MATCH 27 CSK VS MI HIGHLIGHTS 2021
Mumbai Indians have won the toss against Chennai Super Kings in match 27 of IPL 2021 and elected to bowl first in Arun Jaitley Stadium {Delhi} . The biggest clash in the history of IPL , the El Classico of Cricket.
PLAYING XI
Mumbai Indians :- Rohit Sharma{Captain} , Quinton de Kock {Wicket keeper} , Suryakumar Yadav , Kieron Pollard , Hardik Pandya , Krunal Pandya , James Neesham , Rahul Chahar , Dhawal Kulkarni , Jasprit Bumrah , Trent Bolt.
Chennai Super Kings :- Ruturaj Gaikwad , Faf du Plessis , Suresh Raina , Moeen Ali , Ms Dhoni{wicket keeper/ Captain} , Ravindra Jadeja , Sam Curran , Shardul Thakur , Lungi Nigdi , Deepak Chahar.
Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets
Kieron Pollard smashed 87 not out in 34 balls as Mumbai Indians Beat Chennai Super Kings by 4 wickets. But MI kept losing wickets at regular interval in 219 run chase , But Pollard kept one end safe and took his team to a win. It was the second highest run chase in the history of IPL.
Kieron Pollard registered the season fastest half century to help the defending champions register a win match. MI also got a fine start , Rohit Sharma knock 35 run in 24 ball with 2 fours and 1 sixes and Quinton de Kock knock 38 run in 28 ball with 4 fours and 1 sixes and Krunal Pandya also made a good contribution with 32 run in 23 balls. Pollard also in good form with ball taking 2 wickets in 2 over for Mumbai Indians Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Bolt also take one wicket .
CSK scored 218-4 in 20 over with help of unbeaten 72 run knock by an Ambati Rayudu , Chennai Super Kings had good batting performances Faf du Plessis knock 50 run in 28 ball with 2 fours and 4 sixes , and Moeen Ali knock 58 run in 36 balls with 5 fours and 5 sixes.
Sam Curran also took 3 wickets for CSK and Shardul Thakur , Moeen Ali or Ravindra Jadeja took 1 wicket for CSK. It's impossible to not mention Faf dropping Pollard catch in the 18th over because had that been taken we might well have had a completely different result. But CSK is still at second position in point tables with 5 win or 2 loss and with good run rate. On other hand MI was in Fourth position with 4 win or 3 loss.
What a game that was , lets take a moment to breathe and to also appreciate what Kieron Pollard has achieved here. An unbeaten 87 run in 34 balls. he won the match for his side almost single handedly.
Kieron Pollard said :- First of all I want to thank God. Obviously it's a small ground and Moeen had just got out so we thought it was a good time for me to bowl. I think for me it was getting in and then trying to take it from there. They had four overs of spin to bowl on a small ground and I was looking to go after them. You know that if you stay in you and strike a couple of sixes you can win the game. You have to try and maximize that part of the field. Again we have done this time and time again time again in practice, It's all about keeping calm and getting the job done. The bowler did not do well for us tonight but its understandable. Hopefully this win gives us the momentum to do well in the future.
MS Dhoni said:- I think it was a brilliant wicket. I think the difference between the two sides was the execution. Without being too tough on the bowlers, catches do help and I felt that we dropped catches at a crucial juncture. As I said, we were very off target with out execution and that's a learning especially on wickets like these and against batsmen like these. Even if you don't get hit for 1 or 2 sixes, it makes a difference in the end. You will win and lose games at the end of the day and it's always a learning. Irrespective of where we are in the points table we take it one game at a time. The points table has always been our waypoint.












