Mumbai Indians have advantage in the eliminator against Chennai Super Kings. Kolkata Knight Riders have made it to the finals of the ongoing Indian Premier League and now three teams will fight it out to play them for the esteemed title. In today’s eliminator match Chennai Super Kings will take on Mumbai Indians at Bangalore.
Both the teams were expected to make it to the playoffs before the tournament started, but nobody thought that they will find it so difficult. CSK is very lucky to be in the top four as their fate depended on other teams and they played it into their hands.
Mumbai on the other hand had a very inconsistent tournament so far; they were commanding in some matches and were ordinary in others. The winner of this match will play Delhi Daredevils and the loser will be out of the contest.
The Chinnaswamy stadium is a gift for many batsmen and therefore the game is likely to be decided on which side has the stronger batting attack. The Mumbai Indian's team have a number of batsmen who have the capacity to do the job alone and score large scores which the rest of the team can build around. Sharma, who scored a huge 109 not out against the Kolkata Knight Riders and has hit a total of 419 runs this season is joined by Rayudu, Franklin and Tendulkar, all of whom have scored over 70 runs in a single innings this season.
Of significance is the fact that Rayudu scored a huge 81 not out at this ground and Tendulkar scored his 74 earlier in the month when actually playing against Chennai. Tendulkar's innings that day led Mumbai to victory over the CSK to add to the victory the Mumbai Indians posted against the CSK on the very first day of the season.
Eliminator – Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians
Match – 74 DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – May 23, 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT |20:00 IST
Venue – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
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