Chennai Super Kings end Mumbai Indian’s run in IPL

Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings qualified for the Qualifier 2 clash after beating Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in the IPL Eliminator clash at Brabourne stadium here on Wednesday. The two-time champions will now meet Kings XI Punjab at Wankhede stadium here on Friday.

Faf du Plesis 35 (20b, 4x5, 1x6) and Dwayne Smith 24 (20b, 4x4) set the base with 60-run opening stand in six overs after Mumbai Indians posted 173/8 on the board. Suresh Raina 54 not out (33b, 4x4, 2x6) and David Hussey 40 not out (23b, 2x4, 3x6) finished the job clinically with eight balls to spare.

Earlier, Lendl Simmons 67 (44b, 5x4, 4x6) top scored with yet another half century while his opening partner Michael Hussey made 39 (33b, 4x4, 1x6) to give Mumbai Indians a solid platform. Corey Anderson (20), Rohit Sharma (20) and Kieron Pollard (14) chipped in with crucial contributions.

But the hosts could not accelerate much as they would have liked.

Scoreboard

Mumbai Indians: L. Simmons c Raina b Jadeja 67, M. Hussey b Jadeja 39, C. Anderson c Pandey b Ashwin 20, Rohit Sharma c McCullum b Mohit 20, Kieron Pollard c Sharma b Nehra 14, A. Rayudu c Hussey b Mohit 2, A. Tare c du Plessis b Nehra 0, Harbhajan Singh (not out) 7, Praveen Kumar b Mohit 1, P. Ojha (not out) 1. Extras (lb2) 2. Total (for eight wickets in 20 overs) 173.
FoW: 1-76, 2-99, 3-143, 4-150, 5-163, 6-164, 7-164, 8-166.
Bowling: Nehra 4-0-34-2, Pandey 3-0-25-0, Mohit 4-0-42-3, Ashwin 4-0-26-1, Jadeja 4-0-31-2, Raina 1-0-13-0.

Chennai Super Kings: D. Smith c Pollard b Harbhajan Singh 24, F du Plessis c sub (Dunk) b Harbhajan Singh 35, S. Raina (not out) 54, B. McCullum st Tare b Ojha 14, D. Hussey (not out) 40. Extras (lb-3, w-6) 9, Total (for 3 wickets in 18.4 overs) 176. FoW: 1-60, 2-64, 3-87
Bowling: Kumar 4-0-27-0, Anderson 3-0-35-0, Bumrah 3.4-0-40-0, Harbhajan Singh 4-0-27-2, Ojha 3-0-34-1, Pollard 1-0-10-0