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Chennai: Hardik Pandya (21* off 8 balls) hit three sixes in the 19th over bowled by Pawan Negi and took his team home with four balls remaining at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday.
With this victory, MI have entered the top four in the IPL 2015 points table, whereas CSK remain at the top.
Chasing 159 to win, MI started very well with Parthiv Patel and Lendl Simmons taking control. Both batsmen were attacking in their strokeplay and helped MI score 84 in the first ten overs. MI only had to get 75 in the last ten and that wasn’t a big challenge for them.
Ravichandran Ashwin accounted for both of them in the 11th over and given only one run, the turning point in the game. He made his presence felt on comeback taking two for 17 in his four overs.
Ravindra Jadeja also did well to conceded only 27 runs in his four overs. Pawan Negi went for only ten in his first three overs in the middle. He was brought in for the penultimate over with MI needing 30 runs. Pandya smashed him for three sixes, which put MI on course. Rayudu ended the over with another six, making it 25 off the over. The last over was a mere formality.
CSK had done well to score 158 for five in their 20 overs after winning the toss and electing to bat first.
Although CSK had a good start courtesy their openers, they lost a few quick wickets, which stalled their progress. MS Dhoni held the innings together with a calm 39 not out. However, it was Negi who made the real difference with a strokefilled 36 off 17 balls.
Negi continues to impress in the tournament with his exuberance of youth. His fearless approach helped CSK score quick runs and push their score above 150. In the end, it was not enough as MI sealed victory.
Brief scores
Chennai Super Kings - 158/5 (Dhoni 39*, Negi 36)
Mumbai Indians - 159/4 (Patel 45, Simmons 38, Rayudu 34*, Ashwin 2-17)
Result - Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
Points - Mumbai Indians 2, Chennai Super Kings 0
