IPL Playoffs Start Today
After 56 league stage matches, the 2019 IPL kick-offs it’s business end with the big Qualifier tonight between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians.
The match is being played in Chennai and after finishing as the league’s number 1 and 2 ranked teams, both CSK and MI get two shots at making the final. The winner of today’s match goes through straight to Sunday but the losing them then plays the winner of tomorrow’s ‘Qualifier 2’ on Friday.
Mumbai are coming into the game on the heels of a win against Kolkata Knight Riders at home on Sunday night while Chennai were handed a reality check in their last league fixture which they lost to Kings XI Punjab.
Dhoni: Batting Needs to Get Better
“It didn’t go our way, specially the batting. Specially when you are playing in home conditions, you have to assess the wicket very quickly. That’s the bonus of playing at home, you know how the wicket has played, what is a good score. Those are the things I think we did not do well in the game,” says the losing skipper.
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Mumbai Win by 6 Wickets
A single off the first delivery and then it’s Yadav who closes out the win. A boundary in the second ball, and a single to follow as Mumbai win by 6 wickets.
Rohit Sharma’s team now enter their fifth IPL final
6 Runs off 12 Balls
Hardik Pandya and Yadav are scoring at a quick pace. Assisted by a few poor fielding efforts, Mumbai are on the cusp of booking a spot in Sunday’s final.
They need 6 runs with 2 overs in hand.
Tahir Packs off 2 in 2
Quite an action-packed 14th over in Chennai. After Yadav’s 50, he watches on as two of his partners are packed off within two balls, by Imran Tahir.
First its Ishan Kishan who loses his bails while batting on 28 and then Krunal Pandya is out on a duck after Tahir catches a ball off his own delivery.
MI: 101/4 in 14 overs. Need 31 off 36 balls