Watch MI vs CSK 1st Qualifier Live Streaming - IPL 2015

No surprise that CSK makes it into the top four again. They have done that in every single IPL so far and what a strong team they have! If one has to learn how to win consistently, it has to be learnt from Chennai Super Kings. They finished at the top of points tally and will clash against second rank Mumbai Indians for the 1st Qualifier of IPL 2015 at Wankhede Stadium. Watch MI vs CSK live streaming on HotStar mobile app and Star Sports HD website. Enjoy live TV telecast with Hindi and English commentary on Sony Six and Sony Max channels.

CSK and MI are head to head equally matched teams with 10 wins shared. But Chennai Super Kings might not be considered as favourites here due to their not so good record at the Wankhede Stadium. Plus Mumbai Indians have got a better momentum with lot of wins in the second half of this IPL. CSK enjoyed more wins in the first half of their IPL campaign in 2015.

Two times IPL champions and total four times finalists, CSK had another shot in their arm as their top run getter Brendon McCullum would fly for New Zealand vs England cricket series and would no longer be available to serve CSK for the remainder of the league. Although CSK has got a good replacement in form of Michael Hussey but he hasn't yet found his feet wherease McCullum was well set with 436 runs to his name and a good strike rate too. Hopefully Dwayne Smith takes the onus in absence of Brendon and Hussey can provide him a good support.

In presence of Ashish Nehra, Ishwar Pandey, R Ashwin, Jadeja, Negi and Bravo; the team has restricted the oppositions to modest totals. That has been a key to CSK's success this year. Even after posting a below par total, their bowlers have done a great job to defend the score.

For Mumbai Indians this is a golden opportunity to beat CSK at home and reach the Eden Gardens final! They would enjoy the crowd support and they have played real good cricket at home. The good part is their whole batting line up has found its form at the right time. Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel are doing well at the top of the order. Rohit Sharma and Ambati Rayudu are scoring consistently in the middle order whereas Pollard and Harbhajan come in handy with the bat.

Lasith Malinga has found his form too while McClenaghan is proving fatal for the oppositions. Harbhajan, Suchith and Pollard are doing a decent job with the ball to contain the opposition.

Please note the winner of this match will reach the finals while the losing team will meet the winning team of 1st eliminator (RCB vs RR) in the second eliminator. The winner of that match will proceed to the finals at the Eden Garden, Kolkata.

IPL 2013 Super Saturday - Delhi vs Rajasthan and Mumbai vs Chennai Live Streaming

IPL Live Streaming 2013 DD vs RR and MI vs CSK

The initial few matches have been low scoring games but the finishes have been tight. And this is what Indian Premier League is all about. You don't need a nail cutter when you see IPL! You get nail biting finishes! Saturday brings super treat for the cricket fans as Delhi Daredevils take on Rajasthan Royals followed by Mumbai Indians taking on Chennai Super Kings.

Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals (1st Match)

Delhi Daredevils started their IPL 2013 campaign against Kolkata Knight Riders and they faced a defeat. So Delhi surely looks for a good win here over Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan is playing its first match for this season.

Mahela Jayawardene led side Delhi Daredevils was a team to beat last year but this year they look brittle in absence of some key players. Kevin Pietersen won't feature this year due to injury. Jesse Ryder suffered a brutal attack few days before the IPL started and hence he won't be able to make it this year. Even swashbuckling opener Sehwag was rested in first match due to back spasms. All these injury issues keep Jayawardene under pressure.

A lot relies on Jayawardene and someone else like David Warner to score as much runs as possible and give their bowlers a fair chance to win. Morne Morkel is a key bowler in Delhi's team and he will join the team after couple of games.

Rajasthan Royals have played Delhi ten times in the past and they have managed to win four. So this would be a good opportunity for them to not only improve their stats against Delhi but to also begin IPL 6 with a victory. Apart from the first year's IPL title win, RR has always been disappointing and seen in the bottom teams of IPL. 

This certainly looks to be the last IPL for RR captain and the 'Wall' Rahul Dravid. So he would love to end his IPL streak with another title to his team. The team would expect good performances from the overseas players as well as Ajinkya Rahane, Menaria, Stuart Binny, etc.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians (2nd Match)

The best team so far in the IPL history and last year's runners-up Chennai Super Kings takes on Mumbai Indians at their home ground. This would be a tougher match for Mumbai as they just lost to Rajasthan Royals and now they lock horns with a very strong team of Chennai. Another loss here for Mumbai will put them on back foot!

Not to forget, CSK has brilliant winning record at home. The team would certainly miss the services of some very key players like Morkel, Faf du Plesis, etc who would join the team very soon. Couple of Srilankan players may not play as well due to the ongoing political issues.

