DLF IPL Season 5
Eliminator
Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings
at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Winning the toss in a pressure game is a boon. But the Mumbai Indians messed it up by
opting to field first. They might have
gone by the past results and decided that chasing would be better. But in a pressure game, posting a good score
and keeping the opponents under pressure would be the right tactic,
irrespective of the nature of the track.
Dhawal Kulkarni bowled brilliantly once again for the Mumbai
Indians dismissing the CSK opener Vijay for 1 run and Suresh Raina for a
duck. However the other opener Mike
Hussey batted very well along with Badrinath to take the score to 95. Badrinath got out scoring 47 off 39
balls. Hussey was the next one to go for
49 off 39 balls. Ravindra Jadeja scored
a solitary run and got out. Being in a
comfortable position at 114/5 in the 16th over and having got the right
platform to launch an attack, Dhoni and
Bravo played some breathtaking strokes and hammered the Mumbai bowlers all
around the park. They might have aimed
at a score of 155 to 160 initially. But as
both of them started firing, runs started pouring in and CSK ended up posting a
mammoth total of 187/5. Dhoni remained
unbeaten on 51 off just 20 balls. Bravo
was equally good remaining not out on 33 off 14 balls. CSK achieved this good score without using
their main weapon Albie Morkel who didn't have to bat this time.
The successful pair of Sachin and Dwayne Smith gave a blistering
start. Smith was very aggressive. But a misunderstanding resulted in an
unfortunate run out. Sachin played the
ball towards the off side, Smith ran and reached the batting end, but Sachin
didn't move. It was a nice gesture from
Sachin to come out of the crease before the throw reached the non-striker's end
and sacrifice his wicket. Not only that,
he consoled Smith and asked him to carry on.
Unfortunately Smith could not add much to his score and got out for 38
off 22 balls. Poor batting from the
remaining batsmen saw Mumbai Indians crumbling to defeat and justified their
chokers' tag once again. Mumbai Indians
managed to score 149/9. All the bowlers
from CSK were among wickets. Bravo was
very impressive capturing 2/10 off 3 overs.
CSK won the match by a huge margin of 38 runs. They will play Delhi Daredevils on Friday,
the 26th May at M.A.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Chennai in front of their home
crowd. Winner of that match would play
KKR in the Finals at the same venue on 27th May.
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FRI
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25-May
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2000
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Qual.2
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CHENNAI
|
Vs
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DELHI
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Chennai
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SUN
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27-May
|
2000
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FINAL
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KOLKATA
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Vs
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Winner of Q2
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Chennai
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