With tonight's win Mumbai Indians move on the top of the points table. Chennai Super Kings are langushing at the bottom of the points table. It is now not possible for CSK to qualify for the playoffs.
The action continues in the IPL. Tomorrow we have two matches. First in the afternoon, KKR take on DC then later in the evening KXIP face SRH.
Join us for the coverage of those matches. Good night!
Trent Boult: New franchise. It's been enjoyable. Any cricket in this global situation is exciting. To get out there, been fun. Natural stuff, pitch the ball up and get it moving. Credit to Boom (Bumrah) and the other guys, to come and bowl as a unit. Lucky to get the first over. If it's going to swing it's going to be in the first few balls. Wickets in my opinion are getting slower and drier. It comes down to accuracy.
Player of the Match
Trent Boult wins the Player of the Match award. Boult bowled a superb spell of 4-1-18-4 to wreck havoc in CSK inning.
Kieron Pollard: Thanks for counting. I wasn't (counting). Have played enough T20 cricket to know a thing or two. Was a matter of me stepping in and trying to do the best for the team. Came off tonight. Just a matter of making right decisions, not giving them freebies. Wanted to bowl them out under 100 but Sam batted well. Two-three wickets early on puts you into the game. But to get four-five is fantastic. The openers finishing the job is also fantastic. We're not speaking about it (finishing top two). It's about putting yourself into positions to get two points and then think about that. It's about improving as we go on and the rest will take care of itself. Always room for improvement. Things like lower-order batsmen getting off strike when main batsman is batting. That Super Over loss was disappointing but it's about bouncing back.
MS Dhoni: It does hurt. What you need to see is what are the things that are going wrong. Specially this year, it hasn't been our year. Whether you lose by 8 or 10 wickets, it hardly matters, but where we are at this stage of the tournament, it does hurt. What you need to see is where we actually went wrong, right from the second game. It was more about the bowling. Rayudu got injured, the other batsman were maybe not there 200% and in cricket when you're going through a tough phase, you need a bit of luck. The games we wanted to bat first, we haven't won the toss, and there's no dew and all of a sudden when we bat first there's dew. Whenever you're not doing well, there can be a 100 reasons, but one of the main things you ask yourself is whether you've got to the potential you've got no matter the conditions. When you put a good team on paper, have we done enough to back up the stats? And this year we haven't. Cumulatively there have been batting failures. It's part and parcel, you can't always think the result will go your way. You try to do the toughest thing, even when you're hurting, you try to smile and take it on the chin. I feel the boys have done that, they've tried to perform. I think it's important for us to have a clear picture of next year. There are lots of ifs and buts - auction, where the venues will be. The coming three games will be an ideal opportunity to give platforms. See some of the youngsters in preparation for the next year. A few more who are on the bench will get games in the coming three games.
With this loss CSK are now out of the race for a spot in the playoffs.
Trivia Alert!
This is the first time that CSK has lost a match by 10 wickets.
MI 116/0 after 12.2 overs.
Thakur to bowl. de Kock is on strike.
12.1 Fuller delivery and de Kock plays the ball to off side.
12.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery and de Kock swings his bat to send the ball down to square leg for a boundary.
MI 112/0 after 12 overs.
Chahar to bowl. Kishan is on strike.
11.1 Short ball outside off stump. Kishan plays the ball to fine leg and settles for a single.
11.2 Short ball outside off. de Kock plays the ball to leg side for a run.
11.3 Short ball and Kishan hammers the ball down to long-on for a run.
11.4 Good length delivery outside off stump. de Kock plays the ball to point.
11.5 Fuller delivery on middle stump. de Kock pushes the ball back to Chahar.
11.6 Fuller delivery. de Kock edges the ball down to third man for a single.
MI 108/0 after 11 overs.
Thakur to bowl. de Kock is on strike.
10.1 Back of the length delivery. de Kock plays the ball to third man for a single.
10.2 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Kishan plays the ball to mid-off for a single.
10.3 SIX! Slow fuller delivery outside off stump. de Kock hammers the ball to send it over long-off for a maximum.
10.4 Slow fuller delivery. de Kock pushes the ball down to long-off for a run.
10.5 Fuller delivery and Kishan flicks the ball to midwicket for a single.
10.6 Slow fuller delivery on middle stump. de Kock blocks the ball.
MI 98/0 after 10 overs.
