It all boils down to the nerves tonight. Two biggest T20 teams will lock horns at Eden Gardens in Kolkata for the IPL 2015 title. Mumbai Indians will strive hard for their second title while CSK will make efforts to be the champions for the third time. An in form team will clash with the most consistent T20 team in the IPL history. Watch MI vs CSK IPL 2015 live streaming on Star Sports HD website and HotStar mobile app. Enjoy live TV telecast in India on Sony Six and Sony Max with options of live Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali commentary.
Mumbai Indians started their IPL 2015 journey on a very low note. After losing many of their initial matches they were languishing at the bottom half of the points tally. Suddenly there was a turn around in their fortunes. Suddenly they found the right combination that brought them to the winning ways. They started winning almost every match they played and to everyone's surprise they finished second in the points table (just below Chennai Super Kings). That served them an opportunity to take on CSK in the first qualifier at Wankhede Stadium where they emerged as the better team. This gave them a direct entry to the finals.
Chennai Super Kings were destined to meet Mumbai Indians in the finals after facing them twice in the league stage and later in the first qualifier. Mumbai Indians won two out of these three matches. CSK has a chance tonight to not only win the IPL trophy but even the head to head count this year.
CSK had a flying start to IPL 2015 and even though they slipped in performance in the later half of the league, they still managed to stay in top two for most of this season. They ended up on the top spot of points table with their good wins and better net run rates.
CSK will appear in an IPL final for the sixth time! Six finals in eight editions in itself showcases the success of this great team. Mumbai Indians will feature in their third ever final and surprisingly they have played their first two finals against CSK (won one and lost one to CSK). CSK and KKR are the only two teams in IPL history to have clinched the trophy twice. Mumbai has an opportunity to grab the trophy for the second time and join the club of CSK and KKR.
Last time when these two teams played, it was Lendl Simmons, Harbhajan Singh and Kieron Pollard who come up with match winning performances. CSK will keep a close eye on them. Apart from them even Parthiv Patel, Suchith, Rohit Sharma and Malinga could be lethal for the Chennai team.
As far as CSK is concerned, its good to see Michael Hussey doing a great job in place of Brendon McCullum to notch up a win over RCB in the second qualifier. MS Dhoni anchored the innings in the end to a win while Negi came in handy with couple of powerful blows. Dwayne Bravo and Ashish Nehra will play an important role as fast bowlers and Jadeja, Negi and Ashwin will play a major role to restrict the MI batsmen from scoring freely.
This match would bring and end to perhaps the best IPL edition so far. We never saw so much of fight between the teams to reach the playoffs. It was anybody's game but now we have the two best teams who would battle it out at the Eden Gardens for the prestigious Indian Premier League title.
As far as T20 cricket is concerned, we will have to take a long break as CLT20 league is less likely to happen this year. You never know we might have a shortened version of IPL later this year between the top four teams. If not that, we would surely come back with previews, news, schedule and reviews of ICC World T20 2016. Don't forget, Star Sports and Hotstar will provide ICC T20 2016 World Cup live streaming and telecast. India would next feature in a bilateral series against Bangladesh. Enjoy India vs Bangladesh 2015 live streaming and telecast on Star Sports and HotStar. Have a nice Sunday and cheer your favourite team be it Mumbai Indians or Chennai Super Kings.
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