IPL8 – poor bowling by CSK leads to loss against MI who enter the finals

#IPL8 #MIvsCSK #LendlSimmons #KeironPollard Winning the toss, Mumbai Indians did not hesitate to opt for batting at the Wankhede Stadium and, in front of the home crowd, they played havoc with the bowling attack of Chennai Super Kings. Mumbai posted an imposing total of 187 for 6 and, it turned out to be an insurmountable total for CSK.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 19 May 2015.

This was the 3rdtime that MI has entered the finals after 2010 and 2013, and the scoring was mainly thanks to the hard hitting duo of Kieron Pollard who smashed a 17-ball-41 on the platform laid by Lendl Simmons who smashed 65 off 51 balls. Both of them hit 5 sixes each.
Chasing 188 to win, CSK were all out for 162 runs in the 19th over – they could not even play out the full quota of 20 overs!! Dwayne Smith and M S Dhoni could not open their accounts and Faf du Plessis top scored with 45.
And, for this loss, Chennai only have their bowlers to blame. They sent down a total of 8 wides and six of these were in the 19th over bowled by Mohit Sharma and 20th over bowled by Dwayne Bravo. MI jumped from 164 for 5 in the 18.5 ove185 for 6 in 19.4 overs – which means within a span of six balls, MI scored 21 runs.
The experiment with Pawan Negi failed – he went for 46 runs in his 4 overs.
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#IPL8 #CSKvMI #AmbatiRayudu #HardikPandya It was undoubtedly a poor show by Chennai Super Kings at their home ground when they lost to Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets in a match that CSK should have won comfortably. This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 8 May 2015.

First it was the batsmen who could manage only 158 runs when they could have got at least 180. Then came several dropped catches followed by bowling in the last 3 overs that saw sixes splattered all over the grounds – thanks to Ashish Nehra and Pawan Negi.
Ashish Nehra is the topmost wicket taker in IPL8 and has the Purple Cap but when he is his for two sixes in the 17th over, obviously the team suffers. In that over Nehra conceded 17 runs!!
The return of injured Ashwin paid dividends because he removed both the MI openers quickly but thanks to an unbeaten 34-run knock by Ambati Rayudu, who was given wonderful support by Hardik Pandya (21*) ensured a win for Mumbai in the 19.2 overs.
Pandya hammered Pawan Negi for three sixes in the penultimate over in which Negi conceded 25 runs. Of course, Negi, the Delhi based cricketer, proved useful with the bat – he smashed four fours and a six in quick time to score 36 runs off 17 balls.
The culprits for the dropped catches were Faf du-Plessis, Ravinder Jadeja. CSK continues to hold the No 1 spot in the points table and, with others gradually creeping up the table, one hopes that CSK will continue to hold the pride of place.

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