IPL 2015: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings - As it happened...

Live updates from the 43rd match of the Indian Premier League between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai.

New Delhi: Mumbai Indians won their fifth match in a row as they defeated Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets in the 43rd match of the Indian Premier League at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai.

Chennai Super Kings innings: 154/5

Mumbai Indians innings:

Over 19.2 | Score 159/4 (Rayudu 30; Pandya 20)

5 needed from 6, Bravo to bowl the final over. Pandya took a chance off the first ball, mistimed it towards deep midwicket, where Jadeja dropped a sitter! CSK, possibly the best fielding side in the tournament, have been pathetic on the field today! Rayudu charged down the wicket off the second ball, got a top edge which flew over third man for a boundary which will be the winning runs! What a stunning victory from Mumbai Indians!!

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Over 19 | Score 154/4 (Rayudu 30; Pandya 20)

30 needed from 12, Negi to bowl his final over. Pandya launched the first ball over long-on for a Six! Pandya tried a reverse-sweep off the second ball, couldn't connect. Third ball was quick and wide and Pandya smashed it over long-off for another Six! Pandya took another chance off the fourth ball, pummelled it over long-on for another Six! Three tremendous blows from Pandya! MI scored a single off the fifth ball. Rayudu charged down the wicket off the last ball and hit it over the bowler's head for a Six! WHAT AN OVER FOR MUMBAI, 25 RUNS FROM IT!

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Over 18 | Score 129/4 (Rayudu 24; Pandya 2)

34 needed from 18, Bravo to continue. Rohit charged down the wicket off the first ball, hit it high towards long-on where Raina took an easy catch. Hardik Pandya is the new man in. Rayudu took a single off the second ball. Hardik followed it with another single. Rayudu charged down the wicket off the fourth ball, Bravo bowled a slow yorker for no run. Rayudu worked the next ball towards third man for a single. Pandya flicked the last ball towards square leg for another single.

RG Sharma c Raina b Bravo 18 (22b)

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Over 17 | Score 125/3 (Rohit 18; Rayudu 22)

51 needed from 24, Nehra is back. Rohit took a single off the first ball. Rayudu got a half-volley and he smashed it over long-on for a Six! Nehra followed it with a full-toss and Rayudu hit it over covers for a couple of runs. Rayudu took a single off the fourth ball. Rohit followed it with another single. Nehra ended the over with a high full-toss and Rayudu once again smacked it over long-on for another Six! 17 from the over. MI are still in the game with those two lusty blows from Rayudu!

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Over 16 | Score 108/3 (Rohit 16; Rayudu 7)

58 needed from 30, Bravo is brought into the attack. Rohit took a single off the first ball. Rayudu worked the second ball towards long-off for another single. Rohit drove the third ball through covers for a single. Rayudu swept the fourth ball towards midwicket for another single. Singles won't hurt CSK here. Bravo's variation will make it difficult for MI. Rohit took a chance off the fifth ball, mistimed it towards long-off, where surprisingly, Faf du Plessis dropped a sitter, two runs scored! Rohit took a single off the last ball to keep the strike. 7 from the over.

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Over 15 | Score 101/3 (Rohit 11; Rayudu 5)

Jadeja to bowl his final over. Rohit took a single off the first ball. Rayudu followed it with another single towards midwicket. Rohit got an edge off the third ball, which went towards short third man and they ran a single. Rayudu drove the fourth ball towards covers for another single. Rohit worked the fifth ball towards deep midwicket for a couple of runs. Rohit took a single off the last ball to keep the strike. Just 7 from the over.

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Over 14 | Score 94/3 (Rohit 6; Rayudu 3)

Negi to bowl his third over. Excellent stuff, just three from the over. Time for a strategic break. MI need 65 runs off the last 36 balls. This partnership is the key now.

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Over 13 | Score 91/3 (Rohit 4; Rayudu 2)

Jadeja to bowl his third over, Ambati Rayudu is the new man in.

