India, March 24 -- Vignesh Puthur, a 24-year-old spinner, created an impact on his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians as he claimed the big wickets of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube and Deepak Hooda in the big-wicket clash against Chennai Super Kings. The Kerala spinner was chosen as the Impact Substitute by Mumbai Indians in their tournament opener as he replaced former skipper Rohit Sharma on the field in the second innings. He was the standout bowler for MI, who lost their opening match of the season for the 13th straight year.

He made sure legendary CSK wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni got his attention with a power-pack performance. The former CSK skipper came out to bat in the penultimate over and faced a couple of balls. However, it was ...