New Delhi, March 23 -- Vignesh Puthur couldn't have asked for a better start to his Indian Premier League (IPL) career with the wickets of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube and Deepak Hooda against Chennai Super Kings on Sunday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

Coming into the game as a impact sub for Rohit Sharma, the left-arm wrist spinner from Kerala was introduced in the eighth over. The 24-year-old struck with his fifth ball with the CSK skipper becoming his maiden IPL wicket.

Vignesh Puthur then added Shivam Dube and Deepak Hooda to his tally in his second and third overs respectively to keep Mumbai Indians in the game that was once looking to skip away, thanks to Ruturaj Gaikwad's fifty. At the end, he finished with figures o...