Match 3rd match – Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab
Date – Fri Apr 18
Time – 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Today in the 3rd match of IPL 2014, two-time champions Chennai Super Kings will take on Kings XI Punjab at 4 pm Indian Time at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

CSK is one of the top performing team in IPL where as Kings XI have much to prove. As per IPL stats, CSK have won 8 out of total 12 games played so far between these teams.

Chennai Super Kings Team For IPL 2014
MS Dhoni (captain/wk), Baba Aparajith, Ravichandran Ashwin, Samuel Badree, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, John Hastings, Matt Henry, Ben Hilfenhaus, Ravindra Jadeja, Brendon McCullum, Mithun Manhas, Ronit More, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Ishwar Pandey, Suresh Raina, Vijay Shankar, Mohit Sharma,Dwayne Smith.

Kings XI Punjab Team For IPL 2014
George Bailey (captain), Anureet Singh,Parvinder Awana, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Rishi Dhawan, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Beuran Hendricks, Mitchell Johnson, Karanveer Singh, Murali Kartik, Mandeep Singh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Akshar Patel, Thisara Perera, Cheteshwar Pujara, Wriddhiman Saha, Sandeep Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Shivam Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Manan Vohra.

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Match 76 Final – Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians
Date – Sun May 26
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss – Mumbai Indians elected to bat
Result – Mumbai Indians won by 23 Runs

Today in the much awaited final of IPL 2013, Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first. Mumbai got off to the worst possible start as they lost Dwayne Smith on the 4th ball of the innings when the team score was just 4. Aditya Tare got out for a duck leaving Mumbai at 8/2 in 1.1 overs. Captain Rohit Sharma was the next to go as he got out for just 2 leaving Mumbai in all sorts of problems at 16/3 in 3.2 overs. Dinesh Karthik and Ambati Rayudu then came the teams rescue and the duo took the score past 50. Just when they started to look dangerous, Morris bowled Dinesh Karthik leaving Mumbai at 52/4in 9.3 overs. Once again the responsibility to bail his team out of crisis fell on the shoulders of Kieron Pollard and he played a superb innings of 60 off 32 balls (4×7,6×3) and along with Rayudu (37 off 36 balls) and Harbhajan Singh (14 off 8 balls) helped Mumbai post a total of 148/9 in 20 overs.

IPL 2013 Champions

Chasing 149 to be the IPL 2013 winner, Chennai Super Kings also got off the worst possible start as they lost Michael Hussey and Suresh Raina in the very first over and the score read 2/2 in 0.5 overs. The woes did not end as they lost Subramaniam Badrinath in the second over and CSK were reduced to 3/3 in 1.4 overs. Murali Vijay and Dwayne Bravo then tried to bring CSK back in the race as the duo took the score to 35 when Dhawan got the wicket of D Bravo. Ravindra Jadeja then played a lose shot and fell to Harbhajan Singh soon followed by Murali Vijay. With scorecard reading at 39/6 in 7.3 overs, the only hope for CSK was captain MS Dhoni. Though wicket kept falling at the other end and CSK looked down and out as CSK were 58/8 in 11.3 overs, MS Dhoni stood firm on one end. CSK needed 76 to win from last 6 overs and had 2 wickets in hand. Mumbai looked in total control but MS Dhoni and Ravichandran Ashwin made sure that CSK fights till the end and Mumbai need to sweat hard for the win. The duo added 41 runs before Ravichandran Ashwin got out in the 18th over leaving CSK at 99/9. MS Dhoni completed his half century but the lone warrior for CSK could not ensure his team’s victory and finally CSK were able to score 125/9 and thus Mumbai Indians won the IPL 2013 title by defeating CSK by 23 runs.

IPL Final 2013 – Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians Scorecard

Match 76 Final – Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians
Date – Sun May 26
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Despite the controversy surrounding the IPL 2013, stage is all set for the grand finale today between two times champions Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at the famous Eden Gardens.

Mumbai who have been the second consistent team after Chennai Super Kings will be eying the IPL trophy as today they will be looking to avenge their 2010 defeat at the hands of CSK. Chennai who have been in all sort of controversies due to the management will be looking to keep those things at bay and win today to bring cheer to the faces of their fans.

Today’s mega final will witness the best of IPL as both teams have players who can single handily change the game. While Mumbai fans will be hoping to see Sachin on the field today after recovering from his wrist injury, CSK fans will be more than happy to see Sachin’s back.

Players To Watch Out For
Mumbai Indians – Dwayne Smith, Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik.
Chennai Super Kings – Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni.

Chennai Super Kings are into the IPL finals 5th time out of 6 seasons and if they manage to win today, it will be their third title win. On the other hand, Mumbai will be winning their maiden title today if they show the nerves of steel today and don’t choke under the pressure.