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Over 12 | Score 86/3 (Rohit 1)

Negi to bowl his second over. Rohit got an edge off the last ball, it slipped out of Raina's hands, Bravo picked the ball and in a flash hit the stumps to run out his compatriot – Kieron Pollard! Massive blow for Mumbai! From 84/0, Mumbai are now struggling at 86/3.

KA Pollard run out 1 (4b)

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Over 11 | Score 85/2 (Rohit 1; Pollard 0)

Ashwin to bowl his final over. Parthiv took a chance off the first ball, but hit it flat and straight into the hands of Faf at long-on. An excellent innings from Parthiv comes to an end. Rohit Sharma is the new man in. Simmons too, took a chance off the fourth ball, but holed it straight towards deep midwicket. Ashwin has brought his team back in the game with the double-strike! Kieron Pollard is the new man in. Mumbai need another partnership.

LMP Simmons c Smith b Ashwin 38 (31b)

PA Patel c McCullum b Ashwin 45 (32b)

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Over 10 | Score 84/0 (Simmons 45; Patel 38)

Jadeja to bowl his second over. Parthiv swept the fourth ball between deep square leg and deep midwicket for a boundary. 9 from the over. Mighty impressed with the way these two have batted. Nothing working for MS Dhoni and his boys.

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Over 9 | Score 75/0 (Simmons 37; Patel 37)

Ashwin to bowl his third over. Just two from that over. CSK need wickets here because MI are currently scoring at over 8 runs per over.

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Over 8 | Score 73/0 (Simmons 36; Patel 36)

Pawan Negi has been brought into the attack. 6 from the over. These two have batted very sensibly today as CSK continue to search for their first breakthrough.

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Over 7 | Score 67/0 (Simmons 35; Patel 31)

Jadeja is introduced into the attack. Jadeja ended the over with a wide quicker ball and Simmons timed it well past third man for a boundary. Six from the over. Time for a strategic break and Dhoni definitely needs one.

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Over 6 | Score 61/0 (Simmons 30; Patel 30)

Ashwin is back in attack. Simmons hit the third ball high in the air, it looked like a mistimed shot but it went all the way for a Six! Mumbai have made the best use of the powerplay!

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Over 5 | Score 50/0 (Simmons 22; Patel 27)

Nehra to bowl his second over. Simmons charged down by a few steps and slapped the first ball over long-on for a Six! Simmons was offered room off the second ball and he timed it well between slip and gully for a boundary. Nehra bowled a yorker at the leg stump and Simmons timed it well past fine leg for another boundary. Nehra has been struggling to get his length right today so far. Superb start for MI, Dhoni needs to get the spinners back, from both ends.

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Over 4 | Score 35/0 (Simmons 7; Patel 27)

Mohit to continue. He bowled a half-volley to Parthiv who drove it through covers for a good-looking boundary.

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Over 3 | Score 23/0 (Simmons 2; Patel 7)

Ashish Nehra to bowl his first over. He bowled a short ball to Parthiv, who pulled it past square leg for a boundary. Parthiv was offered width off the third ball and he cleared point to score his second consecutive boundary. Parthiv flicked the fourth ball towards short midwicket, where Pawan Negi made a good effort but couldn't grab the opportunity. Good over for Mumbai, 13 runs from it.

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Over 2 | Score 10/0 (Simmons 2; Patel 7)

Mohit Sharma to bowl from the other end. Second ball was a half-volley and Parthiv drove it handsomely through covers for a boundary. 7 from the over. MI have a very strong batting line up and they need not panic.

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Over 1 | Score 3/0 (Simmons 1; Patel 1)

It's a slow track and thus Ravichandran Ashwin will bowl the first over for CSK. Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel to open for Mumbai. Just three from the first over.

