Pragyan Ojha made a seamless transition from Deccan Chargers to Mumbai Indians, taking two wickets in his first two overs for his new side to pull back defending champions Chennai Super Kings just when they were threatening to break free.
The holders were eventually bowled out for a paltry 112, leaving Mumbai Indian with an easy task. Richard Levi smashed 37 off 25 balls and Sachin Tendulkar struck 13 as Mumbai raced to 53 for no loss in just six overs.
Super Kings were 69 for 2, having made a bit of a comeback from a slow start, when Ojha was introduced in the 10th over, and three wickets in the next four overs - including those of danger men Suresh Raina and Dwayne Bravo - meant they could add only 43 in the rest of the piece. Kieron Pollard was a good deputy to Ojha, taking two wickets after the spinner had dismissed the settled batsmen.
Ojha's introduction was a crucial moment in the game. Put in on a surprisingly green Chennai pitch - definitely not a pitch IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla would have approved of - Super Kings were just coming out of a period of struggle then.
At the other end, though, Raina enjoyed his homecoming to the tournament he revels most on. But at 99 for 7 in the 17th over, with two Lasith Malinga overs left, no one would have expected an addition of many more than the eventual 13.
SCORES IN BRIEF
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS: 112 all out in 19.5 overs (Raina 36; Pollard 2-15, Malinga 2-16, Ojha 2-17)