Chennai Super Kings held their nerve in a close encounter against Mumbai Indians at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in their IPL 2025 opener.

Notably, Vignesh Puthur is yet to represent Kerala at the senior domestic level but represented the state at the U-14 and U-19 levels. As for the local tournaments, Vignesh Puthur featured for Alleppey Ripples in the Kerala Cricket League, picking up two wickets from three games.

4 6 1 1 1 W - Wickets keep tumbling for Mumbai Indians. Deepak Chahar (15*) smashed a four and a six off the first two balls but Khaleel Ahmed came back strongly to dismiss Trent Boult. It was the third wicket for Khaleel for the day as he returned figures of 3 for 29 in four overs. MI 141/9 after 19 overs