CSK vs MI, Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019, Full Cricket Score: Rohit, Malinga guide Mumbai to 46-run win

Rohit Sharma, MoM: I thought it was better to lose the toss as we wanted to chase as well. But we knew whether we bat first or bowl first, we’ll still have to play good cricket. We spoke about that at the start of the game, but it was a great effort by the boys since it’s not easy to come here and play. We had to scrap for every run and every wicket, can’t ask for much more. At no point was I worried about my form because I was hitting the ball well. I knew the day will come, and I guess today was the day.

Rohit Sharma is the Man of the Match

Krunal Pandya, on his bowling

I was just trying to bowl in the right areas. When you know that the wicket is helping, you just need to bowl the right areas. I tried bowling back of the length, in the 5-metre patch.

Suresh Raina, CSK skipper: 

I think we didn’t bat well, kept losing wickets. We need to take more responsibility as a batting unit. We need to plan which bowler to attack and play accordingly. We have lost a lot of wickets in the batting powerplay. We have 2 more games to go, would like to win those. We need to regroup. We have power hitters and experienced players, we just need to regroup and see what we can do.

This is CSK’s only second defeat out of the last 19 matches which they have played at Chennai in IPL.

MI beat CSK by 46 runs!

OUT! Santner c Pollard b Malinga 22(20) 

Santner went downtown again but this shot was weak and has been taken by Pollard in the deep. CSK lose. MI win and move to second spot in points table.

SIX! Cracking shot! Short and wide and that is heaved over long-on fence by Santner

WICKET! BHAJJI FALLS!

Harbhajan c Hardik Pandya b Malinga 1(3)

It was in the slot but the change of pace did the job. Bhajji didn’t get enough behind his shot down the ground as it was taken in deep at long-on.

After 17 overs,Chennai Super Kings 103/8 ( Mitchell Santner 16 , Harbhajan Singh 1)

MI just two wickets away from a win! Bumrah strikes this time. Fires in a short ball and the mistimed pull shot from Chahar is taken excellently by Krunal after he ran and put in a dive. 53 needed in 3 overs.

Most wickets against a team in IPL:

29 – Umesh Yadav v KXIP
28 – Dwayne Bravo v MI
28 – Lasith Malinga v CSK*

WICKET! ANOTHER ONE DOWN!

Chahar c Krunal Pandya b Bumrah 0(2)

Bumrah fires in a short delivery to surprise Chahar as the pull shot is taken brilliantly by Krunal who puts in a dive at mid-wicket after covering some good distance.

MI’s economy rate of 10.0 in this season of IPL so far in death overs (16-20) – the fourth best among all the teams.

After 16 overs,Chennai Super Kings 99/7 ( Mitchell Santner 14 , )

Santner shows intent from CSK’s side. Pulls the slower short ball from Malinga over cow corner for a six. His check straight shot goes just over Malinga for a single. Malinga makes a comeback with a wicket on last ball. Removes Bravo as the leading edge off his bat is taken by the bowler. Bravo outfoxed by pace of the pitch as he tried to play a flick. 57 in four overs needed.

OUT! MALINGA REMOVES BRAVO!

 Dwayne Bravo c and b Malinga 20(17)

Slowness of the deck outfoxes the batsman. Bravo went with cross-bat shot but was beaten by the slower delivery as the leading edge flew into the hands of bowler Malinga.

15-overs comparison:

MI : 105/3
CSK : 88/6

SIX! Good shot! Slower short ball by Malinga is smoked over mid-wicket boundary by Santner

After 15 overs,Chennai Super Kings 88/6 ( Dwayne Bravo 17 , Mitchell Santner 6)

Two singles off first two balls. Four for Bravo as he pulls the short ball to mid-wicket long-on gap. Two more singles added. 68 in 30 needed.

FOUR! Chahar went with a half-tracker that is pulled between the mid-wicket and long-on gap for a boundary

After 14 overs,Chennai Super Kings 80/6 ( Dwayne Bravo 11 , Mitchell Santner 4)

Hardik is punished unfairly by the umpire. A legitimate delivery was called no-ball. Bravo made full use of the opportunity by cutting the back of length ball over short third man for a boundary. Four singles and a wide. 10 off the over. 76 in 36 needed.

