MUMBAI, March 24 -- Notoriously slow starters, Mumbai Indians again faltered in their opening fixture of the Indian Premier League on Sunday, losing by four wickets to hosts Chennai Super Kings at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium.
MI's last win in an opening fixture came against CSK at Chepauk in 2012 and playing at the same venue, they would have been hopeful of bucking the trend of starting with a loss. But to the disappointment of their fans, they could not achieve it, struggling against a fine all-round bowling show of the new-look CSK attack on a slow pitch.
They paid the price for a batting failure. An excellent start by left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed and a superb exhibition of wrist-spin bowling by left-arm chinaman bowler, Noor Ahma...