Chennai, May 3 -- The Mumbai Indians (MI) suffered yet another defeat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 on Saturday, going down in their seventh match of the season against arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk.

MI head coach Mahela Jaywardene stated that his players are not playing their best cricket after MI's eight-wicket defeat against CSK. This is their second defeat against CSK this season. They lost their earlier one at Wankhede Stadium by 103 runs.

Addressing the media during the post-match press conference, Jayawardene said, "I think probably the first 10 overs we were in place, what we wanted on that wicket, we felt it was a sluggish wicket, it would be slightly harder to score ru...