FOUR! Bravo makes full use of the free-hit. Upper-cuts the short ball over short third man for a boundary

After 13 overs,Chennai Super Kings 70/6 ( Dwayne Bravo 5 , Mitchell Santner 2)

It has become a game of singles at the moment. CSK are in need of some inspiration. Just four off this over. CSK need 86 runs in 42 balls

Another nail in the coffin, this time not to a spinner. There’s going to be quite a bit of debate about whether this is a good T20 pitch, but that will prompt the counter question, good for whom? I don’t mind having the odd venue where batters actually have to apply themselves.

After 12 overs,Chennai Super Kings 66/6 ( Dwayne Bravo 3 , Mitchell Santner 0)

Another blow to CSK! Set batsman Vijay departs! His lazy cut shot is taken excellently by Suryakumar with a dive at point. Catch was referred upstairs but soft signal was out. Decision not overturned and Vijay has to leave. Santner comes out to bat. 90 in 8 overs needed.

OUT! WHAT A CATCH!

 Vijay c Suryakumar Yadav b Bumrah 38(35)

Suryakumar takes a great diving catch at point to remove Vijay! He went to cut the short ball and it was taken excellently. Catch was referred to third umpire but soft signal was out. Umpires could not prove otherwise and Vijay has to depart.

First 10 overs today for MI bowlers so far:

Pace: 4-0-37-2 (ER: 9.25)
Spin : 6-0-23-3 (ER : 3.83)

After 11 overs,Chennai Super Kings 64/5 ( Murali Vijay 38 , Dwayne Bravo 2)

Good over. Just four off it. Bravo has joined Vijay. Stumping appeal against Vijay but he never left the crease. 92 in 9 overs needed.

After 10 overs,Chennai Super Kings 60/5 ( Murali Vijay 36 , )

Debutant, left-arm spinner, Anukul Roy comes into attack. Starts off with couple of wides. Creates a half chance as the full toss is hit straight to him by Shorey but he failed to grab it. Few singles, a wide and then his first wicket. Got Shorey caught in deep as he mistimed the shot down the ground. 96 in 60 needed.

OUT! CSK LOSE SHOREY!

Shorey c Rahul Chahar b Anukul Roy 5(8)

CSK lose fifth wicket! Runs weren’t flowing and Shorey decided to step out for a swing over long-on but poor timing costed him as catch is taken in deep.

DROPPED! Unfair to call it such as it was slammed straight to bowler Anukul Roy and he spilled it out. Had no time to react.

After 9 overs,Chennai Super Kings 53/4 ( Murali Vijay 34 , Dhruv Shorey 3)

An over of some funny runs! Three single off first three balls. Dot ball. Shorey plays a shot to backward point and then gives up midway through his run but luckily the throw was much worse. Double on last ball which also had a run out appeal against Vijay at striker’s end but he made inside in time. Six off the over. 103 needed in 11.

Krunal continues to impress, and without MS Dhoni the CSK batting suddenly looks a lot thinner than usual. Mumbai are yet to bowl Anukul Roy, who was one of the stars of India’s winning Under-19  World Cup campaign. Will Chennai target him?

After 8 overs,Chennai Super Kings 47/4 ( Murali Vijay 30 , Dhruv Shorey 1)

Second wicket for Krunal! Gets Jadhav out as another veteran departs for CSK! It was not short enough for the cut and Jadhav chopped it onto stumps. Four off the over.

BOLWED! JADHAV GONE!

Kedar Jadhav b Krunal Pandya 6(11)

Another arm ball, another wicket! Jadhav went for an inside-out shot but it was not short enough as he chopped in onto his stumps. Second wicket for Krunal.

