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IPL 12 Qualifier 1 MI vs CSK at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai: Suryakumar collects the winning run, guiding the ball towards square-leg for a single off the third delivery of the penultimate over! He remains unbeaten on 71 off 54 balls, as Mumbai win with nine balls to spare! IPL 2019, Qualifier 1 MI vs CSK, Today’s Match Preview: IPL’s arguably biggest rivalry is back — this time in the Qualifier 1 — as Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lock horns for the third time this season. Rohit Sharma’s men will be looking to complete a hat-trick of wins against their fierce rivals this season when the teams face off in Chennai tonight. This time, the race to the Playoffs went down to the wire with MI, CSK, and Delhi Capitals (DC) all finishing with 18 points, whereas Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) had to wait for the result between MI and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), which the former won comfortably by nine wickets. This meant that third-placed DC plays SRH in the eliminator, where the loser gets knocked out. CSK are in a tricky situation. After winning seven of their eight matches in the first half of the season, they only managed two wins in their last six, with their latest loss coming against KXIP. Meanwhile, Quinton de Kock has been in fine form this season. Having aggregated 492 runs so far, including four fifties. He is 106 runs ahead of Rohit Sharma (386 runs) in terms of the MI’s top run-scorers list. With CSK returning to their home turf, MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina will be looking for big runs. Raina is in good touch, having scored fifties in each of his last two games. Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Full Squads: Mumbai Indians Team 2019 Players list: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav , Kieron Pollard , Hardik Pandya , Ishan Kishan(w ), Krunal Pandya , Rahul Chahar , Jason Behrendorff , Jasprit Bumrah , Yuvraj Singh , Anmolpreet Singh , Aditya Tare , Siddhesh Lad , Evin Lewis , Pankaj Jaiswal , Anukul Roy , Ben Cutting , Mayank Markande , Lasith Malinga , Mitchell McClenaghan , Barinder Sran , Rasikh Salam , Jayant Yadav Chennai Super Kings Team 2019 Players list: Shane Watson , Faf du Plessis , Suresh Raina , Ambati Rayudu , Kedar Jadhav , Sam Billings (w), Ravindra Jadeja , Karn Sharma , Deepak Chahar , Shardul Thakur , Imran Tahir , MS Dhoni (w/c), Dwayne Bravo , Dhruv Shorey , Murali Vijay , N Jagadeesan , Ruturaj Gaikwad , Scott Kuggeleijn , Chaitanya Bishnoi , Harbhajan Singh , Mitchell Santner , Mohit Sharma , KM Asif , Monu Kumar For all the latest news, opinions and analysis from IPL 2019, click here For the full schedule, date, time and venue of all the matches of IPL 12, click here Check out the full points table for IPL 2019, including holders of Orange and Purple Caps
MI vs CSK Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019 Qualifier 1, Full cricket score: Mumbai Indians reach final with six-wicket win
IPL 2019 Qualifier 1 Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Updates:Suryakumar collects the winning run, guiding the ball towards square-leg for a single off the third delivery of the penultimate over! He remains unbeaten on 71 off 54 balls, as Mumbai win with nine balls to spare!
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And that brings us to the end of Qualifier 1, with Mumbai Indians comfortably beating Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in a low-scoring contest at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. MI are on a roll at the moment, becoming the first team to enter the final of IPL 2019. CSK, on the other hand, will get another shot at entering the final when they face the winner of the Eliminator between Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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After 18.3 overs,Mumbai Indians 132/4 ( Suryakumar Yadav 71 , Hardik Pandya 13)
Mumbai Indians win by six wickets and are the first team in IPL 2019 to enter the final!
Suryakumar collects the winning run, guiding the ball towards square-leg for a single off the third delivery of the penultimate over! He remains unbeaten on 71 off 54 balls, as Mumbai win with nine balls to spare!
After 18 overs,Mumbai Indians 126/4 ( Suryakumar Yadav 66 , Hardik Pandya 12)
Jadeja bowls out a rapid final over, conceding just one off it as Suryakumar isn’t willing to take any risk after Pandya collects a single off the first ball. MI need 6 to win off 12 balls.
After 17 overs,Mumbai Indians 125/4 ( Suryakumar Yadav 66 , Hardik Pandya 11)
Bravo returns after the timeout. Pandya collects a single at the start of the over. Surya then smacks a full toss towards wide long on, where du Plessis saves a couple of runs for his team. Single to Surya off the third. Pandya miscues a slog towards long on, where du Plessis puts in a slide, but is unable to collect it in the end. Pandya collects a double off it, and follows it up with another brace next ball. Single to Pandya off the last ball. Nine off the over. MI need 7 to win off 18 balls.