Over 20 | Score 158/5 (Dhoni 39)

De Lange to bowl the final over. He started with a yorker and Negi worked it for a single to bring Dhoni back on strike. De Lange followed it with a short ball and Dhoni worked it past short fine leg for a boundary. De Lange bowled another yorker, Dhoni could work it just for a single towards long-on. Negi took a chance off the fourth ball, smashed it towards deep midwicket where Suchith misjudged an easy catch, two runs scored. De Lange bowled a wide bouncer to Negi, he went after it and was lucky enough as McClenaghan dropped another catch, three runs scored. De Lange ended the over with a short of a length delivery, Dhoni swung hard at it but didn't connect, they ran for a bye as a result of which Negi was run-out!

P Negi run out 36 (17b)

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Over 19 | Score 147/4 (Dhoni 34; Negi 30)

Vinay Kumar to bowl the penultimate over. He started with a short of a length ball and Dhoni slapped it over midwicket for a Six. Negi was offered room off the fourth ball and he made some room and cleared extra-cover for another boundary. 14 from the over.

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Over 18 | Score 133/4 (Dhoni 26; Negi 24)

McClenaghan to continue. He bowled a half-volley to Negi who hammered it over midwicket for a Six! This youngster can play! 11 from the over.

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Over 17 | Score 122/4 (Dhoni 24; Negi 15)

De Lange to bowl his third over. Negi once again unleashed his big-hitting skills as he smashed the pacer for three boundaries in that over. 14 from the over. Those boundaries will ease off some pressure off Dhoni.

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Over 16 | Score 108/4 (Dhoni 23; Negi 3)

McClenaghan has been brought back into the attack. Du Plessis was looking to clear short fine leg off the second ball, didn't time it well enough and Lendl Simmons held on to another good catch. He took a blinder earlier in the tournament. Big breakthrough as Faf was looking all set to chage gears. Surprise! Pawan Negi is the new man in ahead of Dwayne Bravo and Ravindra Jadeja. 5 from the over.

F du Plessis c Simmons b McClenaghan 17 (16b)

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Over 15 | Score 103/3 (Du Plessis 17; Dhoni 21)

Suchith to bowl his final over. Excellent stuff from Suchith, just 5 from the over. He has conceded just 21 runs in his four overs and that's an outstanding spell!

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Over 14 | Score 98/3 (Du Plessis 16; Dhoni 17)

Bhajji to bowl his final over. He bowled one short to Faf, who went on the backfoot and pulled it over deep midwicket for a Six! Dhoni charged down the wicket off the fifth ball and drilled it over midwicket for a boundary. 14 from the over. CSK would be looking to score at the same rate in the next six overs.

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Over 13 | Score 84/3 (Du Plessis 7; Dhoni 12)

Hardik Pandya has been brought into the attack. Four from the over. Time for a strategic break and CSK need to plan their strategy for the next seven overs.

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Over 12 | Score 80/3 (Du Plessis 5; Dhoni 10)

Bhajji to continue. Dhoni charged down the wicket off the third ball and slammed it over long-on for a Six! 10 from the over. CSK would be looking to score at the rate of at least ten runs per over from here onwards.

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Over 11 | Score 70/3 (Du Plessis 3; Dhoni 2)

Suchith to bowl his third over. Another excellent over for MI, just three runs off it!

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Over 10 | Score 67/3 (Du Plessis 1; Dhoni 1)

Bhajji to continue. Smith took a chance off the first ball, played a slog-sweep which went straight to Pandya at deep midwicket. Pandya has caught all the three batsmen who have been dismissed so far! Great work from the youngster. MS Dhoni is the new man in. He has scored just one fifty in this tournament and his team needs a captain's knock from him here. There are two new batsmen at the crease and both will take some time before going for their strokes.

DR Smith c Pandya b Harbhajan Singh 27 (34b)

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Over 9 | Score 65/2 (Smith 27; Du Plessis 0)

Suchith to bowl his second over. Raina charged down the wicket off the first ball and smashed it over the bowler's head for a boundary. Raina was once again down the wicket, off the fourth ball but mistimed it towards deep midwicket where Pandya took a good catch running to his right. Faf du Plesis is the new man in.

