MI send CSK out of reckoning for play-offs with five-wicket win
Short circuit leads to unavailability of DRS for 10 balls
Mumbai Indians on Thursday snuffed out defending champions Chennai Super Kings’ faint hopes of making it to the IPL play-offs with a five-wicket win in a low-scoring match here.
Opting to bowl, MI shot CSK out for 97 with pacer Daniel Sams (3-16 from 4 overs) running though the MS Dhoni-led side's top-order with three quick wickets in a fiery opening spell, and then huffed and puffed to overhaul the small target of 98 with 31 balls to spare.
MI were four wickets down for 33 runs in the fifth over before Tilak Varma (34 not out off 32 balls) and Hrithik Shooken (18) calmed the frayed nerves with a 48-run stand for the fifth wicket. MI reached 103 for 5 in 14.5 overs.
Tim David remained not out on 16 off just seven balls.
With their eighth loss in 12 matches, CSK are out of reckoning for a play-offs berth.
Already out of reckoning for a play-offs berth long time ago, MI remained rooted at the 10th place with three wins from 12 matches.
Chennai Super Kings suffered due to a dubious on-field umpiring call after a short-circuit at the Wankhede Stadium led to unavailability of Decision Review System (DRS) system for 10 balls during their IPL match against Mumbai Indians on Thursday. With DRS system not functional, CSK opener Devon Conway couldn't get his leg before decision overturned as the delivery from Daniel Sams would have missed the leg-stump
BRIEF SCORES:
(MS Dhoni 36 not out; Daniel Sams 3-16) lost to
(Tilak Varma 34 not out; Mukesh Choudhary 3-23) by five wickets.
overs 14.5 overs CSK 97 in 16 MI 103-5 in