After 7 overs,Chennai Super Kings 43/3 ( Murali Vijay 29 , Kedar Jadhav 4)

Leggie Rahul Chahar comes into attack. Just three off the over with three singles. Chennai need 113 runs in 78 balls

After 6 overs,Chennai Super Kings 40/3 ( Murali Vijay 28 , Kedar Jadhav 2)

There’s no respite for CSK! After losing three wickets they have got to face Bumrah now. A single for Jadhav. Vijay gets a four as his pull shot is dropped by Krunal at backward square leg. Powerplay over.

FOUR! Vijay is surprised with bouncer and goes for a pull as Krunal drops him at backward square and it runs to the fence

Krunal turning out to be almost unplayable. How often have we seen a pitch that has something in it for the spinners is harder to bat on when it is turning inconsistently rather than turning square. Certainly Mumbai’s powerplay. Where’s the dew? Chepauk is playing with us.

Ducks while playing for CSK in IPL for Rayudu:

v SRH, Mumbai, 2018
v MI, Mumbai, 2019
v MI, Chennai, 2019*

After 5 overs,Chennai Super Kings 35/3 ( Murali Vijay 24 , Kedar Jadhav 1)

What an over from Krunal! Just a single and the wicket of Rayudu! Krunal clattered the stumps of Rayudu with a quicker one that zipped through the batsmen defense while he went playing for turn.

BOWLED ‘EM! RAYUDU OUT FOR DUCK!

Rayudu b Krunal Pandya 0(3)

There was some turn earlier and Rayudu went to play for turn but this one was an arm ball and quicker one which went through him to rattle the stumps.

After 4 overs,Chennai Super Kings 34/2 ( Murali Vijay 24 , Ambati Rayudu (W) 0)

Hardik Pandya strikes first ball! Raina miscues his shot off length ball as Suryakumar took the catch at backward point. Vijay takes charge with a flick four and a straight six. 12 off the over

SIX!

FOUR! Lovely shot! Pandya strayed onto Vijay’s pads as he elegantly flicked it to backward square leg for a boundary

Very quickly Malinga has gone to the slower ball, and almost found the second wicket. And Hardik taking a wicket with a seam up delivery. Like the first innings where there was dew as well as turn, we’re seeing a variety of strategies proving to be successful here. The game is balanced nicely.

OUT!  Raina c Suryakumar Yadav b Hardik Pandya 2(4)

Hardik Pandya strikes on his first ball! Raina went with a hard swing against the back of length ball, miscued it as Suryakumar took the catch at backward point.

After 3 overs,Chennai Super Kings 22/1 ( Murali Vijay 12 , Suresh Raina (C) 2)

Eventful over. 11 off it. Outside edge off Raina’s bat first ball but falls in safe space. Chip shot over backward point by Vijay for a four. Couple of doubles. Another chip shot off last ball goes high in air but is put down by debutant Anukul Roy at backward point.

DROPPED! Debutant Anukul Roy puts down Vijay’s catch

Raina needs one more fifty to bring up 50 fifties in T20s. He has scored 803 runs against MI in IPL – the most by any player.

FOUR! It was a chip shot by Vijay over backward point and it ran the distance. Quite a shot. Just placement, no need of strength

This is Murali Vijay’s only second IPL match since 2017.

After 2 overs,Chennai Super Kings 11/1 ( Murali Vijay 2 , Suresh Raina (C) 1)

Krunal called into attack! Two singles off first two balls. Four dot balls including a stumping appeal against Vijay. He was beaten by turn as QDK removed the bails. But Vijay got his foot down in time.

Vijay surrives stumping appeal! Vijay ws beaten by the turn off Krunal but got his foot down in time before QDK removed the bails

After 1 overs,Chennai Super Kings 9/1 ( Murali Vijay 1 , Suresh Raina (C) 0)

Watson looked in great touch before he departed! Slammed Malinga for two consecutive fours — a back-foot punch off cover and a flick past short fine leg. But ended up flicking the full ball immediately to short fine leg fielder to get out for eight. Vijay off the mark with a single.

OUT! Malinga strikes!

Watson c Rahul Chahar b Malinga 8(4)

Watson departs after two consecutive fours. Maling went full this time, on leg as Watson flicked his shot straight to the short fine leg fielder. Great start for MI.

