New Delhi: Chennai Super Kings registered their biggest win in IPL history by thrashing Mumbai Indians by 103 runs in their IPL 2026 clash at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.The defeat was also the biggest margin for MI in terms of runs in the IPL.Playing their first IPL ‘El Clasico’, CSK’s Sanju Samson He scored an unbeaten 101 runs in the first innings Aqeel Hussain In the second innings, returning to 4 wickets for 17 runs, Mumbai Indians’ batting was destroyed.Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bowl. Chennai Super Kings scored 207 for 6, with Samson opening the innings. He hit 10 fours and six sixes in his 54-ball innings and hung on till the end, even as wickets kept falling at the other end. The next highest score in the innings was 22.
In reply, Mumbai Indians were bowled out for just 104 runs in 19 overs, their biggest defeat in terms of runs in the IPL. Struggling against spin, eight of their batsmen were dismissed for single-digit scores.Biggest margin of victory (by runs) for CSK in IPL
- 103 v MI, Wankhede, 2026*
- 97 vs KXIP, Chennai, 2015
- 93 v. DD, Abu Dhabi, 2014
- 92 vs RCB, Gqeberha, 2009
- 91 v. DC, DY Patil, 2022
Biggest margin of defeat (by runs) for MI in IPL
- 103 vs CSK, Wankhede, 2026*
- 87 v. RR, Jaipur, 2013
- 85 vs SRH, Vizag, 2016
- 76 vs KXIP, Mohali, 2011
- 66 vs KXIP, Mohali, 2008
Aqeel Hussain led the bowling effort, while Noor Ahmed supported him with 23 runs. The result helped Chennai Super Kings get back to winning ways after losing to Sunrisers Hyderabad.Tilak Verma (37) and Suryakumar Yadav (35) were the only batsmen to cross 30 for Mumbai Indians, but there was little help from the rest.In the earlier match, there were signs of pressure from the start despite both teams finishing seventh and eighth respectively. On the first ball, Sherfin Rutherford missed a routine throw to the wicketkeeper and the backing fielder at short fine leg also failed to collect a clean sweep.Bowler Jasprit Bumrah was seen telling his fielders to sit down before overstepping the next delivery.During the chase, Tilak Verma and Jamie Overton were involved in a brief exchange on the field.For Mumbai Indians, AM Ghazanfar and Ashwini Kumar took two wickets each, while Bumrah claimed one wicket for 31 runs.