Mumbai Indians Team IPL 2013
Abu Nechim Ahmed, Amitoze Singh, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Rishi Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dhawal Kulkarni, Sushant Marathe, Pragyan Ojha, Akshar Patel, Munaf Patel, Ambati Rayudu, Jalaj Saxena, Rohit Sharma, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare, Sachin Tendulkar, Suryakumar Yadav , Ricky Ponting (c), Aiden Blizzard, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Franklin, Philip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga, Glenn Maxwell, Jacob Oram, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Smith

Chennai Super Kings Team IPL 2013
MS Dhoni (c)(wk), Anirudha Srikkanth, B Aparajith, Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramaniam Badrinath, Imtiaz Ahmed, Ronit More, Suresh Raina, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, Wriddhiman Saha, Vijay Shankar, Mohit Sharma, Murali Vijay, R Karthikeyan, Ravindra Jadeja, Shadab Jakati, Dwayne Bravo, Francois Du Plessis, Akila Dananjaya, Ben Laughlin, Ben Hilfenhaus, Jason Holder, Michael Hussey, Nuwan Kulasekara, Albie Morkel, Dirk Nannes, Christopher Morris

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Match 73 Qualifier 1 IPL 2013 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Tue May 21
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Toss – Chennai Super Kings elected to bat
Chennai Super Kings won by 48 runs

Today in the first qualifier of IPL 2013, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay gave Chennai a superb start as the duo added 52 runs for the first wicket stand before Murli Vijay got out after scoring 23 off 20 balls. Suresh Raina then joined M Hussey and the duo rip apart Mumbai bowling attack. Suresh Raina was particularly severe as he scored 82 off 42 balls which included 5 fours and 5 sixes. Michael Hussey scored 58 balls 86 which included 10 fours and 2 sixes to help CSK post a healthy total of 192/1 in 20 overs.

Chasing 193 to enter the finals of IPL 2013, Mumbai Indians opened with Dwayne Smith and Aditya Tare but the duo could not give Mumbai a good start. Aditya Tare became the victim of Morkel after scoring 7 leaving Mumbai at 12/1 in 1.4 overs. Dinesh Karthik was the next man and he played cautiously from one end but Dwayne Smith accelerated the innings and smashed Chennai bowlers to all corners of Feroz Shah Kolta. Eventually, Ravindra Jadeja got rid of Smith but Smith had done his job well as he score 68 off 28 balls which included 6 fours and 5 sixes. Captain Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik had a huge responsibility as Mumbai needed 101 to win from 10 overs. But both of them failed as they got out after scoring 8 and 11 respectively leaving Mumbai at 101/4 in 12 overs. It was once again left on Pollard to take his team to victory but Ravindra Jadeja got his priced wicket just when he started to look dangerous. With his wicket, the curtains were brought down on Mumbai Indians and finally they were all out for 144 in 18.4 overs and thus lost the match by 48 runs.

With this win, Chennai has entered the final of IPL 2013 where as Mumbai will now have one more chance as they will take on the winner of the eliminator match to be played on 22nd May.

Match 73 Qualifier 1 IPL 2013 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard

Match 73 Qualifier 1 IPL 2013 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Tue May 21
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Today in the first qualifier of IPL 2013, Chennai Super Kings will take on the Mumbai Indians at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. Both teams have played exceptional cricket barring few matches and have won 11 out of 16 matches so far. But today it will be a totally different ball game as the pressure of qualifier would be felt by both of them. Two times champions Chennai Super Kings who managed to win just 5 out of 13 matches played against Mumbai in IPL all seasons combined will be hoping that they continue their habit of performing well when it matters the most.

On the other hand, Mumbai Indians have never been so well placed and had a balanced team in past. Today its a golden chance for them to make it to the finals.

Whatever be the result of this game, the team loosing today will have one more chance to qualify for final when they take the winner of eliminator but both these teams will be looking to seize the opportunity today itself and not wait till that match.

Players to Watch Out For
Mumbai Indians – Dwayne Smith, Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik.
Chennai Super Kings – Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni.

Mumbai Indians Team IPL 2013
Abu Nechim Ahmed, Amitoze Singh, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Rishi Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dhawal Kulkarni, Sushant Marathe, Pragyan Ojha, Akshar Patel, Munaf Patel, Ambati Rayudu, Jalaj Saxena, Rohit Sharma, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare, Sachin Tendulkar, Suryakumar Yadav , Ricky Ponting (c), Aiden Blizzard, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Franklin, Philip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga, Glenn Maxwell, Jacob Oram, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Smith

Chennai Super Kings Team IPL 2013
MS Dhoni (c)(wk), Anirudha Srikkanth, B Aparajith, Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramaniam Badrinath, Imtiaz Ahmed, Ronit More, Suresh Raina, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, Wriddhiman Saha, Vijay Shankar, Mohit Sharma, Murali Vijay, R Karthikeyan, Ravindra Jadeja, Shadab Jakati,Dwayne Bravo, Francois Du Plessis, Akila Dananjaya, Ben Laughlin, Ben Hilfenhaus, Jason Holder, Michael Hussey, Nuwan Kulasekara, Albie Morkel, Dirk Nannes, Christopher Morris

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