Following the face-off with Gujarat Titans, MI are scheduled to play the red-hot Punjab Kings on May 11 and the Delhi Capitals on May 15. The silver lining is that two of these encounters—against GT and DC—will be played at their home ground, the Wankhede Stadium.

Despite Rabada’s absence and Rashid Khan's struggles, GT have managed an impressive run this season, currently sitting fourth on the points table with seven wins from ten matches. Their bowling unit has performed admirably, with Prasidh Krishna leading the Purple Cap race with 19 wickets, supported by Mohammed Siraj (14 wickets) and Sai Kishore (12 wickets, economy 8.35).

MI captain Hardik Pandya showed great all-rounder ability by taking Shubham Dubey’s wicket in his sole over. While Rajasthan Royals lost to Mumbai Indians on Thursday, it won against MI in 5 matches at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

This season, RCB has been playing with all their passion, determined to serve their fans exactly what they have been waiting for all these years since the inception of IPL. Virat Kohli has become the highest scoring player this season and with that, RCB has been resting at the top of every list.

A video from the match quickly went viral showing Sanjana clapping enthusiastically after Bumrah took a wicket, while young Angad appeared largely unmoved by the celebrations. Some social media users jumped to wild conclusions, speculating that the toddler was "depressed" or "traumatised" by the atmosphere.

Before Gavaskar, other cricket stars like MS Dhoni and Axar Patel have interacted with Champak. More recently, a video of Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya sharing a light moment with the robot dog, accompanied by MI owner Akash Ambani, also went viral.

Despite the early drama, Mumbai Indians secured a convincing seven-wicket victory. Trent Boult starred with the ball, taking four wickets for just 26 runs. He dismantled the threatening SRH opening stand of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma before later dismissing Manohar and Pat Cummins, contributing significantly to MI’s triumph.

Sunrisers Hyderabad's assistant coach Simon Helmot said that they are raring to go against Mumbai lndians. "We are a very positive team. We have lots of self-belief. Yes, we'd like the win-loss ratio to be slightly different, but the camp is in a very positive frame of mind."

Brevis joins CSK at a critical juncture, with hopes high that he can help spark a turnaround under MS Dhoni’s leadership. Brevis, previously part of Mumbai Indians, played 10 IPL matches, scoring 230 runs at a strike rate of 133.72.