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

Series: Indian Premier League, 2018 Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Date & Time: Apr 07, 08:00 PM LOCAL

Bravo smashed 68 to lead CSK to a one-wicket win. © BCCI

That's it from us folks! Hope you enjoyed our coverage as much as CSK's cracking win. Do join us at 3pm IST tomorrow for the second game. Tata!

Summary of the match - CSK won the toss. MI tossed the win.

just look more settled. But, for , this is a long tournament and time for course correction

was one of the 100-odd bowlers called for @mipaltan pre-auction trial in January. Coach Jayawardene had revealed he wasn't sure if they would get Markande and Rahul Chahar at the auction but was extremely happy to have both of them signed

. Some fun

need 166 to win the first match of

wickets in hand going to be key for Mumbai Indians to put up a good score

, as they are banking on their bowling so the bowlers are delivering well. @AkashS08

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commences in Mumbai.

and MS Dhoni will be playing in their 160th game. Rohit averages 32.61, while MSD averages 37.87 with the bat!2018vCSK

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Wondering what strategy MI and CSK will come up with in the opener? Here's Harsha Bhogle, Simon Doull and Zaheer Khan with their views

With some time still to go, you can read the preview of this game here.

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And to get you warmed up, here's Harsha Bhogle, Simon Doull and Zaheer Khan with the IPL 2018 curtain raiser.

Hello and welcome to the live blog of the first IPL 2018 game between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. The opening ceremony is done and we move now to the action. CSK are back in the tournament and the buzz they've created in the lead up the tournament, I can't think any team has been able to match that.

More than 20,000 fans turned up to watch the practice sessions and that should tell you how much the people of the Chennai missed their team. Having said that, they are in Mumbai - a venue Rohit Sharma and Co. have ruled for several years now. It won't be easy for the visitors but they've got experience on their side. Make no mistake, the Mumbai fans won't make it easy for the CSK players even if Dhoni is in their team.