Three Mumbai boys— top-order batter Ajinkya Rahane (27-ball 61, 7x4, 3x6), pacer Tushar Deshpande (2-31) and all-rounder Shivam Dube (28) played key roles in Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. Although Deshpande and Dube were certain of their places in the playing XI, Rahane revealed that he came to know of his inclusion just before the toss as all-rounder Moeen Ali was unwell. 

Perfect preparation

“I prepared myself really well mentally and physically. I always visualise before the game, so that helped me a lot. [I was] playing in Mumbai [IPL] after a long time. I know this wicket really well and we got an idea of how it was playing and how the ball was behaving when we were bowling,” Rahane said during the post-match press conference.