Match – 13th IPL 2014 – Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians
Date – Fri Apr 25
Time – 18:30 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Toss – Mumbai Indians elected to bat
Result – Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets
Man of the match – Mohit Sharma
Today in the 13th match of Pepsi IPL 2014, Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first. They got off to a poor start as they lost Michael Hussey for just 1 run when the team score was just 11. Aditya Tare got some start but could not captialize it as he got out for 23 off 19 balls. Corey Anderson and captain Rohit Sharma then steadied Mumbai Indian innings and took the score to 109 in 15.2 overs before Corey Anderson got run out after scoring 39 off 31 balls. Rohit Sharma completed his 50 with 3 fours and 2 sixes and helped Mumbai post a total of 141/7 in 20 overs.
Chasing 142 to win, Chennai Super Kings got off to a superb start as the openers Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum added 57 runs in 6.2 overs for the first wicket stand. Dwayne Smith got out after scoring 29 followed by the wicket of Suresh Raina for just 1. Chennai were placed at 61/2 in 7.4 overs and had plenty of batting to come. But Faf du Plessis and McCullum then played superbly and took the team score to 114 before Faf got out bringing Dhoni on to the crease. Needing 22 to win off last 3 overs, Dhoni hit Malinga for a six followed by a four from McCullum. Chennai needed 9 to win off last 2 overs and they achieved the target with 6 balls spare and won the match by 7 wickets.
Match – 13th IPL 2014 – Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Scorecard