The qualifier 1 of the IPL between Chennai super kings and mumbai Indians began with Chennai super kings opting to bat first, and openers faf du plessis (6) and shane watson (10) were dismissed by chahar and Pandya respectively, and suresh Raina too departed quickly.
murali vijay scored a run a ball 26, before chahar dismissed him as well, and then ambati rayudu 42(37)* and Skipper ms dhoni 37(29)* joined hands as they put up an important partnership, as they took CSK to a respectable 131/4.
mumbai lost openers, skipper rohit Sharma (4) and quinton de kock (8) early, but suryakumar yadav and ishan kishan steadied with a partnership before the latter fell for 28. Though Tahir removed Ishan and krunal pandya in quick succession, Surya Kumar Yadav stood firm, as he scored an unbeaten 71(54)* and took mumbai Indians to reach 132/4 and win the match by 6 wickets. Dhoni's poor captaincy of sticking to Watson despite his poor form and not scoring in middle overs is the main reason behind this shame.
