Two of essentially the most profitable franchises within the Indian Premier League (IPL) historical past — Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings — acquired off to shedding begins within the T20 league, happening to Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans of their respective opening clashes. The outcomes that the 2 marquee franchises attained in the beginning of the league noticed followers and former cricketers specific their tackle social media. Even former MI and CSK stars clashed on Twitter, mocking one another’s former groups.

Chennai have been no match for defending champions Gujarat as the 2 groups locked horns within the IPL Season 16 opener. Similarly, Mumbai have been fully outplayed by Bengaluru of their opening match of the marketing campaign.

Reacting to the end result, former Mumbai Indians pacer Mitchell McClenaghan shared a ‘optimistic notice’, saying MI have by no means received the IPL title after they secured a win of their opening sport.

“Positive Note. @mipaltan have never won a championship after winning the first game. Second Positive in general. How good is it to see games being played in Home grounds! Love it @IPL is back!”, he tweeted.

In reply, former CSK all-rounder Scott Styris wrote: “Another positive note… Mumbai has also finished last when they didn’t win their first match”

Another optimistic notice… Mumbai has additionally completed final after they did not win their first match

— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris) April 2, 2023

McClenaghan then responded to Styris’ tweet, saying: “On another positive note – on two occasions Mumbai beat CSK in the final and on a 3rd occasion beat CSK dressed as Pune”

On one other optimistic notice – on two events Mumbai beat CSK within the remaining and on a third event beat CSK dressed as Punehttps://t.co/QCM2qNG93b

— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) April 3, 2023

Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are the normal ‘heavy weights’ within the Indian Premier League, having dominated the T20 league with their superlative performances through the years. However, each groups appear to be missing high quality in a number of areas, going into the sixteenth version of the league.

But, their skipper MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma are recognized to show issues round, and there is sufficient time fo them to take action on this marketing campaign.