Lasith Malinga has taken 26 wickets against CSK in IPL – the most he has taken against any opposition.

FOUR! Can’t bowl on pads in powerplay! Malinga went exactly there and Watson tucked it to beat short fine leg fielder

FOUR! Width offered outside off by Malinga and Watson punched that off back-foot to drill it through the covers

Murali Vijay comes out to open with Shane Watson in absence of Faf du Plessis. Lasith Malinga to bowl the first over. Let’s go…

Alright, time for chase!

MI defeated CSK in the first match of the season between these two sides. If Rohit Sharma’s side want to repeat the result, they need to restrict CSK under 155.

Mitch Santner: It was good to get a game. They’ve made a pretty competitive total. The wickets in New Zealand are more like the outfield here, so you need to keep it simple. It’s hard sitting out, but that’s just because of the quality in our squad. And when you get a call-up, it’s nice to get a good day out. Hopefully we can get a good partnership at the top. The first six overs will be important. If Watson gets off to a flyer again, that’s handy. But if you keep wickets intact and take it deep, then there’s a chance.

Hardik comes through at the end. This normally would have been a good enough total, but with the dew coming in a bit more, it will be harder to get the ball to spin in the last few overs. Mumbai too have three spinners, so how their two top class fast bowlers fare will be critical.

MI today:

First 10 overs : 84/1 (RR – 8.40)

Last 10 overs : 71/3 (RR – 7.10)

After 20 overs,Mumbai Indians 155/4 ( Hardik Pandya 23 , Kieron Pollard 13)

17 from the last over means MI end their innings at 155/4. Two fours and a towering six there. MI will be reasonably happy with their total, and given the turn that CSK spinners got, MI wouldn’t be too disappointed.

SIX! Bravo misses his length but Pandya doesn’t! Gets hold of that one and swings it into the orbit.

FOUR! Low full-toss and Pandya’s bottom hand comes into play there. Straight, clean hit off Bravo.

FOUR! Some length, some pace, and that’s some power from Pollard. Straight back past Bravo, the bowler.

Most runs conceded by Deepak Chahar in a T20 match:

46 – CSK v MI, Chennai, 2019*

44 – Rajasthan v Railways, Indore, 2011

43 – India v England, Bristol, 2018

After 19 overs,Mumbai Indians 138/4 ( Hardik Pandya 11 , Kieron Pollard 8)

Another good over this from the hosts. 10 come off it, but CSK will take that in the 19th over. Chahar concedes a boundary but takes the pace off to ensure there is not much damage.

FOUR! Short and slow from Chahar, but Pollard’s big bat swing drags it to the square leg fence.

After 18 overs,Mumbai Indians 128/4 ( Hardik Pandya 8 , Kieron Pollard 1)

Excellent death bowling this from CSK. Dwayne Bravo shows his vast experience and repertoire here, just six from this over with a wily mix of length and pace.

Now two new batters at the crease! Can’t really blame Rohit Sharma there, this is the situation that demands that kind of shot. But the pitch doesn’t have as much pace in it as originally expected, and Chennai’s decision to use three spinners is looking very sound. A challenge for the two big hitters.

After 17 overs,Mumbai Indians 122/4 ( Hardik Pandya 4 , Kieron Pollard 0)

Excellent over this from Santer. Just one run and the wicket of a well-set Rohit Sharma. CSK have really choked MI here. Pollard is the new man in.

OUT! Santner gets him! Rohit Sharma has holed out to long on after laying the foundation. 

Rohit c Vijay b Santner 67(48) (4s-6 6s-3)

After 16 overs,Mumbai Indians 121/3 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 67 , Hardik Pandya 3)

Tahir ends his spell with a 16-run over. Rohit gets two fours and a six there. MI on the move.

SIX! Finally, Rohit gets hold of this one. Just short, and Rohit pouncs on that one.

FOUR! Rohit changes his bat, and immediately goes for a slog sweep against Tahir. Again, Shorey could have done better there.