Tahir continues. de Kock is on strike.
9.1 Fuller delivery and de Kock blocks the ball.
9.2 Fuller delivery and Kock plays the ball to off side for a run.
9.3 Fuller delivery and Kishan plays the ball to backward square leg for a run.
9.4 Fulle delivery. de Kock goes for a paddle sweep. The ball hits the pads.
9.5 Fuller delivery and de Kock plays the ball to long-off for a run.
9.6 SIX! Fuller delivery and Kishan hammers the ball down to long-off for a run.
MI 89/0 after 9 overs.
Jadeja to bowl. de Kock is on strike.
8.1 Fuller delivery and de Kock plays the ball to leg side for a single.
8.2 Fuller delivery and Kishan blocks.
8.3 SIX! Fuller delivery and Kishan reverse sweeps the ball for a maximum.
8.4 SIX! Fuller ball and Kishan slogs the ball over long-on for a maximum.
8.5 Fuller ball and Kishan plays the ball to square leg for a run.
8.6 Fuller delivery and de Kock plays the ball to leg side for a run.
MI 74/0 after 8 overs.
Tahir to bowl. Kishan is on strike.
7.1 Good length delivery on off stump. Kishan plays the ball to off side.
7.2 SIX! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Kishan muscles the ball over long-on for a maximum.
7.3 Good length delivery outside off stump. The ball beats the outside edge of the bat.
7.4 Fuller delivery and Kishnan pushes the ball down to long-off for a single.
7.5 Short ball going down leg. de Kock plays the ball down to fine leg for 2 runs.
7.6 Short ball and de Kock plays the ball to square leg for a single.
MI 64/0 after 7 overs.
Shardul Thakur to bowl. de Kock is on strike.
6.1 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off stump. de Kock lifts the ball over mid-off for a boundary.
6.2 Good length delivery on off stump. de Kock plays the ball to fine leg for a run.
6.3 Fuller delivery on off stump. Kishan plays the ball down to long-on for a single.
6.4 SIX! Short ball outside off stump. de Kock pulls and sends the ball flying over fine leg and out of the park.
6.5 Slow fuller delivery outside off stump. de Kock leaves the ball for the keeper.
6.6 Fuller delivery outside off stump. de Kock pushes the ball to off side.
MI 52/0 after 6 overs.
Imran Tahir to bowl. de Kock is on strike.
5.1 Short ball ande de Kock guides the ball to leg side for a single.
5.2 Fuller delivery and Kishan drives the ball through cover for a single.
5.3 Fuller delivery and de Kock plays the ball to leg side for a run.
5.4 Short ball. Kishan plays the ball to mid-off for a single.
5.5 Fuller delivery and de Kock plays the ball to short fine for a run.
5.6 Fuller delivery and Kishan pushes the ball back to Tahir.
MI 47/0 after 5 overs.
Chahar continues. de Kock is on strike.
4.1 Fuller delivery on off stump. de Kock plays the ball to leg side for a single.
4.2 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Kishan plays the ball through cover for 2 runs.
4.3 Slow delivery on middle stump. Kishan plays the ball to mid-on.
4.4 FOUR! Cracking shot through cover. Short ball outside off stump. Kishan slaps the ball through cover for a boundary.
4.5 FOUR! Hammered through extra cover. Good length delivery outside off stump. Kishan hammers the ball with full power. No fielder on the off side can do anything about it.
4.6 SIX! Short ball outside off stump. Kishan pulls and sends the ball over deep square leg for a maximum.
MI 30/0 after 4 overs.
Hazlewood continues. On strike is Kishan.
3.1 FOUR! Good length delivery on middle stump. Kishan drives the ball off the backfoot. The ball goes through the legs of Jagdeesan at backward point and down to boundary.
3.2 Good length delivery on off and middle stump. Kishan defends.
3.3 Fuller delivery on off stump. Kishan pushes the ball to cover.
3.4 EDGE and FOUR! Short ball outside off stump. Kishan cuts the ball. The ball takes the outside edge of the bat and flies over the head of the man at second slip down to third man for a boundary.
3.5 Back of the length delivery outside off stump. The ball swings back in. Kioshan goes for drive but the ball goes past the outside edge.
3.6 Good length delivery on middle stump. Kishan plays the ball to leg side.
MI 22/0 after 3 overs.