After 16 overs,Mumbai Indians 116/4 ( Suryakumar Yadav 63 , Hardik Pandya 5)
Tahir’s on a hat-trick at the start of his final over, but Surya sees off the threat by collecting a brace and a single off the first two deliveries. Hardik gets off the mark with a boundary off the fourth over, and collects a single off the last delivery Eight off the over, with Tahir signing off with 2/33 from four, the second one his 300th T20 wicket. MI need 16 to win off 24 balls.
After 15 overs,Mumbai Indians 108/4 ( Suryakumar Yadav 60 , Hardik Pandya 0)
Surya collects a boundary at the start of the over, with Watson missing out on the chance at slip before the ball runs away to the third man fence. Surya collects a brace three balls later, followed by a single. Dot to end the over. MI need 24 to win off 30 balls.
After 14 overs,Mumbai Indians 101/4 ( Suryakumar Yadav 53 , )
Tahir starts his third over off with four wides. Surya then brings up his half-century off 37 deliveries with a boundary. The leg-spinner though, strikes back by removing Kishan and Krunal off successive balls. Tahir’s on a hat-trick at the end of the over. MI need 31 to win off 36 balls.
OUT! Krunal now walks back for a golden duck, getting caught and bowled off Tahir’s bowling! Chennai suddenly are back in the game! MI 101/4
Krunal c and b Tahir 0(1)
Well played, Suryakumar!
BOWLED EM! Imran Tahir gets the breakthrough, with Kishan missing the ball completely and getting his off stump knocked over! No running celebration for the leggie though! MI 101/3
Kishan b Tahir 28(31)
After 13 overs,Mumbai Indians 92/2 ( Suryakumar Yadav 48 , Ishan Kishan 28)
Jadeja replaces Tahir from the other end. Seven collected off his second over, including a boundary to Suryakumar off the last ball of the over. MI need 40 to win off 42 balls.
After 12 overs,Mumbai Indians 85/2 ( Suryakumar Yadav 43 , Ishan Kishan 27)
Bhajji returns to the attack for his final over, this time with two slips to Kishan. The southpaw starts off with a cut towards deep extra cover, collecting a brace, and sets off for a single after guiding the ball past second slip three deliveries later. Single collected off each of the last two balls. Play held up for a bit in the middle of the over as Kishan appears to be having cramp-related issues. MI need 47 to win off 48 balls.
After 11 overs,Mumbai Indians 80/2 ( Suryakumar Yadav 42 , Ishan Kishan 23)
Big appeal for lbw by Tahir against Surya in the second delivery, turned down with the ball appearing to go down leg. Surya then bolsters Mumbai with back-to-back boundaries, bringing up the fifty stand in the meantime. 11 off the over. Less than run-a-ball now for the table toppers this season. MI need 52 to win off 54 balls.
After 10 overs,Mumbai Indians 69/2 ( Suryakumar Yadav 33 , Ishan Kishan 21)
Suryakumar collects a brace off the first delivery, and follows it up with a lovely punch through extra cover for a four. Single and a dot off the next two deliveries. Surya steers a wide yorker towards third man for a single off the fifth. Kishan collects one off the last ball to keep the strike. 10 off the over. MI need 63 to win off 60 balls.
After 9 overs,Mumbai Indians 59/2 ( Suryakumar Yadav 25 , Ishan Kishan 19)
Imran Tahir brought into the attack in the ninth over. Surya whips a flatter delivery towards deep midwicket, where the ball falls well short of the fielder and allows the batsman to collect one run. Five singles off the over, and the umpire signals the first timeout of the innings at the end of the ninth over. MI need 73 to win off 66 balls.
After 8 overs,Mumbai Indians 54/2 ( Suryakumar Yadav 22 , Ishan Kishan 17)
Bravo brought into the attack for the eighth over. Single collected off each of the first two deliveries. De Kock guides a slower full toss towards fine leg for a double off the third. Couple of singles and a dot off the next three deliveries. Surya and Kishan are going about business a tad cautiously at the moment. MI need 78 to win off 72 balls.
After 7 overs,Mumbai Indians 48/2 ( Suryakumar Yadav 20 , Ishan Kishan 13)
Jadeja brought into the attack after powerplay, and starts off by conceding four, including a double to Suryakumar off the penultimate delivery. MI need 84 to win off 78 balls.