On Tuesday (7th May) night, Mumbai Indians (MI) secured their spot in the IPL 2019 final after beating Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Qualifier 1 at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai). Here we are with some statistical highlights of this match.
CSK captain MS Dhoni decided to bat first after winning the toss. However, they only managed to score 131/4 (20 overs) in the first innings. In reply, MI chased down that target in 18.3 overs after losing four wickets. The Mumbai franchise won this match by six wickets (with nine balls remaining).
Brief Scores: CSK – 131/4 in 20 overs (Ambati Rayudu 42*, MS Dhoni 37*; Rahul Chahar 2/14)
MI – 132/4 in 18.3 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 71*, Ishan Kishan 28; Imran Tahir 2/33)
Result – MI won by six wickets
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(Teams’ stats)
CSK
i) CSK was restricted to 131/4 (20 overs) in the first innings.
- It is the second lowest completed first-innings total for CSK against MI. Their lowest completed first-innings total is 112 (19.5 overs) at Chennai on 4th April 2012.
MI
i) MI won this match by six wickets (with nine balls remaining).
- It was the fourth consecutive victory for MI against CSK. MI is the first side to beat CSK in four successive IPL matches. Last time, CSK beat MI on 7th April 2018 at Mumbai.
ii) MI has reached their fifth IPL final.
- Only CSK has played more IPL finals than MI. CSK has played seven IPL finals till the date. Out of their four IPL finals, MI won three matches and lost only once.
(Players’ stats)
Ravindra Jadeja
i) It was Ravindra Jadeja’s 100th IPL match for CSK.
- Ravindra Jadeja is the third player to play 100 IPL matches for CSK. Suresh Raina (162 games) and MS Dhoni (158 games) were the first two players to achieve this feat.
Rahul Chahar
i) MI leg-spinner Rahul Chahar had the bowling figures of 4-0-14-2 with the economy rate of 3.50.
- It is the second best economical bowling performance by an MI spinner against CSK, who completed his four-over quota in a match. The record holder is Harbhajan Singh with the economy rate of 3.25 (4-0-13-1) at Mumbai on 5th May 2013.
Quinton de Kock
i) South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock has scored 500 runs in IPL 2019.
- Quinton de Kock is the third MI overseas batsman to score 500 or more runs in an IPL season. Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya (514 runs in IPL 2008) and West Indies cricketer Lendl Simmons (540 runs in IPL 2015) were the first two cricketers to achieve this feat.
- It is the eighth time when an MI batsman scored 500 or more runs in an IPL season. Only Sachin Tendulkar achieved it twice (IPL 2010 and IPL 2011).
Imran Tahir
i) South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir has taken 300 T20 wickets.
- Imran Tahir is the first South African bowler to pick up 300 T20 wickets.
- Imran Tahir is the seventh bowler to claim 300 or more T20 wickets. The other bowlers are Dwayne Bravo (488 wickets), Lasith Malinga (377 wickets), Sunil Narine (370 wickets), Shakib Al Hasan (346 wickets), Shahid Afridi (333 wickets) and Sohail Tanvir (326 wickets).
Suryakumar Yadav
i) MI batsman Suryakumar Yadav was not out on 71 runs.
- It is the highest individual score for an MI batsman at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai).