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After bowlers pulled things back by restricting RCB to 164/6 despite a good start, Suryakumar Yadav, who was ignored for the Australian Tour, scored an unbeaten 79 from 43 balls to steer his team home.
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Not considered for the tour of Australia despite his consistent run in domestic cricket and IPL, Suryakumar led MI's chase of 165 and helped the defending champions reach the target with five balls to spare.
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Skipper Rohit likely to miss as MI face RCB in return match
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Fleming added that the loss to Mumbai Indians was symptomatic of the entire season which has gone totally wrong. He added that CSK deserve the bottom place in the points table. The Chennai franchise is placed eighth with six points.
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Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag criticised Chennai Super Kings. Speaking on his show ‘Viru ki Baithak’, he said, “This (MI vs CSK) is probably IPL’s biggest rivalry and already in this season
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Super Kings were reduced to 3/4 at one stage and if not for Sam Curran’s 52-run knock, they would have folded up for much less total.
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With the embarrassing loss, CSK are all but out of reckoning for the playoffs with just six points from 11 games, while MI jumped to the top spot with 14 points from 10 matches
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Though skipper M S Dhoni conceded after the loss against Rajasthan Royals that the season might be already over them, CSK can still get to 14 points if they win their remaining four games
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It was a lesson to any young paces to watch these two bowlers bowl those lethal yorkers in the Super Overs. Indian Fielding coach R Sridhar was all excited with the performances of Bumrah and Shami.
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Mohammed Shami produced one of the best overs to restrict MI to five runs forcing a second Super Over which the KL Rahul-led side won eventually.
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The match on Sunday night ended in a tie in the regulation 20 overs and KXIP could only score five runs in the first Super Over but Shami bowled brilliantly to restrict MI to the same score.
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Having lost two tight games they should have won at the start of the season, KXIP managed to get on the right side of the results in the last couple of games, although it was too close for comfort by their own admission.
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Kings XI Punjab managed just five runs in the first Super Over and looked out of the game.
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With this thrilling win, Kings XI now have six points from nine matches and stay in contention for playoffs
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After the bowlers restricted KKR to 148 for five, opener Quinton de Kock blazed his way to 78 off 44 balls to complete the task for Mumbai on Friday.
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A win for Mumbai Indians will virtually seal them a spot in the play-offs while a loss for KXIP could send them out of contention.
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"We are taking every game as it comes. We are not thinking too far ahead. Whatever happens, we have to keep it simple and play to our strengths. Whether we get to playoffs or not, it is not really controllable but we are focused on playing our best cricket.”
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“Mid season change in Captaincy is never a comfortable situation for the team members."
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Morgan takes charge but KKR lose again as Rohit-led side records big victory to top table
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MI may go with same team; Narine still a doubt starter for Kolkata team