FOUR! Short from Tahir and Rohit pulls…it took the bottom end of the blade and a misfield from Shorey at the ropes earns Rohit a boundary.

Hardik Pandya’s SR in death overs in this season of IPL is 207.9.

After 15 overs,Mumbai Indians 105/3 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 52 , Hardik Pandya 2)

Lovely over this from Santner. Its Test cricket in coloured clothing! Lovely loop, dip and turn. He left Hardik confounded in that over. Just two runs from that over. Excellent stuff from CSK.

After 14 overs,Mumbai Indians 103/3 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 51 , Hardik Pandya 1)

Lovely over this from Tahir. Gets rid of Krunal and almost had Rohit there. Excellent control and terrific match awareness from the experienced South African. MI would hope for Rohit and Hardik to give them some much-needed ballast.

OUT! Tahir gets Krunal Pandya. Given the track and the number of overs remaining, you’d say that was an unnecessary slog. Santner takes the catch. Hardik Pandya walks out. 

Krunal Pandya c Santner b Tahir 1(3)

After 13 overs,Mumbai Indians 101/2 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 50 , Krunal Pandya 1)

Excellent over this from Santner. Two runs and a wicket of Lewis. Rohit Sharma and Krunal would look to consolidate for a couple of overs before going on an all-out assault.

Most 50-plus scores against CSK in IPL:

7 – Rohit Sharma*

6 – Shikhar Dhawan

6 – Virat Kohli

6 – David Warner

At what point do MI think that they need to start going after the bowling? Lewis thought that, but wasn’t able to connect. MI have been guilty of underutilising their middle order and their power hitters. They can’t afford that today, this looks like a pitch where you need a bit of time to get set.

FIFTY! Finally, Rohit Sharma gets to a fifty. His last IPL 50 was last year, also against CSK. Good measured innings this, and it has taken him 37 balls. Expect some big shots from the MI skipper now.

OUT! Lewis is gone! Flight from Santner, and the left-hander goes after it. Didn’t quite hit it that well and Dwayne Bravo catches it easily at deep mid-wicket. Krunal Pandya is in. 

Lewis c Dwayne Bravo b Santner 32(30) (4s-3 6s-1)

After 12 overs,Mumbai Indians 99/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 49 , Evin Lewis 32)

Good over this from Bravo. Conceded a boundary to Rohit but that apart, he has been pretty disciplined. Just seven from the over.

FOUR! Lovely touch from Rohit. Slow bouncer there from Bravo and Rohit ramps it easily and expertly.

Chennai are playing three spinners and two pace bowlers, who have already bowled four overs. So that means we will see only four overs of pace in the last 10 overs. I think Hardik Pandya may be licking his lips. He’s been so good against pace this season, but he originally made a name as a hitter of spin.

After 11 overs,Mumbai Indians 92/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 44 , Evin Lewis 30)

Mitchell Santner, left-arm spinner, into the attack, and he starts with a peach… Lovely loop and a sharp turn beats Rohit’s outside edge. He goes down for a sweep next ball and collects two. Drops his length the next ball before Rohit gets a boundary. Eight from that over.

FOUR! Good shot this from Rohit. Played that late, and placed that one from Santner perfectly behind point.

After 10 overs,Mumbai Indians 84/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 37 , Evin Lewis 29)

Dwayne Bravo into the attack now. Brace yourselves from some mean slower ones. Starts with a short and wide one across Lewis, and the left-hander doesn’t bother to touch it. Much fuller and straighter the next ball, and Lewis drives it straight back to the bowler. Just 5 come off next 4 balls, including a wide. Good start from Bravo.

Rohit Sharma has been dismissed by spinners five times in this season of IPL.

Before this match, MI lost a wicket to spinners every 19.8 deliveries.

Dwayne Bravo has taken 28 wickets against MI in IPL – the second most by any bowler against an opposition in IPL.

After 9 overs, Mumbai Indians 79/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 35 , Evin Lewis 27)

14 from this over again. MI are on the charge. They’ve decided to counter CSK spinners with a calculated attack. Lewis takes a cue from his skipper and collects a six and a four in this Tahir over.

