall the spectators have been very good. I'm a practical person, so I was hoping in the dressing room that the quantum of defeat shouldn't be too big. The idea was - if there's a chance to win, go for it, but also try to get closer to the target. The way Bravo batted, it was really good to see him take the responsibility. Don't think we batted well as a team. But it's the first game, so we'll take the positives out of it. Those will be more important for us in the coming games. The kind of players we have got, our selection will be based on horses for courses where we'll see the wicket and then decide. We'll also keep an eye for players who are injury prone. We'll have to keep an eye on lot of things. We have quite a few who can bat and bowl.

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Kedar Jadhav: I am happy psychologically, but physically I am hurt. I don't know how long I will be out, maybe two weeks, three weeks or even a month. Fingers crossed, but I would like to appreciate Bravo's knock. Credit goes to him, he brought us back into the game. I knew I couldn't run and I needed to get the runs. I told him (Tahir) that I will try and make the runs myself, play all the six balls and try and stay still. But after three balls, I felt he (Tahir) was feeling itchy. I knew that the bowler would come under pressure, I was waiting for my chance, knew that the bad ball would come, wanted to see how my body was reacting. The deeper I took the game, he (the bowler) comes under more pressure.

Rohit Sharma: Feeling low at the moment, credit to Bravo, he played well, hit the right pockets, there was some dew and that didn't help us, but they played well. We need to improve our death bowling, we were in the game till the 17th over, the last three overs didn't go our way, dew isn't an excuse. We knew with 165 on the board, we needed to bowl very well, but I think we were 10-15 runs short. Bravo bowled very well in the end, we have got a great bunch of guys, we need to look into the positives and learn from it. Just the first game, it isn't the end of the world, we will need to learn from this.

Harsha Bhogle: So much drama.......What a game! This is going to some whistlepodu night!

Spare a thought for 20-year old leg-spinner Mayank Markande, who had an exceptional debut, completely deceiving some old-timers like Dhoni and Rayudu. He put Mumbai in a position where it would've been very hard to lose. What did he know what was to follow. One of the very best at the death, Jasprit Bumrah was treated like a rag-doll by Bravo as he carted 20 runs off the penultimate over to set the cat among the pigeons. With 7 needed from the final one, Jadhav almost sealed it with a six over fine leg and then drilled the next ball through the covers to complete the heist. Time for the presentations..

23:48 Local Time, 18:18 GMT, 23:48 IST: Good lord, take your time to catch your breath. That was something else. IPL XI could not have asked for a better game to kick it off. Look at MS Dhoni though, calmly walking down the stairs even as his teammates are going mad in celebration. This was a chase which even he wouldn't have thought his team would pull off, once they slipped to 84/6. But CSK have announced their IPL return in style with a stunning come-from-behind win. Kedar Jadhav was the hero in the end, sure, but a lot of credit has to go to Dwayne Bravo who made a sensational 68 off just 30 balls to turn the game around out of nowhere. Wow, what a game.

Mustafizur to Kedar Jadhav, FOUR, he has done it! Make way for the men in yellow, for there are plenty of them who are storming to the middle to jump over Jadhav. Careful of that hamstring though. Oh forget about it, no one cares anymore. Full ball from Mustafizur, drilled through the covers. What a finish. Unbelievable

Mustafizur to Kedar Jadhav, SIX, he's scooped this for six, he's scooped this for six. Kedar Jadhav.... Oh my. Imran Tahir drops his bat and runs across to hug Jadhav. There's another run to go, but he doesn't care. Good length cutter angled across off, Jadhav bends over - bad hamstring and all - and finds the leverage to lift it over short fine leg. Chennai players are clapping violently

Mustafizur to Kedar Jadhav, no run, third dot in a row. Jadhav's probably decided that he can't leave it to Tahir, which is why he isn't taking the single. Or can he run at all with a damaged hamstring? Back of length on off, steered straight to third man

Mustafizur to Kedar Jadhav, no run, back of a length delivery on leg, fine leg was up in the ring but Jadhav paddles this straight to him. What a huge opportunity goes begging

Mustafizur to Kedar Jadhav, no run, slower length ball, Jadhav defends into the on-side

Mustafizur Rahman [3.0-0-29-1] is back into the attack

Jadhav comes back to bat, of course he does.

Bumrah to Dwayne Bravo, out Caught by Rohit!! A 20-run over from Bumrah has been redeemed right at the end. Bravo's gone. But has the damage been done? Short ball, Bravo swings hard but slices it up to extra-cover. Seven needed from six. Get ready to lose your mind. Dwayne Bravo c Rohit b Bumrah 68(30) [4s-3 6s-7]

Bumrah to Dwayne Bravo, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Bumrah to Dwayne Bravo, SIX, Wankhede is coming unglued here. The stadium is rocking for Bravo. Low full toss, he's heaved it over deep mid-wicket, just over the fielder

Bumrah to Dwayne Bravo, no run, this is mental, absolutely mental. The ball has actually rolled onto the stumps, but the bails stay unmoved. Brilliant yorker from Bumrah, Bravo digs it out off the toe-end but the ball still goes back towards the stumps. Is this Bravo's night?