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Irfan Pathan on why Mumbai Indians—and not CSK—are the greatest team in the IPL | Cricket News

Irfan Pathan on why Mumbai Indians—and not CSK—are the greatest team in the IPL | Cricket News

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2 min readMar 21, 2026 07:27 PM IST It’s one of the biggest debates in the Indian Premier League, one that keeps fan armies from both sides occupied on social media: which is the greatest team in the IPL between Mumbai Indians and the Chennai Super Kings? Both franchises have won the IPL title a record five times each in 18 seasons. Both teams have given the country some of the best T20 talents. But former India pacer Irfan Pathan believes that Mumbai Indians are slightly ahead than the Chennai franchise based on one aspect. “On picking a side between CSK and MI as the greatest team in the IPL, this will always be debatable,” Pathan said on a JioStar show before laying out the case for each of the two teams. “CSK started winning the IPL title from 2010 onwards. They won back-to-back titles in 2010 and 2011 and were the first team to do so. But when Mumbai Indians started winning from 2013, they kept winning after every alternate year. Then they won …

CSK vs RR: Vaibhav Suryavanshi impresses in a rare RR successful chase; Dhoni and CSK’s struggles continue | Ipl News

CSK vs RR: Vaibhav Suryavanshi impresses in a rare RR successful chase; Dhoni and CSK’s struggles continue | Ipl News

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Chennai Super Kings huff and puff to an underwhelming total, and even Rajasthan Royals, with a history of messing up from winning positions, couldn’t squander this opportunity. A contest between the 9th and 10th-placed teams in the competition should theoretically have been close. But it showed how far behind the rest the old warhorses of Chennai Super Kings have fallen. At the Arun Jaitley Stadium, which has seen some big scores set and chased, their 187 was woefully inadequate. Their batsmen have underperformed this season, and their bowlers – especially the spinners – were also found wanting. A six-wicket defeat to fellow strugglers Rajasthan Royals, with as many as 17 balls to spare, would be a chastening experience. Royals stay true to ethos It was a game between two cellar-dwellers, but even with nothing at stake in the larger context of the tournament, it was evident that one team relied on youth while the other seemed suspicious of it. On the eve of the game, CSK head coach Stephen Fleming had said that his side …

‘Rolls-Royce just stayed in third gear’: PBKS coach Ricky Ponting on skipper Shreyas Iyer’s half century vs LSG | Ipl News

‘Rolls-Royce just stayed in third gear’: PBKS coach Ricky Ponting on skipper Shreyas Iyer’s half century vs LSG | Ipl News

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Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting lauded skipper Shreyas Iyer for his well-paced half century in the match against Lucknow Super Giants, saying that the former KKR captain was like a ‘Rolls-Royce in third gear’. Iyer got his 50 off the last ball of Punjab’s chase when he smashed a six to overhaul LSG’s 172-run target in 16.2 overs for the loss of two wickets. “Skipper (Iyer) did it easy again. Rolls-Royce just stayed in third gear for most of the day. Didn’t have to go any harder than that. Just steers the ship home. You haven’t got an average yet,” Ponting said during the team meeting following the big victory. Iyer is yet to be dismissed in IPL 2025, having notched up an unbeaten 97 in the opening game against Gujarat Titans. He is currently the second-highest run-getter in the season with 149 runs. 𝑷𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 🦁s! 👏#LSGvPBKS #IPL2025 #BasJeetnaHai #PunjabKings pic.twitter.com/Rt3Xi1AtHl — Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 2, 2025 In the match, opener Prabhsimran Singh supported his skipper’s cause …

‘Batsmen do not trust their defence much nowadays’: Punjab Kings Arshdeep Singh on his bowling plans | Ipl News

‘Batsmen do not trust their defence much nowadays’: Punjab Kings Arshdeep Singh on his bowling plans | Ipl News

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With five wickets in two matches, Punjab Kings pacer Arshdeep Singh has been among the wickets in the early part of this year’s Indian Premier League. The 26-year-old, who had finished with 19 wickets with an bowling average of 26.08 in last year’s IPL, picked up a wicket yet again in his first over when he removed Mitchell Marsh of Lucknow Super Giants in the team’s away game at Lucknow on Tuesday evening. Kings won the match by eight wickets and Singh, who took three wickets in the match, talked about how batsmen not trusting their defence helps his case. “As you know nowadays, batsmen do not trust their defence much. They just want to go after the ball. So, I had two slips and a deep cover. So just in case the batsman swings and the ball goes up in the air, there is a fielder for me and I am attacking as well with two slips. The wicket at the end got better and I believe you have to stay till the end,” …

IPL 2025: Punjab Kings show swagger with all-round display against lacklustre Lucknow Super Giants | Ipl News

IPL 2025: Punjab Kings show swagger with all-round display against lacklustre Lucknow Super Giants | Ipl News

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Punjab Kings bowlers get regular wickets on the red-soil pitch before Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer and Nehal Wadhera muscle through the chase for a routine eight-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants. After a lot of talk about the tournament being loaded in favour of the batsmen, Punjab Kings bowlers capitalised on the red-soil pitch at the Ekana Stadium, which had a reasonable amount of grass cover and offered something for the bowlers. With an easy subsequent chase, Shreyas Iyer’s side stormed to an eight-wicket victory over Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday. Wickets at the right time The varied strengths of Punjab’s bowling line-up, and skipper Iyer’s utilisation of the resources at his disposal, allowed his team to take crucial wickets at the right time, choking the home team’s line-up in the process. Story continues below this ad The first wicket came in the first over itself. Before he was hammered in the death overs, Arshdeep Singh made good use of the conditions. The Punjab seamer foxed Mitch Marsh by hitting the deck with a ball …

