Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, Qualifier 1 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Mumbai Indians won the IPL in 2013, 2015, 2017, and are now in the final for 2019. They continue to have the number on Super Kings, especially at Chepauk where they haven't been beaten since 2010. So a direct flight to Hyderabad it is, without having to worry about whatever's happening in Visakhapatnam, where CSK will now head to. That's all from us. Hope you guys enjoyed the coverage. Goodbye and good night!

Suryakumar Yadav, MoM - Was very important for someone in the top three or four to bat till the end because the wicket was slow and turning. After first innings I saw what happened, not too many players were able to hit the shots in the air. So I wanted to play down the ground, pick singles and doubles. Had the chat after first innings that someone from the top-order will have to play towards the end because it won't be easy for players coming in later.

Rohit Sharma - Was a great effort. Great feeling to know that we'll be playing the finals. Three days now in which we can switch off before the final. Much needed break. I knew we have the bowlers to restrict them. Have the confidence in our batters as well. Was important to restrict them to as little as possible, because it can get tricky against their quality spinners. Was a call we had to make, knowing they have quite a few right-handers in their squad. Jayant is a quality bowler. Thought that a finger-spinner can be more effective than a wristie. Knew MS was going to be crucial towards the end. We had plans laid out. When you restrict a team like that under 140, it looks very good. Credit to our bowlers for executing that. He's probably one of our best batsmen against spin. We knew the spin threat they possess will be a huge factor. Surya plays spin very well. I've seen him at close quarters. The shots he plays behind the wicket, those are not easy shots. Always knew he was going to come good at some stage. We've got a balanced squad. Whatever the conditions are, we've got the squad for them. Have the balance we need on that kind of pitch. Even the batters are confident in what they want to execute. That's probably one of the reasons we've had some success in Chennai because we play the conditions well and understand the conditions well.

Ishan Kishan - My plan was to rotate strike as Surya was batting well. Wasn't an easy track for a new batsman to start on, especially with Jaddu bhai bowling well. We had got depth in the batting and so we knew that it was all about taking the game as deep as possible. We don't play here much as it's not our home and with the ball turning, wasn't easy to bat in a T20 game. However, me and Surya have some experience of these surfaces due to the domestic games. We were looking to be positive as we couldn't allow the bowlers to settle. (On making the final) It's a good feeling, we have a couple of days to rest. Need to back our strengths like the earlier games, need to believe in ourselves and give our best.

MS Dhoni - Somebody has to lose, things really didn't go our way, especially batting. At home, we had to assess the conditions quickly, we have played 6 to 7 games on this pitch and should have read the pitch better, that's the home advantage. We needed to know how the pitch behaves, would it be tacky? Is the ball coming on or not, those were the things we didn't do well, I think the batting needs to get better. These are the best batsmen we have got, it looks like we are are batting well, but at times, but in different games, they pull off shots that shouldn't be played. These are the players who we have banked on, they have the experience and they should know to assess the conditions better, hopefully, we will do well in the next game. I think we were a bit unlucky at times (talking about bowling), some balls dropped right in the middle, a few catches weren't taken. We perhaps had to bowl slightly away from the batsmen, could have slowed down the pace and bowl with more variations. But we didn't have runs on the board, so every boundary conceded in a 130 defence was bad. It isn't good to lose games at such times, but it is good that we finished in the top-two, rather then going over the wicket (straight to the finals), we now need to go round the wicket (to qualifier 2), that means the journey takes a longer time. But luckily, we finished in the top-two and that gives us a second chance.

Some stats, courtesy our Stats guy, Deepu Narayanan --

** Fourth consecutive win for MI against CSK - the first team to do so
Won by eight wkts, Pune, 2018
Won by 37 runs, Mumbai WS, 2019
Won by 46 runs, Chennai, 2019
Won by six wkts, Chennai, 2019

** CSK's last 21 matches at Chepauk:
Won 18
Lost 3 (all three vs MI)

** Rohit Sharma vs CSK at Chepauk:
Won by seven wkts, 2008
Won by 31 runs, 2010
Won by eight wkts, 2012
Won by nine runs, 2013
Won by six wkts, 2015
Won by 46 runs, 2019
Won by six wkts, 2019

** Most IPL finals:
7 CSK
5 MI *
3 RCB

23:00 Local Time, 17:30 GMT, 23:00 IST: Three out of three for Mumbai Indians over the Chennai Super Kings this season, and they've booked their tickets for Hyderabad for Sunday's finale. A comprehensive win fashioned by the spinners, and then by Suryakumar Yadav who was different class on a pitch where almost every other batsman struggled. CSK's top-order, which has been a source of constant concern, failed again today which left Dhoni and Rayudu to do the rebuilding work one more time. The duo did well to keep their team in it, but once Suryakumar started to snatch the momentum away, there weren't enough runs in the bank to reverse the fortunes.