Chahar to bowl. Kishan is on strike.
2.1 BEATEN! Good length delivery just outside off stump. Kishan looks to cut the ball but the ball goes past the outside edge.
2.2 Good length delivery outside off stump. Kishan plays the ball down to third man for a single.
2.3 Good length delivery on middle stump. de Kock plays the ball to cover.
2.4 Good length delivery on middle stump. de Kock plays the ball to the fielder at point.
2.5 FOUR! Short delivery outside off stump. de Kock walks down the track and gets a thick outside edge of the bat. The ball goes in the air and down to third man for a boundary.
2.6 Good length delivery on off stump. de Kock defends.
MI 17/0 after 2 overs.
Josh Hazlewood to bowl. Ishan Kishan is on strike.
1.1 FOUR! Short ball outside off stump. Kishan slaps the ball through cover for a boundary.
1.2 Good length delivery on off stump. Kishan defends the ball.
1.3 FOUR! Good length delivery outside off stump. Kishan times the ball through backward point for a boundary.
1.4 Good length delivery outside off stump. Kishan plays the balll with soft hands to the fielder at second slip.
1.5 Good length delivery on off stump. Kishan defends the ball.
1.6 Good length delivery on middle stump. Kishan plays the ball to cover.
MI 8/0 after 1 over.
Deepak Chahar to bowl the first over for CSK. de Kock is on strike.
0.1 Fuller delivery on off stump. de Kock pushes the ball to mid-off.
0.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off stump. de Kock slashes the ball. The ball goes past the fielder at second slip down to third man for a boundary.
0.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery on off stump. de Kock punches the ball straight down the ground for a boundary.
0.4 Fuller delivery on off stump. de Kock plays the ball to cover.
0.5 Fuller delivery on off stump. de Kock puhses the ball towards the fielder at mid-off.
0.6 Good length delivery on off stump. de Kock plays the ball to cover.
MI's chase is about to begin. Quinton de Kock to open the inning with Ishan Kishan in abscence of Rohit Sharma. CSK players are in a huddle with Dhoni trying to inspire his troop.
CSK 114/9 after 20 overs.
Bolut to finish the inning. Tahir is on strike.
19.1 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Tahir plays the ball down to third man for a single.
19.2 FOUR! Short ball on off stump. Curran pulls and sends the ball to fine leg for a boundary.
19.3 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Curran goes for a shot to fine leg but misses. The ball hits the pads.
19.4 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Curran hammers the ball through point for a boundary.
19.5 FOUR! Short ball going down leg. Curran pulls and sends the ball to fine leg for a boundary.
Fifty up for Sam Curran!
19.6 WICKET! Sam Curran b Boult 52(47)
Full and straight delivery. The ball goes between Curran's legs and uproots the off stump.
CSK 101/8 after 19 overs.
Bumrah to bowl. Curran is on strike.
18.1 Good fuller delivery. Curran plays the ball to off side.
18.2 Good yorker down the leg side. Curran makes room and plays the ball through point for 2 runs.
18.3 Full toss on middle stump. Curran plays the ball down to long-on for a run.
18.4 FOUR! Short ball on off stump. Tahir plays a late shot to guide the ball over keeper down to third man for a boundary.
18.5 Yorker on middle stump. Tahir digs the ball out.
18.6 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Tahir plays the ball down to sweeper cover for a single.
CSK 92/8 after 18 overs.
Coulter-Nile to bowl. Curran is on strike.
17.1 Good length delivery on off stump. Curran plays the ball to deep midwicket.
17.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Curran moves across and scoops it to send the ball to fine leg for a boundary.
17.3 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Curran plays the ball to the fielder at sweeper cover and takes 2 runs.
17.4 Slow delivery outside off stump. Curran goes for a wild swing but misses.
17.5 Another slow delivery on middle stump. Curran goes for a pull but misses.
17.5 WIDE! Poor ball by Coulter-Nile as he bowls down the leg side. de Kock fails to collect the ball. Curran takes 2 runs.
17.6 WIDE! Another delivery down the leg side. Curran goes for shot on the leg side but he doesn't need to worry about it.
17.6 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Curran plays the ball to off side for a run.
CSK 82/8 after 17 overs.
Krunal Pandya to bowl. Curran is on strike.
