Mumbai Indians (MI) strengthened their position at fourth in the points table by beating Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by four wickets in Match 27 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Despite the defeat, Chennai stayed at the top, with five victories in seven matches.
Orange Cap
Faf du Plessis completed yet another half-century (50 in 28) in IPL 2021. His tally in this season now goes up to 320, 11 behind Orange Cap holder KL Rahul. Moeen Ali, too, reclaimed his place in the top 10 after scoring 58 runs in 36 balls against Mumbai.
Later in the night, Rohit Sharma became the fifth batter to reach the 250-run mark in the tournament.
| Batsman | Team | R | SR | 50 |
| KL Rahul | Punjab | 331 | 136 | 4 |
| Faf du Plessis | Chennai | 320 | 145 | 4 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Delhi | 311 | 132 | 2 |
| Prithvi Shaw | Delhi | 269 | 165 | 3 |
| Rohit Sharma | Mumbai | 250 | 128 | 1 |
| Sanju Samson | Rajasthan | 229 | 146 | 1 |
| Glenn Maxwell | Bangalore | 223 | 145 | 2 |
| Jonny Bairstow | Hyderabad | 218 | 142 | 2 |
| AB de Villiers | Bangalore | 207 | 164 | 2 |
| Moeen Ali | Chennai | 206 | 157 | 1 |
Purple Cap
Match 27 did not go in favour of bowlers. However, Sam Curran managed to get his best out of him with an outstanding figure of 3-34 in this high-scoring contest. He has now moved up to sixth in the Purple Cap list, with nine wickets.
| Bowler | Team | W | Econ | 4WI |
| Harshal Patel | Bangalore | 17 | 9.17 | 1 |
| Avesh Khan | Delhi | 13 | 7.38 | 0 |
| Rahul Chahar | Mumbai | 11 | 7.21 | 1 |
| Chris Morris | Rajasthan | 11 | 8.86 | 1 |
| Rashid Khan | Hyderabad | 9 | 6.16 | 0 |
| Sam Curran | Chennai | 9 | 8.68 | 0 |
| Pat Cummins | Kolkata | 9 | 8.83 | 0 |
| Kyle Jamieson | Bangalore | 9 | 9.20 | 0 |
| Mohammed Shami | Punjab | 8 | 7.67 | 0 |
| Deepak Chahar | Chennai | 8 | 8.04 | 2 |
| Trent Boult | Mumbai | 8 | 8.46 | 0 |
| Prasidh Krishna | Kolkata | 8 | 9.16 | 0 |
Points Table
Let us have a look at how the points table is forming up after Mumbai vs Chennai game:
| Team | M | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Chennai Super Kings | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1.263 |
| Delhi Capitals | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.466 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | -0.171 |
| Mumbai Indians | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0.062 |
| Punjab Kings | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -0.264 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | -0.494 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -0.690 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | -0.264 |