Highlights, IPL 2019, Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings: Hardik, Suryakumar help MI beat CSK by 37 runs

Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings from Wankhede: MI beat CSK by 37 runs

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Match 15 of the Indian Premier League and it's two rivals that lock horns at the iconic Wankhede stadium. Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings. Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 37 runs in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday. Sent into bat, Mumbai Indians scored 170 for five at the Wankhede Stadium and restricted CSK to 133 for eight in 20 overs.(Match scorecard | When and where to watch live match)

Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, Match 15 Live:  MI (170/5) beat CSK (133/8) by 37 runs at the Wankhede

00.00 IST: Supreme display of cricket by Mumbai. Not quite in the game for 14 overs but then superior quality exhibition in the next 26. Hardik and Pollard's explosion towards the end with the bat left Chennai gasping for breath and then they were choked further by some excellent fast bowling.

23.56 IST: It's all over! MI win by 37 runs

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23.53 IST: FOUR! Beautiful shot again. Outside off, Thakur gives himself room to the leg side and punches it wide of mid off for a boundary!

23.52 IST: SIX! Not a bad shot at all. A length ball, outside off, Thakur swings hard, gets a bit high on the bat and manages to clear long off.

23.51 IST: OUT! Deepak Chahar falls for 7 off 7 balls.

23.48 IST: FOUR! Nice shot. Outside off, Chahar leans and lofts it over cover for a boundary.

23.45 IST: Shardul Thakur is the new man in

23.44 IST: OUT! Caught down the leg side! That is a delivery from Malinga of the old. Those slinging yorkers. Bravo departs, becoming Slinga's third victim. A firing yorker, outside leg, Bravo is opened up, as he looks to dig it out but all he gets is an inside edge behind. Normally, those run away to the boundary. But not if there is an obstruction named Quinton de Kock. He flings himself to his left acrobatically and takes a stunner. That should be the end of the chase now and Chennai might look at avoiding a massive loss and play out all the 20 overs.

23.43 IST: SIX! CLUBBED! Bravo gets one into the stands. A length ball, Bravo swings it over mid-wicket for half a dozen!

23.42 IST: Deepak Chahar is the next man in

23.41 IST: OUT! Caught behind! Another one in the coffin. Malinga has his second. A length ball, outside off, Jadhav swings hard but gets a thick outside edge behind. He does not go initially but then de Kock appeals along with the bowler and Tucker sends the batsman on the way. A valiant knock from Jadhav, ran out of partners, poor fellow.

23.37 IST: And, Bumrah to bowl the next over.

23.33 IST: Strategic time-out!66 off 4 overs out of which two will be bowled by Bumrah.

23.30 IST: FOUR! Just using the pace. Full and down the leg side, Jadhav flicks it behind square leg and the ball races away!

23.29 IST: FOUR! Off the outside edge! Outside off, Jadhav looks to drive but the ball moves away a touch, takes the outside edge and flies out of de Kock's reach to the third man fence.

23.27 Not Chennai's night, is it? They were on top till the 14th over of the first innings. Have been behind the eight-ball since. 77 needed from the last 5 overs and it will take a massive bit of a miracle. LASITH MALINGA is back on. 2-0-16-1 so far.

23.27 IST: FOUR! FOUR LEG BYES!Too full and misdirected. Down the leg side, Bravo misses his flick and the ball goes off his pads to the fine leg fence. Just 7 runs and 2 wickets from the over as Chennai take the strategic break.

23.25 IST:Dwayne Bravo is the next man in for CSK

23.24 IST: OUT! Caught behind! Second wicket in the over and the wheels seem to be coming off now. Jadeja backs away to the leg side and Hardik follows him with a short ball outside leg. Jadeja swings hard but gets a thick outside edge behind. De Kock dives spectacularly to his left and takes a wonderful catch.

23.22 IST: Ravindra Jadeja is the new man in

23.22 IST: OUT! Dhoni falls to Hardik! Is that the end of the run chase? No one better than him to take it till the last over and then seal a win. A short ball, outside off, MS looks to pull but the ball skids on slightly. His pull is without venom and it goes straight to Suryakumar Yadav who makes no mistake.

23.17 IST: FOUR! Terrific shot. Full and outside off, Jadhav gets down and slog sweeps it over mid-wicket. Rahul Chahar chases it to his right, dives but the ball goes through. 50-RUN STAND.

