IPL 2019, CSK vs MI Highlights: Chennai Super Kings faced a heavy defeat against Mumbai Indians. (Source: IPL)
IPL 2019, CSK vs MI Highlights: Mumbai Indians breached CSK’s fortress by handing them a 46-run beating on Friday. In the absence of MS Dhoni, this was the first time the Super Kings lost a match at Chepauk – their first loss since May 2015.
Chasing 156, CSK kept losing wickets and never got going. The Mumbai bowlers, though, never allowed their opponents to get back into the game. In the end, they skittled out Chennai to their lowest score at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2019 - Match 44
Chennai Super Kings
109 (17.4)vs
Mumbai Indians
155/4 (20.0)Match Ended ( Match 44 )
Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 46 runs
Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 46 runs
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OUT! The slower ball does the trick for Malinga and Bravo departs for 20. CSK-99/7, Chennai need 57 runs in 25 balls
Chahar pulls his length back and Bravo rocks back and pulls it through the gap between deep mid-wicket and long-on
Suryakumar Yadav dives to his right and claims a low catch. The soft signal is OUT and the final decision is OUT. Murali Vijay departs for 38(35). CSK0 66/6, need 90 runs in 50 balls
Gone! Debutant Anukul Roy strikes in his first over CSK- 60/5. Scuffed off the inside half, taken at long-on. CSK need 96 runs in 60 balls
M Vijay and D Shorey at the crease! Time to build the partnership! CSK - 53/4 after 9 overs. Meanwhile, debutant Anukul Roy comes in.
WICKET! Kedar Jadhav chops on to the stumps and Krunal Pandya gets another one. CSK are officially in trouble now. CSK 45/4
Powerplay Ends! CSK - 40/3. Vijay and Jadhav need to rebuild from here. Chennai need 116 runs in 84 balls.
BOWLED! Ambati Rayudu is dismissed for a duck! Krunal Pandya has breached his defence. Krunal goes through Rayudu's defence and hits the top of middle. What a sight for any bowler. CSK- 34/3
First six for CSK from the bat of Murali Vijay! Slower ball and Vijay plays it straight back past the bowlers head and its outta here1 CSK-32/2
GONE! Raina goes for the big hit but skies it and Suryakumar Yadav won't drop that! Hardik Pandya picks up the wicket! CSK- 22/2
DROPPED! Anukul Roy fails to latch on to a skier on his debut! Not a memorable start for the youngster. MI -22/1
CSK resume their run-chase with Watson and Murali Vijay. And a wicket in the first over! Malinga picks up Watson! Three dots including the wicket of Watson to finish. MI- 9/1
Vijay and Watson are at the crease. Vijay is on strike. Malinga will open the attack.
OUT! Rohit Sharma departs against the run of play! Santner picks up the wicket. Rohit Sharma tries to clear long-on but is caught in the deep. MI- 122/4
Rohit Sharma breaks the shackles to find a much-needed boundary. Tahir was short and Sharma pull it towards deep mid-wicket,
Krunal Pandya comes and goes in quick time! Trying to play the big shot but caught in the deep! The slog sweep proved to be a poor shot selection. Tahir celebrates! MI- 101/3
FIFTY! Rohit Sharma takes a single to bring up his half century - also brings up 100 for CSK.
WICKET! Evin Lewis goes big, but he has mistimed it. The ball goes straight to the Dwayne Bravo in the deep.
FOUR! A short one from Dwayne Bravo and Rohit Sharma has punched it over Rayudu's head for a boundary. You cannot set a field for that. Pure class.
Tahir pitches it in Lewis' arc and the big man clears the rope with easeLewis goes down the ground again and finds the fence. 50 partnership comes up between Lewis and Sharma. MI- 79/1
And it's Sharma who has won the battle with 2 huge sixes of Bhajji. On both the occasions he stepped out and hit Harbhajan over the ropes. Mumbai gets a move on. MI- 65/1
Powerplay Ends! Evin Lewis and Rohit Sharma are at the crease. Harbhajan ends the powerplay on a high, conceding just 4 runs. MI- 45/1
Harbhajan Singh concedes just one run in his second over. Evin Lewis is struggling at the crease. MI- 25/1
After a good start, de Kock gets a leading edge and is caught behind for 15. Slower delivery does the trick for Chahar. Evin Lewis is the new man in - for the first time in. MI- 24/1
Rohit and de Kock are at the crease. Rohit is on strike. Chahar will open the attack. Four! Boundary off the first ball of the match from the bat of Rohit Sharma! #MI are up and running. MI- 4/0
Quinton de Kock(w), Evin Lewis, Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Rahul Chahar, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah
Shane Watson, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina(c), Ambati Rayudu(w), Dhruv Shorey, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir
Most consecutive tosses won by a team in IPL:
9 SRH (May 2015 - Apr 2016)
9 CSK (Apr 2019 - ongoing) *
8 CSK (May 2018 - Mar 2019)
CSK have now won 17 tosses in their last 19 matches.
Suresh Raina wins toss and CSK has opted to field first No Dhoni for Chennai today. Dhoni missing out a game for the second time this season, this time due to fever
The pitch today was used for the first match against RCB in the opening match of the IPL when RCB could only score 70. This is the same pitch which was used for the last match against SRH too.
- Darren Ganga
REeports suggest that MS Dhoni might miss out today's encounter due to back spasms.
Predicted Playing XI: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, Imran Tahir
Predicted Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Surya Kumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jason Behrendorff, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah
The pitch I thought really improved for the last match, it played really well, we aren't sure what a good score was, but having seen the batsmen hit through the line, it showed that the pitch played better, it's a good sign, I think - Michael Hussey, CSK's batting coach isn't worried about the tricky Chepauk surface.
I see this as an opportunity to strengthen the Mumbai Indians bowling line-up, will be great working with some of the best in the business - Beuran Hendricks, who just joined the MI camp on Wednesday, is looking forward to picking the brains of the bowling coaches.
Hello and welcome to our live blog on Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians - this is regarded as 'El Clasico' of the IPL for a reason - the crowd gets into it. Both the teams bring their best out of it. With the playoffs battle starting to heat up - both the teams have their eye on a win to secure a spot for themselves in the top four.