16.1 Fuller delivery on off stump. Curran plays the ball down to long-on for a single.
16.2 Fuller delivery on off stump. Tahir paddle sweeps the ball to fine leg for a couple of runs.
16.3 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Tahir goes for a wild swing. The ball goes past the bat. de Kock collects the and dislodges the bails. de Kock appeals for stumping. Third umpire is pressed into action . The replay shows that Tahir is safe.
16.4 Good length ball outside off stump. Tahir pushes the ball to cover for a single.
16.5 Short ball and Curran pulls the ball to square leg for a single.
16.6 FOUR! Short ball outside off. Tahir plays a late cut to send the ball down to third man for a boundary.
CSK 73/8 after 16 overs.
Bumrah is back in the attack. Tahir is on strike.
15.1 Full toss outside off stump. Tahir goes for a drive. The ball goes past the outside edge of the bat. de Kock fails to collect the ball and Tahir takes a single.
15.2 Fuller delivery fired on middle stump. Curran blocks the ball.
15.3 Fuller delivery on off stump. Curran plays the ball to cover.
15.4 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Curran plays the ball down to long-on. Curran refuses a single.
15.5 Fuller delivery on off stump. Curran plays the ball to leg side for single.
15.6 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Tahir plays the ball to cover.
CSK 71/8 after 15 overs.
Coulter-Nile to bowl. Thakur is on strike.
14.1 Good length delivery outside off stump. Thakur swings and sends the ball high in the air. The ball falls in non man's land. Thakur takes a single.
14.2 Short ball on leg stump. Curran goes for a pull but he falls down while playing the shot.
14.3 Short ball on leg stump. Curran cuts the ball to point and settles for a single.
14.4 Good length delivery outside off stump. Thakur plays the ball just wide of Pollard at cover. Thakur takes a couple of runs.
14.5 WICKET! Thakur c Suryakumar Yadav b Coulter-Nile 11(20)
Slow short delivery outside off stump. Thakur tries to play the ball over point. The ball takes thick outside edge and lobs to Suryakumar Yadav at point.
Imran Tahir is the new batsman.
14.6 Short ball going down leg. Curran goes for shot down the leg side but misses.
CSK 67/7 after 14 overs.
Krunal Pandya to bowl. Curran is on strike.
13.1 Short ball outside off stump. Curran plays the ball to sweeper cover for a run.
13.2 Fuller delivery fired on middle stump. Thakur blocks the ball.
13.3 Fuller delivery and Thakur plays the ball back to the bowler.
13.4 Short balll and Thakur plays the ball to leg side for a run.
13.5 Full toss outside off stump. Curran plays the ball to off side for a run.
13.6 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Thakur plays the ball to fine leg for a run.
CSK 63/7 after 13 overs.
Rahul Chahar to bowl his last over. Curran is on strike.
12.1 Short ball outside off stump. Curran plays the ball to mid-off and gets a run.
12.2 Short ball outside off stump. Thakur gets no run.
12.3 Good length delivery. Thakur is beaten.
12.4 Short ball outside off stump. Thakur plays the ball to sweeper cover for a run.
12.5 Short ball outside off stump. Curran plays the ball to sweeper cover for a run.
12.6 Short ball and Thakur plays the ball back to the bowler.
CSK 60/7 after 12 overs.
Kieron Pollard to bowl. Thakur is on strike.
11.1 Short ball outside off stump. Thakur plays the ball to the fielder at cover.
11.2 Short ball on middle stump. Thakur plays the ball to leg side for a run.
11.3 Slow delivery on good length outside off stump. Curran plays the ball to off side and settles for a single.
11.4 Fuller delivery on off stump. Thakur blocks the ball.
11.5 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Thakur hits the ball to cover for a run.
11.6 Slow fuller delivery outside off stump. Curran plays the ball to cover and takes a run.
CSK 56/7 after 11 overs.
Rahul Chahar to bowl. Curran is on strike.
10.1 Short ball and Curran blocks the ball.
10.2 Short ball and Curran plays the ball through off side for 2 runs.
10.3 Fuller delivery and Curran defends.
10.4 Short delivery. Curran guides the ball to midwicket for a single.
10.5 Fuller delivery and Thakur plays the ball down to long-on for a single.
10.6 Short ball and Curran plays the ball to the fielder at short cover.
CSK 52/7 after 10 overs.
