The enormously talented Suryakumar Yadav played one of his finest knocks on a challenging track as Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the first Qualifier, entering IPL final for the fifth time on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On a sluggish pitch, which offered considerable turn \nand odd bounce, Suryakumar batted in a copybook fashion scoring an \nunbeaten 71 off 54 balls with MI reaching the target in 18.3 overs. \nHowever CSK will get another chance to make it to their eighth summit \nclash as they will now play the second Qualifier against the winner of \nthe ‘Eliminator’ between Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad. The \ntarget of 132 wasn’t a big one but once the below-par Chepauk pitch was \nfactored in, the chasing team had its own set of challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With\n senior players Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock returning quickly, \nSurya and Ishan Kishan traded their natural flair for caution adding 80 \nruns that set the platform. While Surya hit 10 fours, the normally \naggressive Kishan had three fours and a six in his innings. While Imran \nTahir dismissed Kishan and Krunal Pandya off successive deliveries in \nthe 14th over, it was more a of minor scare as Surya anchored the chase \nwith ease in Hardik Pandya’s company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The best part about Surya’s\n batting was how late he played both Tahir and Ravindra Jadeja whenever \nthey got the ball to turn away from the right-hander, playing it past \nthe short third-man fielder. The best part was not taking undue risks \nagainst Jadeja, who looked menacing on this track. When Tahir flighted, \nhe would whip him through mid-wicket. Deepak Chahar after getting \nRohit’s wicket erred in line and proved to be costly. Harbhajan Singh \n(1\/25 in 4 overs) finished his quota primarily when at least one \nleft-hander was at the crease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the end, the difference was \ncreated by the three Mumbai Indians spinners Rahul Chahar , Krunal \nPandya (1\/21 in 4 overs) and Jayant Yadav (1\/25 in 3 overs), who gave \naway only 60 runs in the 11 overs between them taking four wickets. CSK \nwere 10 runs short of the par-score even on a challenging track where \nSurya made batting look easy. Earlier, Dhoni failed to launch a brutal \nassault on a sluggish pitch but did enough in company of Ambati Rayudu \nto propel Chennai Super Kings to 131 for 4, which was more than a \nfighting total in testing conditions.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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