Published: May 09, 2015, 01:10 PM (IST)
Edited: May 09, 2015, 01:10 PM (IST)
Mumbai Indians (MI) beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by six wickets at Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, handing CSK first home defeat of this season.
CSK won the toss and elected to bat first. Batting first, they got off to a flying start and a total of more than 180 looked on the cards. However, the team lost their way in the middle. Brendon McCullum was the first wicket to go and saw Suresh Raina and Dwayne Smith follow him soon to the dugout. MS Dhoni stabilised things in the middle but it was Pawan Negi’s much needed cameo that helped CSK reach to a respectable total of 158. The MI bowlers did a fantastic job by restricting their opposition to a score of 158.
Chasing 159 on a slow track at Chidambaram Stadium, MI got off to a solid start and didn’t lose a single wicket till the 11th over. The team somehow lost their way and saw three wickets tumble in a jiffy. Once MI lost three wickets, CSK tightened the screws with spinners and choked the MI batsmen.
Turning point: MI needed 30 from two overs, when Hardik Pandya and Ambati Rayudu plundered 25 runs from a Pawan Negi over, with the former hitting three back to back sixes. With five runs needed in the last over, Rayudu scored the winning runs off the second ball but the hero of the match was none other than the young Pandya, who played a match winning knock of 21 from eight balls.
Brief Scores :
Chennai Super Kings 158 for 5 in 20 overs [ MS Dhoni 39 (32)*, Pawan Negi 36 (17); Jagdeesh Suchith 4-0-21-1, Mitchell McClenaghan 4-0-34-1] lost to Mumbai Indians 159 for 4 in 19.2 overs [ Parthiv Patel 45 (32), Lendl Simmons 38 (31), Ambati Rayudu 34 (19)*; Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-17-2, Dwayne Bravo 2.2-16-0-1] beat- by six wickets.