Coulter-Nile to bowl. Thakur is on strike.
9.1 Good length delivery on off stump. Thakur for a shot. The ball takes the inside edge of the bat and hits the pads.
9.2 Fuller delivery and Thakur plays the ball to leg side for a runs.
9.3 SIX! Short ball outside off stump. Curran pulls and sends the ball over fine-leg and out of the ground.
9.4 Short ball outside off stump. Curran leaves the ball for the keeper.
9.5 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Curran pushes the ball to mid-on.
9.6 Good length delivery outside off stump. Thakur plays the ball to the fielder at point.
CSK 44/7 after 9 overs.
Rahul Chahahr to bowl. Curran has the strike.
8.1 Short ball outside off stump. Curran hits the ball down to third man for a run.
8.2 Fuller delivery and Chahar plays the ball down to fine leg for 3 runs.
8.3 SIX! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Curran smacks the ball out of the park.
8.4 Short ball outside off stump. Curran cuts the ball through backward point for a single.
8.5 WICKET! Chahar st de Kock b Rahul Chahar 0(5)
Fuller delivery on middle stump. The ball spins away from Chahar. Chahar goes for a big shot. He misses the ball. de Kock collects the ball and dislodges the bails. Chahar is out of his crease.
Shardul Thakur is the new batsman.
8.6 Short ball on leg stump. Thakur plays the ball to leg side for a run.
CSK 32/6 after 8 overs.
Nathan Coulter-Nile to bowl. Curran is on strike.
7.1 Short ball outside off stump. Curran looks to cut the ball but the ball goes past the bat.
7.2 Fuller delivery on off stump. Curran plays the ball towards the fielder at point.
7.3 Short delivery outside off stump. Curran leaves the ball for the keeper.
7.3 WIDE! Short ball from Coulter-Niler. Curran lets the ball for the keeper.
7.4 Fuller delivery on off stump. Curran guides the ball to the fielder at backward point.
7.5 Good length delivery on off stump. Curran plays the ball to short third man for a quick single.
7.6 Good length delivery outside off stump. Chahar plays the ball to off side.
CSK 30/6 after 7 overs.
Rahul Chahar to bowl. Dhoni is on strike.
6.1 Fuller delivery and Dhoni pushes the ball back to the bowler.
6.2 Fuller delivery and Dhoni drives the ball to cover.
6.3 SIX! Fuller delivery and Dhoni comes down the track and hammers the ball over the bowler's head for a maximum.
6.4 WICKET! Dhoni c de Kock b Rahul Chahar 16(16)
Flighted delivery. The ball spins away from Dhoni. Dhoni goes for a big shot. The ball takes fain outside edge and goes to de Kock.
Deepak Chahar is the new batsman.
6.5 Fuller delivery and Chahar plays the ball to leg side.
6.6 Fuller delivery and Chahar blocks.
CSK 24/5 after 6 overs.
Boult to bowl. Jadeja is on strike.
5.1 Fuller delivery fired on off stump. Jadeja comes on the front foot and blocks the ball.
5.2 WICKET! Jadeja c Krunal Pandya b Boult 7(6)
Good length delivery outside off stump. Jadeja comes down the track and hits the ball straight into the hands of Krunal Pandya at short midwicket.
Sam Curran is the new batsman.
5.3 Short delivery on middle stump. Curran guides the ball down to fine leg for a single.
5.3 WIDE! Poor ball by Boult as he bowls way outside off stump.
5.4 Fuller delivery fired on off and middle stump. Dhoni pushes the ball to the fielder at mid-off.
5.5 Good length delivery on middle stump. Dhoni plays the ball to square leg for a single.
5.6 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Curran blocks the ball.
CSK 21/4 after 5 overs.
Krunal Pandya to bowl. Dhoni is on strike.
4.1 WIDE! Fuller delivery down the leg side. de Kock doesn't collect the ball and Dhoni takes a single.
4.1 Short ball outside off stump. Jadeja plays the ball to midwicket for a run.
4.2 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Dhoni plays the ball to mid-on.
4.3 Fuller delivery and Dhoni defends.
4.4 Fuller delivery and Dhoni pushes the ball back to to Krunal.
4.5 Fuller delivery and Dhni drives the ball to cover.
4.6 Fuller delivery and Dhoni plays the ball back to the bowler.
CSK 18/4 after 4 overs.