23.16 IST: Runs are just not coming for CSK now. They need to push on and quick.

23.11 IST: Jasprit Bumrah back on for MI as they look to break the stand

23.07 IST: Krunal Pandya comes on for a bowl now

23.02 IST: Hardik Pandya comes into the attack

22.52 IST: FOUR! Mumbai have their hands on their head. Just a ball ago, there was a slip in place. Then, he was removed and the scoreboard moved.

22.49 IST: Debutant Rahul Chahar into the attack.

22.46 IST: Strategic time-out! That 15-run over has given some respite to Chennai. Mumbai were 45/1 at this stage, so if the visitors just build a partnership and score normally, they should be ahead of what the hosts were around the 15th over mark

22.44 IST: FOUR! Excellent batting! A short ball, outside off, cramping Jadhav for room but KJ arches back and deftly guides it over the keeper to the third man fence! CSK 49/3 in 6.4 overs

22.43 IST: Free Hit and FOUR! Bottoms up! Strong bottom hand in play. This is not a bad ball at all. It is almost a yorker but Kedar, with Herculean bottom hand power, whips it over mid on for a boundary! CSK 45/3 in 6.3

22.42 IST! FOUR! Stand and deliver! Great shot by Jadhav. Extraordinary shot. A short ball, Jadhav plays a short-arm jab, pulling it wide of mid on for a boundary! CSK 38/3 in 6.2 overs

22.41 IST: This is brilliant from Pandya! Another good delivery. Pitching on off angles in for Dhoni. MSD defends it staying on his crease.

22.36 IST: A back of a length on off, angling in for Jadhav. Kedhar was looking to guide it to third man but changes his mind as ball angles in. Just keeps it away in the end.

* Mahendra Singh Dhoni walks in at number 5, replacing Raina.

22.33 IST: OUT! That is a stunner from Kieron Pollard! What an acrobatic piece of fielding. Short and outside off, Raina backs away and hits it hard over cover-point. For a second, it seems like it is a biggie. But out of nowhere Pollard throws himself upwards and catches it with one hand, not losing the ball as he falls on the ground! The Wankhede has become deafening. Chennai are rocked early. 33/3, chasing 171! Behrendorff removes Raina for 16. Chennai Super Kings 33/3 in 5 overs

22.30 IST: FOUR! Excellent shot. Back of a length outside off, Raina backs away to the leg side and then lofts it over cover. Hardik Pandya gives it a chase from mid off, then stops but then starts to run again. In the end, comes second. CSK 33/2 in 4.3 overs

22.30 IST: Edged and Four! Cheeky shot by Raina! Outside off, Raina backs away and in the end, just guides it wide of the keeper to the third man fence! CSK 29/2 in 4.2 overs

22.27 IST: FOUR! Nice shot. It was bowled full on leg, Jadhav flicks it over short fine leg for a boundary. 11 runs have come from the over. CSK 25/2 in 4 overs

22.26 IST: SIX! What a shot! Effortlessly done by Jadhav! Amazing shot. Full on leg, Jadhav flicks it over square leg for a maximum. CSK 21/2 in 3.4 overs

22.19 IST: SIX! Raina has a go and it has gone the distance. A length delivery on off and Raina just lifts it above the point for a maximum. Super shot that. CSK 13/2 in 2.2 overs

22.15 IST: Kedar Jadhav is the new man in

22.14 IST: OUT! Malinga gets his first. Big wicket for Mumbai. Short and outside off, Watson looks to cut hard but finds the cover fielder. It goes towards Pollard who plucks it very safely with two hands.

22.12 IST: FOUR! EDGE AND FOUR! Short of a length delivery outside off, Watson looks to pull but gets an outside edge. It goes above Rohit Sharma at first slip towards third man for a boundary.

22.11 IST: Lasith Malinga will share the new ball from the other end

22.09 IST: Suresh Raina is the new man in

22.08 IST: OUT! Rayudu departs! A short of a length delivery on middle and leg. Rayudu in double mind to leave or play, gets a little gloves on the way to keeper. De Kock takes an easy catch. The start Mumbai needed. Brilliant stuff from Behendroff. Strikes in the very first over.

22.04 IST: The players are out in the middle. Shane Watson and Ambati Rayudu will open for CSK while Jason Behrendorff has the ball for MI.

