New Delhi: Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by 103 runs in IPL 2026 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, registering their biggest victory in the history of IPL.The defeat was also MI’s largest margin of victory in the IPL.CSK participates in IPL ‘El Clasico’ for the first time Sanzhou Samson Scored an unbeaten 101 points in the first game. Aqair Hussain In the second innings, he dismissed the Mumbai Indians batsmen with figures of 4 for 17.Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to bowl. Chennai Super Kings were 207 for 6 with Samson taking charge of the innings. He hit 10 fours and 6 sixes in 54 balls and hung on till the end despite the wickets falling regularly at the other end. The next highest score in the innings was 22 points.
In reply, Mumbai Indians were bowled out for just 104 in 19 overs, their biggest defeat in the IPL. Eight of their batsmen were dismissed for single-digit scores as they struggled against spin.CSK’s highest winning percentage in IPL (by runs)
- 103 vs MI, Wankhede, 2026*
- 97 vs KXIP, Chennai, 2015
- 93 vs DD, Abu Dhabi, 2014
- 92 vs RCB, Gbehar, 2009
- 91 vs DC, DY Patil, 2022
MI’s biggest defeat in IPL (in terms of runs)
- 103 vs. CSK, Wankhede, 2026*
- 87 vs RR, Jaipur, 2013
- 85 vs SRH, Vizag, 2016
- 76 vs KXIP, Mohali, 2011
- 66 vs KXIP, Mohali, 2008
Akeal Hosein’s leading bowling performance and Noor Ahmad’s 2 for 23 helped the Chennai Super Kings get back on the winning track after losing to Sunrisers Hyderabad.For Mumbai Indians, Tilak Varma (37) and Suryakumar Yadav (35) were the only batsmen to cross 30, but there was little support from others.Earlier in the game, there were signs of pressure from the start, despite the teams finishing seventh and eighth respectively. On the first ball, Sherfane Rutherford missed a routine delivery to the wicketkeeper and the reserve fielder at short leg also failed to catch the ball cleanly.Bowler Jasprit Bumrah was seen asking his fielders to quiet down before delivering the next delivery.Tilak Varma and Jamie Overton had a brief exchange on the field during the chase.For Mumbai Indians, AM Ghazanfar and Ashwani Kumar took two wickets each while Bumrah took just one in 31 matches.
