IPL: Mumbai motor past Chennai



Chennai Super Kings 158-5 in 20 overs (MS Dhoni 39, Dwayne Smith 27; Vinay Kumar 1-33) lost to Mumbai Indians 159-4 in 19.2 overs

(Pathiv Patel 45, Lendl Simmons 38; Ravichandran Ashwin 2-173).

The Mumbai Indians made it five wins in a row as the chased down the Chennai Super Kings’ target of 159 with four balls to spare at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk. Hardik Pandya’s three sixes in a 25-run penultimate over from Pawan Negi settled a roller-coaster chase for Mumbai, and handed Chennai their first defeat at home this season.

Fixtures

Saturday

○ Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab, 2.30pm

○ Delhi Daredevils v Sunrisers Hyderabad, 6.30pm

Sunday ○ Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2.30pm ○ Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals, 6.30pm

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