21.59 IST: Have the last 2 overs given Mumbai an edge over Chennai? Or with dew already making its presence, are the home side 10-15 runs short? We will get to know in a while.

21.57 IST: 45 from the last 2 overs. 88 in the last 6. Mumbai were 82/3 at the end of the 14th. Their flight suddenly took a U-turn since then. Sensational batting.

21.53 IST: Krunal Pandya is having a chat with Alan Wilkins. Krunal says that Mumbai will be definitely happy with the score, especially where they were at the halfway stage. Adds that the wicket is sticky and the ball is not coming on to the bat. Praises his brother and Pollard for finishing the innings nicely. Says that early on, the ball was swinging a lot and batting was difficult. On Hardik's knock, Krunal says that he is happy for his brother but also adds that he is not surprised because he has seen Hardik bat like that in his backyard.

21.50 IST: SIX! A flat hit on the final ball! Full and outside off, Hardik leans into this one and slices it over backward point. It goes all the way! 29 from the over as MUMBAI FINISH ON 170/5!

21.49 IST: FOUR! Excellent batting. Full and wide outside off, Hardik gets this over cover and makes it another boundary ball!

21.48 IST: SIX! The helicopter Pandya! Hardik is pumped up. Full and outside off, Pandya swings it cleanly over mid-wicket!

21.46 IST: SIX! NO BALL! Error and then a blunder from Bravo. Pollard's turn to dance. A full toss and that too above the waist. Caribbean power on display as Pollard swings it into orbit above mid-wicket. Replays show that it might have been a harsh call. That was not quite above the waist.

21.4 IST: Bravo to bowl the last over

21.41 IST: SIX! This one has gone too! A length ball outside off, Pollard uses his long levers and swings it over mid-wicket!

21.38 IST: Nearly a calamity of errors. Full and wide outside off, Pandya carves it behind point. There is a fielder in the deep and the batsmen get a single. Wait. There is more to follow. Dhoni collects, fumbles and now Pollard wants a single. Hardik responds and starts to run but MS recovers quickly. Dives and has an under-arm shy at the bowler's end but misses.

21.37 IST: SIX! CLOBBERED! Where has that gone? To Pune from Mumbai! A short ball, outside off, Hardik pulls it over mid-wicket for a colossal hit!

21.37 IST: Kieron Pollard is the next man in

21.36 IST: OUT! Gone! Caught. Surya cannot quite stay till the end. A length ball, around middle, Yadav looks to swing hard but gets hit on the higher part of the bat. Gets more height than distance and Ravindra Jadeja takes a dolly at long on. Decent knock from Surya but now, Mumbai have two new batsmen in the middle.

21.34 IST: FOUR! BRUTAL! Yadav is slowly opening his arms now. Bravo misses his yorker length by a fraction and that is enough for Surya. Bludgeons it down the ground. Ravindra Jadeja races across to his left from long on, dives full length and looks to stop the ball. But it hits him on his hand and deflects away.

21.29 IST: SIX! BOSH! 6th League Fifty for Surya! Full and outside off, Yadav gets down and slog sweeps it over mid-wicket! Raises his bat to the crowd. Can he stay till the end? 170 is still on.

21.28 IST: Brother replaces brother. Hardik Pandya comes in at number 6, replacing Krunal.

21.28 IST: OUT! Caught! Third time unlucky for Krunal. Actually, it is the third time just in this over. Overall, it will be the nth time. Outside off, fractionally short, Pandya backs away and slaps hard but gets more height than distance. Ravindra Jadeja gets across from long off and takes it Australian style with fingers pointing skywards. Excellent knock from Krunal - injecting some momentum into the innings.

21.26 IST: FOUR! Just over! Krunal is flirting with his luck. Outside off, Pandya looks to go off side but mistimes it over extra cover. Shane Watson leaps but misses.

21.25 IST: FOUR! TOP EDGE, CATCH MISSED, FOUR! A length ball outside off, Pandya swings hard but gets a top edge. The ball circles around short third man but just eludes Kedar Jadhav.

21.24  IST:Mohit Sharma back on for his third over

21.22 IST:Can the paltan power the MI past 150 from the stands?

21.19 IST: FOUR! Excellent placement. Picked the gap to perfection. Surya knew that third man was up and he was up for it. Backed away to the leg side, the bowler followed him, cramped him for room but Yadav still managed to guide it square of short third man!

