The last time the two heavyweights of Indian Premier League met, Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings in arguably one of the greates...
The last time the two heavyweights of Indian Premier League met, Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings in arguably one of the greatest matches in their rivalry. And yet, the situation surrounding the match and the league was so grim that it did not quite register the right notes.
In the days leading up to the suspension of IPL 2021 at the halfway stage, MI and CSK met in New Delhi in match No 27. The fact that the tournament was taking place amid the Covid-19 chaos in the national capital did not sit well, even if the authorities had insisted then that the show must go on. It took positive cases inside the bio-bubble in the days after for the tournament to be put on hold; nothing could budge the powers that be until that.
The Kieron Pollard special at the Arun Jaitley Stadium against the arch-rivals will go down in IPL history as one of the most breathtaking individual efforts, but it was indeed hard to focus on just the cricket for everyone concerned. Even the week leading up to the resumption has been filled with off-field drama in Indian cricket.
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