FOUR! In the slot again from Tahir, and Lewis goes downtown again. Beats long on for a four.

SIX! Beautiful shot this from Lewis. Tossed up from Tahir, right into the slot and Lewis tees off.

Most sixes in IPL:

324 – Chris Gayle

211 – AB de Villiers

203 – MS Dhoni

192* – Rohit Sharma*

191 – Suresh Raina

After 8 overs,Mumbai Indians 65/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 33 , Evin Lewis 15)

Excellent over this for MI. It was Harbhajan’s fourth over on the trot, and Rohit smacked him down the ground for two lovely sixes. 14 from this over as Rohit Sharma beginning to wake up.

SIX! Well, well, well…Is it one over too many for Harbhajan. He is being taken on by Rohit in his last over. Tossed up again, and Rohit steps out again. Better connection, straighter hit, same result.

SIX! First six off Harbhajan. Tossed up from Harbhajan, and Rohit steps out and hits him over mid-wicket. Lovely, clean hit.

After 7 overs,Mumbai Indians 51/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 20 , Evin Lewis 14)

Imran Tahir into the attack. Six singles there means its a tidy start from the leg-spinner. CSK spinners looking to tighten the screws here.

There’s dew, but there’s also turn. Let’s see how Tahir goes. Quite a unique strategy from Raina, using just two bowlers in the Powerplay. Lewis now has a chance to prove he can do better than Suryakumar, who has been batting at three for most of the competition.

After 6 overs,Mumbai Indians 45/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 17 , Evin Lewis 12)

Just two runs from that Harbhajan over. He has held the CSK bowling together with a brilliant opening spell. Just 4 runs from that over, and he did draw an edge from Lewis that was taken by Rayudu. Funnily, no one appealed! Will CSK rue the miss?

After 5 overs, Mumbai Indians 41/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 16 , Evin Lewis 9)

Good over for MI. Three fours in it. Chahar, despite the wicket, has looked off-colour tonight. after a quite Harbjhajan over, MI have made up with this one.

FOUR! Good shot from Rohit! Short and into the body by Chahar, and Rohit swivels and pulls.

FOUR! Good shot from Rohit! Short and into the body by Chahar, and Rohit swivels and pulls.

FOUR! Streaky from Lewis. Good length and outside off, Lewis drives away from the body and the inside edge fetches a four.

FOUR! Fine shot this from Lewis to get off the mark. Picks the slower one and half-pulls it to the fence. Chahar the bowler.

After 4 overs, Mumbai Indians 25/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 9 , Evin Lewis 0)

Excellent over this from Harbhajan; just 1 run from it. He didn’t allow Lewis any singles, and very nearly had him LBW. Even his bad last ball was swept straight to short fine leg fielder. Experience!

Evin Lewis against CSK in IPL:

38, 0, 47

De Kock will be kicking himself, because this looks like a pitch full of runs. There’s already signs of dew, we saw Harbhajan vigourosly wiping the ball in a napkin as early as the second over. Mumbai will need to think about an extra 20 runs when they plan a target, the dew is inky going to get worse.

Since IPL 2015, de Kock has lost his wicket 13 times in 25 innings against spinners.

After 3 overs,Mumbai Indians 24/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 8 , Evin Lewis 0)

What an eventful over this from Chahar. Starts with 10 runs from first two balls but comes back well to dismiss de Kock. MI should look to build on the momentum though.

OUT! Chahar has his revenge! Short of length slower ball, de Kock was early in the shot and the top-edge off an intended pull shot balloons high in the night sky. Ambati Rayudu, the wicketkeeper, takes that one easily as MI lose their first wicket.

Left-hander Evin Lewis is in.

FOUR! Poor bowling there from Chahar. Follows that innocuous short ball with a half volley and de Kock drives it past covers for a four.

SIX! What a shot! Chahar digs short, not much pace there and de Kock pulls it deep in the stands. He concedes a boundary on the first ball again.

Quinton de Kock is coming into this match with four consecutive 30-plus scores, including two fifty-plus scores.

