2014 IPL Season 7 Eliminator MI Vs CSK Mumbai Wednesday May 28,2014

Brabourne Stadium, the long-standing Test venue in Mumbai before the construction of the Wankhede Stadium, will play host to the Indian Premier League after a gap of three seasons when holders Mumbai Indians clash with Chennai Super Kings in the Eliminator on Wednesday May 28,2014

Mumbai Indians(MI) will now face an uphill task against two-time champions Chennai Super Kings(CSK) in the IPL eliminator at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday May 28,2014

Mumbai Indians(MI),the defending champions have certainly come a long way, following a disastrous start in the first leg

CSK possess a good batting line-up which includes the lethal opening pair of West Indian Dwayne Smith and New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum. Smith has amassed 501 runs so far this season, while McCullum has 380 runs under his belt. South African Faf du Plessis returned to form in the last game after a string of low scores and the inclusion of David Hussey has strengthened the batting attack.


Mumbai Indians(MI)seem to have put behind their opening woes, with a successful opening combination of former Australian player Michael Hussey and West Indian Lendl Simmons, who has scored the only century so far in the league's current edition. Ambati Rayudu and skipper Rohit Sharma have been in good touch and the middle-order is a force to reckon with powered by the hard-hitting Anderson and West Indian all-rounder Kieron Pollard
Mumbai's bowling attack looks weak in the absence of Lasith Malinga.The addition of young Karnataka leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal has added teeth to the bowling department with off-spinner Harbhajan Singh being in his elements.

In the previous 17 matches MI has won nine and CSK eight, but MI has a near-invincible home record, winning four matches and losing one at the Wankhede, winning one at the Brabourne and losing one match at the D. Y. Patil stadium in April 2010. 

MI thrashed CSK by 60 runs last year at the Wankhede with opener Michael Hussey making 22, Dhoni 19 and Ravindra Jadeja 20, the rest made single scores. It was low-scoring match with MI making 139 and CSK 79.

CSK to Meet KXIP in the Second Qualifier of 2014 IPL Season 7

David Hussey (40*) and Suresh Raina (54*) kept their calm till the end to help Chennai Super Kings knock out Mumbai Indians of IPL 7 in the Eliminator match at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday May 28,2014

For Chennai, Mohit Sharma was pick of the bowlers with 3 for 42 while Ashish Nehra and Jadeja picked up two wickets a piece. 

Put into bat first by CSK opener Lendl Simmons smashed a 44-ball 67 to help defending champions MI post a challenging total of 173/8 in 20 Overs
Lendl Simmons-Michael Hussey combo piled on quick 76 runs in 58 balls before left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja shattered Michael Hussey's stumps as he was bowled trying to go for sweep.
Chasing 174 to win, CSK openers Dwayne Smith and Faf du Plessis gave them brisk start
Dwayne Smith scored 24 Runs(20 Balls with 4x4)and Faf du Plesis scored 35 Runs(20 Balls)
But Suresh Raine and David Hussey ensured that CSK reach the target

Scorecard

Mumbai Indians(MI)scored 173/8 in 20 Overs
Fall of Wickets(MI)
Michael Hussey           39(33 Balls with 4x4 and 6x1)
Corey Anderson          20(10 Balls with 4x1 and 6x2)
Lendl Simmons            67(44 Balls with 4x5 and 6x4)
Rohit Sharma               20(16 Balls with 4x3)
Kieron Pollard              14(8 Balls with 4x1 and 6x1)
Aditya Tare                   00(1 Ball)
Ambati Rayudu              02(3 Balls)
Praveen Kumar              01(2 Balls)
Harbhajan Singh             07*(2 Balls with 6x1)
Pragyan Ojha                 01*(1 Ball)
Wicket Takers(CSK)
Mohit Sharma          3/42(4 Overs)
Ravindra Jadeja        2/31(4 Overs)
Ashish Nehra            2/34(4 Overs)
R Aswin                    1/26(4 Overs)
CSK scored 176/3 in 18.4 Overs
Fall of Wickets(CSK)
Dwayne Smith                24(20 Balls with 4x4)
Faf du Plesis                   35(20 Balls with 4x5 and 6x1)
Brendon McCullum         14(11 Balls with 6x2)
Suresh Raina                    54*(33 Balls with 4x4 and 6x2)
David Hussey                   40*(29 Balls with 4x2 and 6x3)
Wicket Takers(MI)
Harbhajan Singh         2/27(4 Overs)
Pragyan Ojha              1/34(3 Overs)

Match Result -CSK won by 7 wickets
MOM - Suresh Raina(CSK)