Whenever the most successful teams are talked about in the Indian Premier League, the name of Mumbai Indians comes first. On hearing the name of Mumbai Indians, the glow of 5 trophies won in the league appears in front of the eyes. This team is known for its dominance in the IPL, but there is also a record that bothers the fans of this team at the beginning of every season. Mumbai Indians have continued their strange tradition with a four -wicket defeat against Chennai Super Kings in their first match of IPL 2025.
Mumbai Indians have not won the first match of any IPL season since 2013. That is, Mumbai Indians last won their inaugural match in 2012. Since then, she has been losing the first match of the season continuously. This time too, the story has started something similar. Mumbai started the season this time with the match played against Chennai Super Kings. But this time too, the MI team had to face defeat. It also holds the record of losing the first match in the most consecutive season in the IPL.
Mumbai Indians have used a total of 3 captains in these 13 seasons. But no one could win him in the first match of the season. Rohit Sharma took command of Mumbai since 2013. Then in the last season, the team started the season under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya. This time Suryakumar Yadav was seen captaining in the first match. But the fate of the team could not change. Even though Mumbai has not won the first match of the season for the last 13 years. But she takes her rhythm in the tournament and takes her rhythm. He has won all the five titles losing the first match.
In this match against Chennai, Mumbai tried to score a respectable score, batting first, but the failure of the middle order and the tight strategy of the Chennai bowlers pushed them back. She could only manage 155 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. During this, Noor Ahmed took the maximum 4 wickets. On the other hand, CSK achieved this target in 19.1 overs due to Rachin Ravindra's unbeaten 65 -run innings. During this, captain Rituraj Gaikwad also scored 53 runs off 26 balls.