‘It looked like he had that zip and late swing’: Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya lauds debutant Ashwani Kumar’s match-winning performance vs KKR | Ipl News

‘It looked like he had that zip and late swing’: Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya lauds debutant Ashwani Kumar’s match-winning performance vs KKR | Ipl News

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Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya lavished praise on debutant Ashwani Kumar for his 4-wicket haul against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede on Monday. Pandya revealed that he decided to go with Ashwani after witnessing him in action in a practice game where he had zip and late swing, adding that he thought the 23-year-old had a pretty different action. “This wicket just offered a bit more and we thought Ashwani can come in and bowl the way he bowled. First of all, it’s all because of the scouts. All MI scouts have gone all the places and picked these young kids. We played a practice game and it looked like he had that zip and late swing, had a different action and plus he is a leftie. The way he took that wicket of Russell was a very crucial wicket,” Hardik said at the post-match chat. The MI skipper also singled out the moment the youngster gobbled up the catch of Quinton de Kock off Deepak Chahar’s bowling in the second over …

‘Collective batting failure’, says Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane after MI thrash them by 8 wickets | Ipl News

‘Collective batting failure’, says Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane after MI thrash them by 8 wickets | Ipl News

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A forlorn Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane said that his team’s ‘collective batting failure’ was the reason for their 8-wicket loss against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede on Monday. Kolkata were brought to their knees by MI debutant Ashwani Kumar who snapped up figures of 4/24 as the defending champions were skittled out for just 116. “Collective batting failure. It was a good wicket bat on as I mentioned in the toss. 180-190 would have been good on this wicket. It has a very good bounce. Sometimes you have to use the pace and bounce. We got to learn really fast from this game,” Rahane said in the post-match chat. “Couldn’t do much with the ball. They tried their best. But not much runs on the board. We kept on losing wickets. Four wickets in the powerplay. It was difficult to consolidate and get that total on the board. You need that partnership going. You need one batsman to stay till the end,” he added. Story continues below this ad In the match, the …

‘That decision was very good’: Nitish Rana on being promoted to No.3 in RR vs CSK match | Ipl News

‘That decision was very good’: Nitish Rana on being promoted to No.3 in RR vs CSK match | Ipl News

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Nitish Rana who was promoted to No. 3 in the Rajasthan Royals batting lineup before the match against the Chennai Super Kings repaid the faith by the management by played a blistering 81-run innings on Sunday against CSK. The former Kolkata Knight Riders player said that he changed his game plan from the previous two matches and tried to use the pace of the Barsapara Cricket Stadium wicket to his success. “I got to know yesterday (Saturday) when Rahul sir called me before going to practice. Riyan also told me that I could bat at number 3. I guess, that decision was very good,” Nitish said at the post-match press conference. “In the first two matches, I was trying to hit hard. So, my learning from the last two matches was that if I try to use pace in this wicket, how much pace I can use on the new ball, if I try to do that, then my success rate can increase in making runs. And today, I did the same thing…,” he added. …

‘It was an incredible knock of the highest standard’: Kane Williamson lauds Nitish Rana for 81-run innings vs Chennai Super Kings | Ipl News

‘It was an incredible knock of the highest standard’: Kane Williamson lauds Nitish Rana for 81-run innings vs Chennai Super Kings | Ipl News

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New Zealand batter Kane Williamson lauded Nitish Rana’s batting in the Sunday’s match against Chennai Super Kings, calling it a knock of the highest standard. The former Kiwi skipper also praised the fielding of Rajasthan Royals, saying that it was big factor in the Royals’ 6-run win over the 5-time champions CSK. “Nitish is an excellent player of spin, but he got his innings started against the seam, using the pace well. He accessed the areas behind square nicely and perhaps came in at No. 3 due to the left-hand, right-hand combination. It was an incredible knock of the highest standard, and I think that’s key for him moving forward in this tournament,” Williamson said. “Rajasthan Royals have several other talented batters, but today, Nitish was the match-winner. That said, in a game like this—on a surface where the margins are so fine—I believe Rajasthan Royals’ fielding is what truly got them across the line,” he added. Story continues below this ad In the match, Rana’s explosive 81 off 36 balls, laced with 10 fours …

Prasidh Krishna, Sai Sudharsan sparkle as Gujarat Titans roll over Mumbai Indians on black-soil Ahmedabad pitch | Ipl News

Prasidh Krishna, Sai Sudharsan sparkle as Gujarat Titans roll over Mumbai Indians on black-soil Ahmedabad pitch | Ipl News

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Gujarat Titans’ choice to pick a blacksoil sluggish track for the game paid off as Mumbai Indians couldn’t adapt, and lost steam in the chase. Gujarat Titans’ assistant coach Parthiv Patel mentioned during the first innings that it was a deliberate choice from his team to choose a black-soil pitch in Ahmedabad that is on the slower side where the ball can stop a touch as Mumbai Indians, he felt, were more used to red-soil tracks. With the ball not coming on, Mumbai would struggle more than their team. He was proved right as the wheels came off the chase in the second half as the 197-run target proved 36 runs beyond them. Prasidh sparkles The timeout at the end of the eight over of the chase triggered rather interesting scenes. MI were 69 for 2. Unsurprisingly, GT coach Ashish Nehra was out there, jabbering away passionately to Kagiso Rabada and Prasidh Krishna. Surprisingly, MI’s Rohit Sharma, who had lost his off stump to a peach of a scrambled offcutter from Mohammad Siraj, was out …