21.18 IST: DJ Bravo back on for CSK.

21.15 IST: SIX! BOOM! There comes the first biggie of the night. Floated around middle, Krunal gets down and swings this over long on! The stand moves to 40 from 35 balls.

21.13 IST:Imran Tahir to resume proceedings for CSK

21.10 IST: Strategic time-out! 6 overs left then. Mumbai have been given a new lease of life with this Krunal-Surya partnership. Yadav seems to have mellowed down a touch but that is because Pandya has come out with full flair. In a partnership of 32, KP has 20. They should easily reach 150 from here but with the batting to come, 175 is not impossible to get. That will change the course of this game a bit.

21.07 IST: NOT OUT! Krunal Pandya has been adjudged LBW! But he takes the review. Inside edge? Missing leg? Referred upstairs. Decision overturned! Snickometer shows a spike when the ball passes the inner half of the bat and Krunal gets another life. Full and fast from Thakur, around middle, coming in slightly, Krunal looks to flick it without moving his feet and gets hit on the pads.

21.04 IST:Shardul Thakur is back into the attack.

21.01 IST: DROPPED! Mohit Sharma the culprit. Simple chance. Full and outside off, Krunal hits it towards mid off where Mohit Sharma should have gulped it but probably because of the dew, the ball pops out.

20.59 IST: Dwayne Bravo into the attack.

20.57 IST: FOUR! Tough luck for Rayudu. This is a brutal hit from Pandya. Dropped short from Mohit, KP swivels and pulls it powerfully, straight to Ambati Rayudu at deep mid-wicket. He stops the ball on the bounce, but the power on the shot takes him beyond the ropes. He tries to recover and then push the ball away but at that time, he is outside the boundary. Now he comes inside and tries to push it away but by that time, the ball touches the ropes.

20.56 IST: FOUR! Up and over! Intelligent batting from Krunal. Spots that mid off is up and he goes exactly over him, one bounce and into the fence!

20.54 IST: Mohit Sharma is back on for Chennai

20.51 IST: FOUR! Terrific batting. Bowled at 104 kph, Suryakumar gets down and sweeps it ferociously past short fine leg. He is playing a beauty here, is Surya. If Mumbai are going to get a big total, he needs to be playing for a while.

20.49 IST: FOUR! Nicely played. Just using the pace! Full and outside off, Krunal gets down and reverse paddles it past short third man. A boundary after 30 balls!

20.46 IST:Krunal Pandya has been promoted in the batting order

20.43 IST: Strategic time-out! Chennai are picking up wickets at regular intervals. Cannot say that any one ball was wicket-taking but such has been the day so far. There is already plenty of dew on the outfield, so Mumbai will have to keep on scoring - as anything less than 180 could be noncompetitive.

20.43 IST: OUT! It is a clean catch and Yuvraj walks back too. Another big blow. Tahir has his second. Floated outside off, Yuvraj leans and lofts it over long off. At first, it seems like he will clear the boundary but then Ambati Rayudu is seen pouching the catch at the boundary line. He celebrates but the umpires ask Yuvi to wait. Replays are crystal clear that it is a clean catch.

20.38 IST: Yuvraj Singh is the new man in

20.37 IST: OUT! Given out caught behind! Well, Rohit will feel aggrieved by that. Entire Mumbai camp will be. Replays show that when Jadeja landed his foot, his heel was on the line, in the air and then got dragged in. However, after numerous replays, the umpire has given it out. On the dismissal, it was slowly tossed up outside off, Rohit looked to push at it but missed. The outside edge was snapped by Dhoni in a flash. Controversial dismissal.

20.34 IST: Ravindra Jadeja into the attack.

20.31 IST: Imran Tahir introduced into the attack.

20.30 IST: END OF POWERPLAY!Just one run from the over. Mumbai 40/1 from six overs.

20.26 IST: Mohit Sharma is on for CSK, his first game in this year's IPL.

20.23 IST: FOUR! Hat-trick of fours for Yadav! Similar ball, too straight, on the pads and this time Suryakumar flicks it effortlessly wide of mid on. No dive or chase this time.

20.22 IST: FOUR! MISFIELD, FOUR again, SKY has two boundaries in as many balls. On middle and leg, Yadav flicks it through mid-wicket. Ambati Rayudu gets to the ball and puts in a dive but cannot quite stop it. He then gets up and runs after the ball, dives near the boundary again and tries to sweep the ball back in with his left hand but fails again.

