IPL: 5 best Chennai Super Kings-Mumbai Indians encounters

#2 Match 43, May 8, 2015

The 43rd match of the 2015 edition of the tournament. Dhoni's men were taking on Rohit Sharma's side at Chennai. The Chennai Super Kings were batting first on a slow Chennai wicket. Both the teams were in stupendous form in this edition of the tournament.

The Super Kings started steadily. Opener Dwayne Smith took his time to score 27 off 34 deliveries. The Mumbai bowlers kept the runs down in the initial stages of the innings. The home side was struggling for runs until the end of the 16th over. Southpaw Pawan Negi came to the crease and played a quickfire knock.

Negi scored 36 off 17 balls to get his side to a reasonable total of 158. Captain MS Dhoni was the top scorer of the innings with his 39 off 32 deliveries. Chasing 159 was not easy on a slow Chennai wicket. CSK had three spinners in their lineup in form of Ashwin, Jadeja, and Negi.

The away team started their innings on a fantastic note. The openers scored 84 before Parthiv Patel was dismissed in the 11th over. The game soon drifted away from the men in blue. They lost three wickets for two runs. Rohit Sharma tried to get his side in a good position but he was dismissed on 18.

The chasing side required 30 off the last two overs with all-rounder Hardik Pandya on strike. Pawan Negi had the responsibility of bowling the penultimate over of the innings. Negi had conceded nine runs in three overs before the commencement of this over. Negi was a contender for the man of the match award before Pandya ruined his game.

Hardik Pandya smashed three sixes off Negi to bring the game in MI's court. Ambati Rayadu too joined in with a six on the last delivery. Pawan Negi conceded 25 runs off the over. The final task was completed by Ambati Rayadu who scored a boundary off Dwayne Bravo's second delivery. Pandya was awarded the man of the match award for three catches and his fiery innings.