Bumrah continues. Dhoni is on strike.
3.1 FOUR! Good length delivery outside off stump. Dhoni goes for a cut. The ball takes a thick outside edge and goes through the gap between the keeper and the fielder at second slip.
3.2 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Dhoni pushes the ball back to Bumrah.
3.3. FOUR! Good length delivery outside off stump. Dhoni goes on the backfoot and punches the ball through cover for a boundary.
3.4 Short ball and Dhoni plays the ball to leg side for a single.
3.5 FOUR! Fuller delivery on off stump. Jadeja flicks the ball to send it racing down to fine leg for a boundary.
3.6 Well directed bouncer. Jadeja ducks to let the ball fly to the keeper.
CSK 5/4 after 3 overs.
Boult continues. du Plessis is on strike.
2.1 Good length delivery which goes past the outside edge of the bat.
2.2 Good length delivery outside off stump. du Plessis plays the ball to point.
2.3 Fuller delivery outside off stump. du Plessis plays the ball to off side.
2.4 Good length delivery outside off stump. du Plessi pushes the ball to point.
2.5 WICKET! du Plessis c de Kock b Boult 1(7)
Full length delivery outside off stump. du Plessis goes for a big shot. The ball takes the outside edge and goes to de Kock.
Ravindra Jadeja is the new batsman.
2.6 Fulkler delivery on off stump. Jadeja plays the ball to leg side for 2 runs.
CSK 3/3 after 2 overs.
Jasprit Bumrah to bowl. Faf du Plessis is on strike.
1.1 Fuller delivery on off stump. du Plessis blocks the ball with a dead straight bat.
1.2 Good length delivery on off stump. du Plessis gets inside edge of the bat and the ball rolls to leg side. du Plessis takes a single.
1.3 Short delivery on off stump. Rayudu pulls the ball and sends the ball to leg side. Rayudu picks up a couple of runs.
1.4 WICKET! Rayudu c de Kock b Bumrah 2(3)
Quick well directed bouncer from Bumrah. Rayudu plays a poor pull shot. The ball lobs to Quinton de Kock and he makes no mistake in completing an easy catch.
N Jagdeesan is the new batsman.
1.5 WICKET! N Jagadeesan c Suryakumar Yadav b Bumrah 0(1)
Good length delivery outside off stump. Jagdeesan prods his bat. The ball takes thick outside edge and flies to wide slip where Suryakumar Yadav makes no mistake.
MS Dhoni is the new batsman.
Bumrah on a hat-trick!
1.6 Short ball going down the leg side. Dhoni ducks and leaves the ball for the keeper.
CSK 0/1 after 1 over.
Trent Boult to bowl the first over for MI. Facing Boult will be Gaikwad.
0.1 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Gaikwad pushes the ball back to Boul.
0.2 BEATEN! Good delivery just outside off stump. Gaikwad goes for a soft push but the bal goes past the outside edge of the bat.
0.3 BEATEN AGAIN! Good length delivery angling away. Gaikwad goes for drive but the ball goes past the outside edge of the bat.
0.4 Fuller delivery and Gaikwad pushes the ball to off side.
0.5 WICKET! Ruturaj Gaikwad lbw b Boult 0(5)
Huge shout for LBW from Boult. Fuller delivery on middle stump. The ball shapes back in. The ball hits Gaikwad's pads as he looks to play the ball on the leg side. The umpire gives that as NOT OUT. Pollard takes the review. The review shows three red dots. Gaikwad has to walk back.
Ambati Rayudu is the new batsman.
0.6 Good short delivery. Rayudu drops his wrists to let the ball fly to the keeper.
The two umpires walk out to the middle. MI players take the field. Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad walk out to open the inning for CSK.
MI Playing XI
Quinton de Kock(w), Saurabh Tiwary, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard(c), Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
CSK Playing XI
Sam Curran, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, N Jagadeesan, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Josh Hazlewood, Imran Tahir
MS Dhoni: Last game we played here the wicket played slightlybetterin the second innings, so not much of a problem. Once we landed here we had a 14-day break and before that we had a seven day-camp in Chennai and once we're here it became slightly difficult with the quarantine and there were a few phases where game went out of our hands and the batting wasn't also upto the mark, It happens in cricket and there are quite a few reasons for why we haven't been upto the mark. Three changes for us. Kedar Jadhav, Shane Watson, Piyush Chawla out and Jagadeesan, Gaikwad and Tahir are in.
