MI vs CSK : CSK defeat Mumbai Indians by 38 runs
Chennai Super kings has won match against Mumbai Indians by 38 runs in eliminator match at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Now CSK will play match against Delhi Daredevils in 2nd qualifier match at Chennai.
No batsman from Mumbai Indians were able to play big innings except D Smith against Chennai Super Kings.
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Smith (38 runs in 22 balls) and Sachin Tendulkar (11 runs in 11 balls) have made 47 runs partnerships in just 30 balls but were not able to continue further.
Morkel took 2 wickets from middle order batsman of MI as Rohit Sharma (14 runs in 16 balls) and Karthik (6 runs in 4 balls).
Pollard played few good shot but it was not enough to make MI win.
Because of good partnerships between middle orders, Chennai Super Kings has given 188 runs target.
After losing two early wickets, Badrinath and Hussy did 93 runs partnerships in 73 balls and Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Bravo did quick partnerships of 69 runs in just 29 balls.
Super Kings had lost 2 early wickets in first 2 overs only. Kulkarni strikes on his first over of match by making Murli Vijay (1 runs in 5 balls) to caught on first ball and clean bowled to Suresh Raina (0 runs in 1 balls).
In Eliminator match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, MI has won toss and choose to field first.
Chennai Super Kings Team :
M Vijay, MEK Hussey, SK Raina, MS Dhoni, DJ Bravo, RA Jadeja, JA Morkel, R Ashwin, BJ Hilfenhaus, SB Jakati, S Badrinath
Mumbai Indians Team :
DR Smith, SR Tendulkar, RG Sharma, KD Karthik, AT Rayadu, JEC Franklin, KA Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, SL Malinga, RP Singh, DS Kulkarni,
Photos : AFP