20.21 IST: FOUR! Stand and deliver! We have a mid off, cover, cover-point and point. But Yadav still finds the gap. A length ball outside off, Surya stands tall and punches it sweetly, right where extra cover would have been. But there is no one there.

20.18 IST: FOUR! Rohit into the act now! Poor bowling from Shardul. 'Loose bowling coming in all sorts of packages', says Matthew Hayden on air. Short and wide outside off, Sharma flays hard and gets it wide of point for the third boundary of the over.

20.16 IST: FOUR! BEAUTY! He is such a sight to watch. Overpitched from Thakur and Yadav drives it straight back to where it came from. Down the ground, past mid on. Consecutive boundaries.

20.16 IST: FOUR!  Lovely shot. On a length outside off, Surya drives this on the up, through the covers and finds the gap.

20.13 IST: OUT! Caught next ball! De Kock falls early. A short ball outside off, de Kock looks to pull but the ball goes off the inner half of the bat. Probably because it skidded off the deck. So instead of going to mid-wicket, the ball travels to square leg where Kedar Jadhav completes the formalities. Replays show that the bat twisted a bit as well. Early strike then for Chennai and who is the hero? Deepak Chahar - their go-to Powerplay man.

20.10 IST: FOUR!  Fortuitous! Mumbai will not mind as they get their first boundary of the game. Outside off, moving away, de Kock looks to push through the off side but gets a thick inside edge which rockets past the stumps to fine leg!

20.05 IST: Shardul Thakur will share the new ball with Deepak Chahar

20.03 IST: A peach of an over from Deepak Chahar. Swing and just two runs from the first six balls.

19.59 IST: We are all set to begin. The players and umpires are out in the middle. Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock will open the batting for Mumbai. Deepak Chahar has the ball for Chennai.

19.34 IST: Teams:

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Jason Behrendorff

Chennai Super Kings: Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (WK/C), Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Mohit Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir

19.31 IST: TOSS: Chennai Super Kings win toss, opt to bowl against Mumbai Indians in Mumbai



19.29 IST: STATS CORNER:



19.26 IST:The home fans are ready to cheer MI to glory.



19.23 IST: PITCH REPORT: Sunil Gavaskar says there is grass on the turf and pacers will have some bounce and that's the time to strike because after that, batsmen can feast on runs.

19.20 IST: We have a new leg-spinner in the house.

18.44 IST: During which other league do you get to see this?

18.35 IST: Matches between Mumbai and Chennai have usually been an exciting ones and we can expect more of the same in this one as well. Mumbai have a slight edge over Chennai in the H2H battle winning 14 games out of 26. What will boost their confidence is also their record at home against Chennai. They have lost just 3 out of the 8 contests played here between the two sides. Chennai though are high on confidence and will look to continue their unbeaten run in the campaign. Who will come out on top in this battle of heavyweights?

18.30 IST: The boys from Bollywood have had their issues. The openers got runs but the middle order has looked shaky and Mumbai will hope that the middle order can start kicking as the tournament progresses. Hardik Pandya has been good with the bat at the fag end, playing quickfire cameos. Mumbai will be hoping that coming back to the Wankhede will help their cause and continue their impressive record at home. The Wankhede has always been a batting paradise and this game should also be a run-fest like usual. 

18.25 IST: Imran Tahir has been amongst the wickets in the middle overs. The Chennai side is an experienced one and they have showed it in their games so far. The hosts, on the other hand, return home after two games. They come into this one on the back of a defeat to Punjab. 

18.15 IST: The visitors have had a terrific start to the campaign and are well placed at the top of the table winning three out of three. Chennai are well set with someone or the other raising their hand and rising to the occasion. Their skipper, MS Dhoni rolled back the clock and was at his lethal best in the last game. Deepak Chahar has been consistent and economical with the new ball.

18.00 IST: The MI skipper is all set for the clash against Chennai! 

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the IPL clash between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings live from the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. The TOSS will take place at 7.30 PM IST while play will commence from 8.00 PM IST.

Brief Report: With skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in red-hot form, Chennai Super Kings will start favourites against the slightly off-colour Mumbai Indians when the IPL's two most successful teams have their first showdown of the season on Wednesday. The Super Kings, three-time winners of the T20 League like the hosts, have been on a roll with three wins on the trot that have boosted them to the top of the table. (Read Full Report Here)