Kieron Pllaord: We are gonna bowl first. Don't expect the wicket to change much and hopefully there's some dew. We want to qualify to the playoffs first and we still have to come out and play good cricket. Rohit is struggling with his left hamstring and hopefully he will be fit soon and take the captaincy. Only change we have is Saurabh Tiwary comes in for Rohit.
Toss
MI captain Kieron Pollard wins the toss and opts to bowl.
Big news ahead of the toss: Kieron Pollard to lead MI in the match. Rohit Sharma is unwell and will sit out.
Deccan Herald’s Dream XI
Quinton de Kock, Rohit Sharma (c), Faf du Plessis, Suryakumar Yadav, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kieron Pollard, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur
Impact player for MI
Jasprit Bumrah: He started the season slow but he has since picked up his performances. He is delivering yorkers at will. His ball to clean up KL Rahul in the previous match showed that he's back to his best. With 15 wickets already in his kitty, he will now aim for the Purple Cap.
Impact player for CSK
Sam Curran: He has been the find of the season. He has bowled in different parts of the innings and batted very well in multiple positions. He is also a great fielder. Curran deserves a long run with CSK.
Form Guide (last five matches)
Chennai Super Kings: L-L-W-L-L
Mumbai Indians: L-W-W-W-W
Head to Head
Matches played: 31
Chennai Super Kings: 13
Mumbai Indians: 18
What happened in the reverse fixture?
MI lost the first match of the season against CSK. Ambati Rayudu played a man-of-the-match innings of 71, du Plessis made 58 and CSK won by five wickets.
Mumbai Indians are well placed on the points table. They are third with 12 points from 9 matches. On the other hand, nothing has gone right for Chennai Super Kings. They have struggled right through the season and find themselves at the bottom of the points table and possibly out of the contention for the playoff spot.
For MI this match is about getting into top-2 while CSK would be hoping to survive and improve their head to head record over MI.
Good evening and welcome to the coverage of match 41 of the Indian Premier League. Tonight Chennai Super Kings face Mumbai Indians at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sahrjah.
The SWOT for MI
Strengths:The bowling attack is arguably the best of all the teams. Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, James Pattinson and Rahul Chahar are likely to finish among the top wicket-takers of the season. Krunal Pandya has supported them well and Kieron Pollard has stepped up to bowl when required. It's the most settled bowling attack in the league.
Weaknesses:There are no obvious major weaknesses. A minor concern is the form of Nathan Coulter-Nile with the ball. In two matches, he has got just one wicket while conceding 84 runs. The team should also not become complacent.
Opportunities:CSK vs MI is considered the El Clásico of the IPL. This time, however, CSK's form has robbed interest from the match. MI should aim for a dominant win that will boost their run rate.
Threats:MI suffered a shocking loss to Kings XI Punjab that has currently pushed them down to no. 3 in the table. They need to set the record straight with a big win. They have been among the best in the league phase and anything below a top-two finish would undo all their hard work.
The SWOT for CSK
Strengths:They are on the edge of elimination but the bowling has been the stronger side of their equation. Deepak Chahar and Sam Curran have got 10 wickets each and Shardul Thakur has got nine. Piyush Chawla and Karn Sharma have together grabbed 10. And Imran Tahir should have been included in the eleven before now.
Weaknesses:The batting has been dreadful. Apart from Faf du Plessis, all the other batsmen have been found wanting. All of the CSK batsmen put together have managed just seven fifties so far. Four of them came from du Plessis. Kedar Jadhav has been the weakest link with just 62 runs from eight matches at a strike rate of 93.93. The batting order was shuffled so often that no one was able to settle into a role.
Opportunities:MS Dhoni has admitted that he will finally offer more chances to the youngsters in the remaining league matches. So, we should see more of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Narayan Jagadeesan, Monu Kumar, KM Asif and R Sai Kishore. Mitchell Santner and Imran Tahir also deserve a game. Tahir’s complete exclusion has played a major role in the team's failures.
Threats:They are now desperately trying to avoid finishing the league stage in last place. Another loss would add insult to injury. There are already murmurs circulating about a complete overhaul of the team. They are now the team that's most likely to finish last.