Clinical CSK Eliminates MI
Sidelights:
MI had to blame them for this defeat as they had a fantastic start and then lost it completely in the second set of the 10 overs. CSK on the other hand were cool, calm and collective while still chasing a big enough of a target of 174. Suresh Raina celebrated his elevation of Indian ODI captain for the Bangladesh tour by hitting his 23 fifties in the IPL.
IPL 7 | Eliminator 1 | MI Vs CSK
Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Toss: CSK and elected to field first
Playing XIs:
MI: Lendle Simmons, Michael Hussey, Corey Anderson, Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Ambaty Rayudu, Aditya Tare, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Pragyan Ojha, Jasprit Bumrah
CSK: Dwayne Smith, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Brendon McCullum, David Hussey, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Ashish Nehra
Mini Score Card:
MI 173/8 (20) Run rate: 8.65
Lendle Simmons 67 (44) | Mohit Sharma 3/42 (4)
Michael Hussey 39 (33) | Ravindra Jadeja 2/31 (4)
CSK 176/3 (18.4) Run rate: 9.42
Suresh Raina 54* (33) | Harbhajan Singh 2/27 (4)
David Hussey 40* (29) | Pragyan Ojha 1/34 (3)
Result: CSK won by 7 wickets and advanced to the eliminator 2
Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni | Bruce Oxenford | Rod Tucker (3rd) | Rajesh Deshpande (Reserve)
Match Referee: Andy Pycroft
How they played the game
Powerplay: CSK 60 runs, 0 wickets
First 50 runs: MI 35 balls | CSK 33 balls
50-100 runs: MI 39 balls | CSK 35 balls
100-150 runs: MI 30 balls | CSK 28 balls
EXTRAS: CSK 2 (2 LB) | MI 9 (3 LB, 5 Wd, 1 NB)
Best Partnership
MI: 1st wicket – 76 runs off 58 balls between Hussey 39 (33) and Simmons 35 (25)
CSK: 4th wicket – 89 runs off 56 balls between Raina 46* (27) and Hussey 40* (29)
Fours and SIXES
MI 14 Fours – 5 by Simmons, 4 by Hussey, 3 by Sharma, 1 each by Anderson and Pollard | 9 SIXES – 4 by Simmons, 2 by Anderson, 1 each by Hussey, Pollard and Harbhajan Singh
CSK 15 Fours – 5 by du Plessis, 4 each by Smith and Raina, 2 by Hussey | 8 SIXES – 3 by Hussey, 2 each by Raina and McCullum, 1 by du Plessis
Important facts about the match
- Suresh Raina has matched the record of most number of fifties in the IPL which is 23.
- Suresh Raina has played all the matches that CSK has played in all seven seasons of IPL till now.
In the PIC: Raina and Hussey returns after winning the first eliminator
Picture Courtesy: ESPN – Cricinfo
