Dwayne Bravo is here to bowl. Surya Kumar Yadav takes an aerial route and Faf du Plessis pushes the ball in and saves a boundary. Mumbai then gets a couple of runs and then a single again on the next ball. Two more for Mumbai as they inch closer to the finals.
Tahir comes back to bowl. Concedes two runs at the first ball and then a single. Hardik Pandya bats smartly as he paddle sweeps it for a FOUR. Eight runs from the over.
Imran Tahir is here to bowl and Bhajji does beautiful work at the boundary as he bowls three WIDES. Surya Kumar Yadav brings up his 7th fifty with a FOUR. 100 up for Mumbai. Ishan Kishan gets BOWLED after scoring his half-century. Imran Tahir snaps another wicket of Krunal Pandya. Caught & Bowled by Tahir.
Dwayne Bravo is here to bowl his second over. Two runs to start off the over and then a superb ground shot for a FOUR by Surya Kumar Yadav to long off. 10 runs from the over.
Imran Tahir is here to bowl his first over. Mumbai Indians banking on singles than tall shots. Time to reassess strategies. Mumbai need 73 runs required from 11 overs
Dhoni forced to bring in Dwayne Bravo for the second time in the first 10 overs of the match. Two singles from two balls and then a couple from the next delivery. Two singles from the next two balls. A dot ball to end the over. Six runs from the over.
Bhajji comes to the attack and Ishan Kishan slams a FOUR as Watson at the slips misses it. Ishan Kishan is a great player of spin and ends the over with a SIX to deep mid-wicket. 88 runs required from 14 overs.
Deepak Chahar back into the attack. No run to start the over and then Surya Kumar Yadav slams a FOUR to fine leg. Yet another FOUR by Surya Kumar Yadav which got DROPPED. No run to end the over.
Harbhajan Singh is here to bowl and starts off with one run and then gets a wicket of opener Quinton de Kock who skies it to long-off and Faf Du Plessis takes the catch. Du Plessis OUT on 8. Singles not coming in easily for Mumbai.
The Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are here to play the Qualifier 1 of the IPL 2019 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. MI captain rightly describes the game as the El Classico of the IPL. The winner of this match will straight away make headway into the finals of the IPL 2019. The Mumbai Indians live up to the reputation of the slow starters but picked up pace later in the tournament. Chennai, on the other hand, was quite consistent and was the first one to qualify for the playoffs winning seven matches out of eight. This itself virtually confirmed their place into the playoffs. Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Live Cricket Score Qualifier.
Chennai Super Kings enter the match with a loss. The Kings XI Punjab went on to beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets and 12 balls to spare. Whereas, The Mumbai Indians denied Kolkata Knight Riders an entry in the playoffs as they went on to beat the team comprehensively by nine wickets and rose to the top of the IPL 2019 points table. So overall, it would be a cracker of a contest between the two teams.
Chennai Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ambati Rayudu, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, Imran Tahir, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Murali Vijay, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Scott Kuggeleijn, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Karn Sharma, Mohit Sharma, KM Asif, Monu Kumar
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