After 2 overs,Mumbai Indians 13/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 8 , Quinton de Kock (W) 5)

Harbhajan comes in from the other end, and he has found his line straightaway. Couple of short ones to de Kock, but the South African fails to capitalise. Tidy start from the experienced off-spinner.

After 1 overs, Mumbai Indians 9/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 6, Quinton de Kock (W) 3)

Quite an ordinary start from Chahar there. Two half volleys in that over; one dispatched for a four and other for three. Both openers are moving well, and the pitch seems to have true bounce, for now.

Rohit Sharma’s 619 runs in the IPL against the Chennai Super Kings are the 2nd most by any player behind Virat Kohli’s 747 runs.

FOUR! Half volley and width from Chahar and Rohit Sharma opens the account with a delectable cover drive first ball.

Mumbai Indians’ opening stands this IPL so far:

33, 54, 51, 8, 21, 28, 96, 57, 11

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Umpires have made their way to the middle, as have MI openers Quinton de Kock and skipper Rohit Sharma. Deepak Chahar to start the proceedings for CSK.

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The CSK-MI duel has been hyped up as a cricketing equivalent to the Real Madrid – FC Barcelona rivalry. While that, quite obviously, is a stretch, it doesn’t hurt the build-up. Two good teams that find themselves in top four, both multiple IPL winners, and both highly competitive sides… football analogy or not, this promises to be a good one. Belt up!

Most successive tosses won by a team in IPL:

9 – SRH (May, 2015 – Apr, 2016)

9 – CSK (Apr, 2019 – ongoing)*  

8 – CSK (May, 2018 – Mar, 2019)

MI playing 11 today

Quinton de Kock(w), Evin Lewis, Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Rahul Chahar, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah

CSK playing 11 today 

Shane Watson, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina(c), Ambati Rayudu(w), Dhruv Shorey, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir

CSK vs MI head-to-head record:

CSK have a 11-14 record against MI in IPL.

CSK have lost only one match out of the last 18 matches which they have played at Chennai in IPL.

MI have won 14 matches against CSK in IPL – the most any opposition has won against them.

CSK vs MI toss result today

Chennai Super Kings, being led by Suresh Raina, have won the toss and have elected to bowl first. Rohit Sharma reckons he would have done the same, thanks to the dew factor that is likely to play a part in the second innings.

Pitch Report: “The pitch was used for the first match against RCB, when RCB could only score 70. This is the same pitch which was used for the last match against SRH too. And SRH scored 175. Spin will play a vital role again and both teams are likely to go in with three spinners on this pitch,” says Darren Ganga

Mumbai, possibly the one team you would back to succeed against Chennai, even if they are in stunning form. What will separate the two table toppers will be the pitch. We have seen slow surfaces at Chepauk this season, and both teams have strong spin attacks. The composition of the XI will tell us a lot about the surface.

MS Dhoni to miss tonight’s clash

CSK captain MS Dhoni will not play tonight’s match against Mumbai Indians due to fever. Suresh Raina to be stand-in captain.

CSK batting coach Michael Hussey is not worried about Chepauk pitch

“The pitch I thought really improved for the last match, it played really well, we aren’t sure what a good score was, but having seen the batsmen hit through the line, it showed that the pitch played better, it’s a good sign, I think,” said Hussey.

Beuran Hendricks recently joined MI as a replacement for injured Alzarri Joseph. This what he had to say: “I see this as an opportunity to strengthen the Mumbai Indians bowling line-up, will be great working with some of the best in the business”

Mumbai would be looking to do a season double on Chennai. They defeated CSK by 37 runs in the first match at Wankhede as Hardik Pandya dazzled with the bat and ball.

CSK vs MI has always been the mother of all contests in IPL. And there’s no doubt fans are eagerly waiting once again for tonight’s clash. Both sides have won three IPL titles each and it’s a contest between the two best sides of the league.

Today’s IPL match live blog between CSK vs MI

Hello and welcome to Match 44 of IPL 2019 where Chennai Super Kings host Mumbai Indians. Stay tuned for LIVE updates and scores.