Mumbai: Mumbai Indians (MI) set up a brilliant all-round execution smashing Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 25 hurries to enter the last of the Indian Premier League 2015 (IPL 8) here on Tuesday night. (Dhoni sets world record)

Match Scorecard; IPL Special; Playoff calendar; Rain rules for playoffs En course to their 3rd passage into the summit round after 2010 and 2013, Mumbai Indians scored 187/6 to a great extent because of the splendid cameo from Kieron Pollard who crushed a 17-ball-41 on the stage laid by Lendl Simmons’ 65 off 51 balls.

In answer, CSK’s quite vaunted line-up could gather just 162 in 19 overs as none of the top-request batsmen went onto play a match-winning thump. Such was the command by the home group that CSK never looked a section amid better piece of the match and finished second best all the while.

Yet, the five-time finalists and two-time champions will get another break amid the second Qualifier to be played in MS Dhoni’s main residence Ranchi. They will confront either Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) or Rajasthan Royals (RR), who challenge tomorrow’s Eliminator in Pune.

The last is in Kolkata on May 24 (Sunday). Harsh choice for Smith The telling pass up Harbhajan Singh (2/26 in 4 overs), who evacuated the hazardous Suresh Raina (25) and captain MS Dhoni (0) off progressive conveyances to swing the match unequivocally to support MI. Lasith Malinga (3/23) and R Vinay Kumar (2/26) did have influence as MI have now won nine out of 11 matches.

Faf du Plessis (45) played well yet simply like Raina was swindled by moderate nature of the pitch going for a major hit. Opener Dwayne Smith (0) got an unpleasant choice from umpire Richard Illingworth off Lasith Malinga’s playing and Mike Hussey (16) demonstrated that he is still corroded having not would be wise to influence a month ago and a half. Dwayne Bravo (20) got a relief when Harbhajan dropped him off his own bowling to pass up a great opportunity for a third casualty. Brilliant duck for Dhoni However the man from Jallandhar had a great deal of effect amid his four overs as he was slower through the air and hurling the collect. One such hurled up conveyance saw Raina neglecting to check his shot and offer a basic return get. Dhoni attempted a driven scope shot off the first conveyance that was flighted on the off-center channel and was gotten plumb in-front.

Bravo deflected the cap trap however could have been gone as he likewise was tricked by flight yet Harbhajan botched it up big time. It didn’t cost them much as a savvy bit of work from Parthiv-Pollard couple saw Bravo making a beeline for structure. When Bravo was back in the burrowed out, CSK’s chances were for all intents and purposes over.

MI post 187/6 in 20 overs Earlier, Simmons proceeded with his noteworthy show by indenting up a well-made 65 while Pollard impacted a snappy flame 41 as MI posted 187 for 6. Simmons, who scored up his fifth half century of the opposition, struck five sixes and three fours in his 51-ball innings. Alongside Parthiv Patel (35), Simmons gave a strong opening stand of 90 keeps running at almost 9 runs an over before MI lost fast wickets between the 11th and 16th overs to be in a trouble at 139 for 4.

It was then left to individual Trinidadian Pollard to crush five tremendous sixes alongside a limit in only 17 balls to take MI closer to the 200-run mark. For alliance table toppers CSK, Bravo was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3 for 40 and was fundamentally in charge of MI not coming to a greater score after their breathtaking starting. Ashish Nehra was genuinely efficient with 1 for 28 from four overs. Selecting to bat initially, MI were again given a sound begin by the right-left join of Simmons and Patel who initially raised 48 before the end of six-over Powerplay.

Ashwin opens bowling CSK utilized off-spinner R Ashwin to open the playing with left arm crease bowler Ashish Nehra and had things under control in the initial four overs. Then again, Simmons trucked Ashwin in his third over, past the straight field and after that over the mid-wicket locale for two sixes.

Simmons, who has been in fine frame from the time he came in as substitution for the harmed Aaron Finch, then struck a third six onto the sight screen off Nehra in the last over of play. Also, when Ravindra Jadeja came to bowl the 8th over, the West Indian smacked him over long on for another six to keep the run-rate drifting around the eight-run mark. Left-gave Patel, stayed silent at the flip side, followed Pawan Negi by lashing a six over long on and afterward striking two more fours in the 9th over to build MI’s run-rate.

Simmons finished his 5th half-century of the season off 38 balls studded with three fours and four sixes, in the tenth over toward the end of which MI had progressed to 86 for no misfortune with Simmons on 51 and Patel on 32. Dhoni summoned his ‘Emergency Man’ Bravo to stem the run stream and the enthusiastic West Indian all rounder clicked by having Patel gotten at long on to achieve a point of interest of 100 IPL casualties in his 89th IPL diversion generally speaking.

Pollard then joined MI captain Rohit Sharma and quickly began controlling the pace by clouting 2 sixes in one Negi over as the score jumped to 135 for 2 toward the end of 15 overs. It was Pollard who continued hitting hotshots as MI came to standard score at last.