SK Raina c Pandya b Suchith 10 (10b)

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Over 8 | Score 59/1 (Smith 25; Raina 6)

Harbhajan Singh has been brought into the attack. Smith played a reverse sweep off the second ball and timed it well past third man for a boundary. Ten from Bhajji's first over.

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Over 7 | Score 49/1 (Smith 17; Raina 4)

Vinay to continue. Good over this one, just five from it. Smith has considerably slowed down the pace of his innings.

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Over 6 | Score 44/1 (Smith 16; Raina 0)

De Lange to bowl his second over. He bowled an excellent over, a maiden to Dwayne Smith!

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Over 5 | Score 44/1 (Smith 16; Raina 0)

Vinay Kumar has been brought into the attack. Baz was offered plenty of width off the second ball and he slapped it over extra-cover for a boundary. Vinay offered more width to McCullum off the third ball which was hit between point and covers for another boundary. Vinay followed it with one down the leg side and McCullum flicked it past square leg for his third consecutive boundary. Vinay bowled short to Baz, who went for a pull, but holed it straight to Pandya at deep midwicket. Finally a breaktrhough for Mumbai. Suresh Raina is the new man in. 14 from the over but Vinay has managed to remove the dangerous McCullum.

BB McCullum c Pandya b Vinay Kumar 23 (11b)

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Over 4 | Score 30/0 (Smith 16; McCullum 9)

Jagadeesha Suchith has been brought into the attack. He took the pace off the first ball, McCullum hit it straight towards square leg where Bhajji dropped a sitter! So Baz has been dropped on 7. Second ball was short again and Smith cleared the square leg region for another boundary. Good over from the youngster, Baz's wicket could have made it an outstanding over!

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Over 3 | Score 23/0 (Smith 11; McCullum 7)

McClenaghan to continue. McCullum, who hadn't scored a run in the last two overs, charged down the wicket off the first ball and hammered it over long-on for a huge Six! Smith saw some width off the third ball and he worked it past backward point for a boundary. Smith was offered more width off the fourth ball, he got an edge which flew past third man for another boundary! Good over for CSK, 15 runs from it.

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Over 2 | Score 8/0 (Smith 3; McCullum 0)

Marchant de Lange to bowl from the other end. It was another excellent over barring a quick bouncer which went all the way over Parthiv Patel for 4 byes.

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Over 1 | Score 3/0 (Smith 3; McCullum 0)

Mitchell McClenaghan to bowl the first over for MI, the dangerous pair of Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith will open the innings for CSK. Good first over from the Kiwi, just 3 runs off it.

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TOSS: MS Dhoni has won the toss and he has decided to bat first!

Marchant de Lange replaces Lasith Malinga and CSK have brought back Ravichandran Ashwin in place of Ishwar Pandey.

The local fans in Chennai are all eagerly waiting for the match to begin. Here's was MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi Dhoni tweeted a while ago.

#Whistlepodu pic.twitter.com/zja4i1hLvn — Sakshi Singh Dhoni (@SaakshiSRawat) May 8, 2015

It has been a good comeback by the Rohit Sharma-led side after they started the season with four losses in a row. They have been in good form since then, having won four matches in a row, three at their home ground in Mumbai.

Mumbai are currently ranked at the sixth position in the points table, however a win would take them to the fourth position. In case if they get the opportunity to bat first, a score of over 200 runs is a must to entertain any chances of doing well against MS Dhoni and his boys.

CSK, on the other hand, are an even more formidable side at their fortress in Chennai. Both Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith have made life miserable for most of the bowlers with their big-hitting skills at the top of the order.

In the bowling department, Ashish Nehra and Dwayne Bravo are two bowlers who ranked first and second respectively in the list of the highest wicket takers in the tournament.