Seven matches, seven defeats: Mumbai Indians create dubious record for worst-ever start in IPL

MI vs CSK: 5-time champions Mumbai Indians have failed to win their first seven games in a row for the first time in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2022.

Mumbai Indians, the most successful franchise in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), continued their horror run this season as they suffered their seventh successive defeat in the IPL 2022 to create a dubious record for the worst-ever start in the history of the tournament.

Chennai Super Kings held their nerves to beat Mumbai Indians by 3 wickets at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Thursday as the Ravindra Jadeja-led side secured their second win of IPL 2022. Tilak Verma's valiant fifty went in vain as the Rohit Sharma-led side slipped to a new low in the ongoing tournament.

This is the first time Mumbai Indians have lost seven successive games in an IPL season. Their previous low was five defeats in 2014, but Mumbai had turned the season around to make the playoffs.

MI vs CSK, IPL 2022: Highlights

Overall, MI has become the seventh team to lose six or more games in a row in a single IPL season. The other teams to achieve this unwanted record are Deccan Chargers (7 in 2008), Punjab Kings (7 in 2015), Delhi Capitals (6, 6, 9 in 2013, 2013 and 2014), RCB (6 - 2017 and 2019), Pune Warriors (9 - 2012 and 2013), and KKR (9 in 2009)