The most consistent and best performing captain ever in IPL has been MS Dhoni. He is the only captain to stay unchanged in the IPL history. He scores good amount of runs for the team and leads from the front. Suresh Raina is the biggest batting asset for CSK. They also have good openers like Hussey and Murali Vijay. Badrinath provides a good strength to the middle order. Jadeja performs a good allrounder job in shortest form of cricket.

Mumbai Indians would be desperate for a win and a lot would be expected from Sachin, Ponting, Karthik, Rohit Sharma and Pollard. This team although doesn't look favourite to win in Chennai but they have huge potential to give tough time to Chennai and even create an upset.

Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings - The Eliminator is Here

Mumbai vs Chennai Live Streaming

We are already into the much awaited play-offs and we are already through the first qualifier played between Delhi and Kolkata. Although Delhi was successful in clinching the first position of points table in the league matches, Kolkata defeated them in the first qualifier to reach the finals of IPL 2012.

Now its time for one of the most exciting matches of IPL 2012 which is the eliminator between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. The team that loses this match is eliminated and the winner goes on to play against Delhi for a place in the final against Kolkata. This is easily the most fancied matches of IPL 2012 because it consists of most popular team Mumbai Indians and the two times IPL winner Chennai Super Kings.

The defeat of Bangalore against Deccan Chargers made way for Chennai into the play-offs. Otherwise Chennai as a team hasn't played upto their potiential. They have been in the top four teams all the IPL years so far. They have reached the IPL finals thrice out of four and won two of them. So they are the team to beat all the way long. Now they have nothing to lose. They may have lost hopes of making it into the second round. But the luck has favoured them. Now its time for them to convert this into a win and once again progress to the finals.

Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni are yet to showcase their brilliance and this is the best opportunity. They are big match turners and they can play innings of their IPL careers to take the team to the finals. Albie Morkel and Dwayne Bravo need to repeat one of those good all round performances to take the team home. Ben Hilfenhaus has been upto the mark with bowling and he needs to continue his good line and length in the eliminator.

Mumbai Indians finished third in the points tally and missed the entry to qualifier just by one point. So they are here placed in the eliminator against Chennai. Mumbai Indians played exceptionally well against Rajasthan Royals in the last league match and won the match by ten wickets. Sachin and Smith took the team home with some sensible batting till the end. Mumbai has good players like Gibbs, Franklin, Rohit Sharma, Rayudu, Pollard who all are well capable of producing match winning T20 performances. Their ace bowler Lasith Malinga can easily turn tables on the opposition.

The venue for this match is M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore which is a flat track supporting the batsmen more than the bowlers. So we can expect a high scoring game here. It is hard to pick up any team as favourites here as Mumbai Indians are in a better form whereas Chennai Super Kings are renowned to play well in the final phases of the league.

Update: Finalists are decided so enjoy CSK vs KKR Live Streaming of finals.

Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Deccan Chargers - IPL Extravaganza

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Time for IPL 2012 Sunday extravaganza with two huge matches today! Mumbai Indians take on defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Deccan Chargers. First let us have a look at the number of boundaries and sixes hit so far in this year's edition:

No. of boundaries - 1144

No. of sixes - 440

Now isn't that mind blowing? Isn't that swashbuckling? It is indeed! IPL 2012 is not only the most open edition we have ever seen but it has also provided us with a huge entertainment from bowling, batting and fielding perspective.

We can expect more and more entertaining moments from IPL for sure. Now let us preview today's matches:-

1st Match:- Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings

It is pretty obvious that the stadium has to be housefull when IPL's most popular team Mumbai Indians take on the defending champions Chennai Super Kings. There is a striking similarity between these two teams and that is "inconsistency". Both these teams have a lot of "match turners" but inconsistency has not allowed these teams to dominate this edition of IPL.

Mumbai Indians have certainly not performed to their potential and so is the case of Chennai Super Kings. MI has to win atleast 3 to 4 matches of their remaining 6 to make a place in the play-offs. Sachin Tendulkar has provided good starts to the innings but he couldn't convert his small scores into big ones. Rohit Sharma has been inconsistent throughout the tournament whereas Rayudu has been the most consistent guy with the bat. Mumbai's bowling has the upper hand. Lasith Malinga has clinched 17 wickets from only 7 matches as he missed out few due to an injury. Pragyan Ojha has been a good support to Malinga.

Chennai Super Kings registered a win against Deccan Chargers lately before they suffered some big blows at home. Chennai's batting highlight this year has been their overseas player Faf du Plesis. He has gathered 376 runs so far and is in the race of orange cap. Murali Vijay seems to have gained his lost form whereas Morkel and Bravo has always been a good contributor to the side with bat and ball. A lot is expected from Dhoni, Raina and Hussey if CSK has to thump Mumbai in Mumbai.

2nd Match - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers has always seen themselves at the bottom of points tally this year and now they take on the most fancied team of 2012 viz. Royal Challengers Bangalore. RCB finished runner ups last year and this year they haven't been able to repeat those winning performances.

Royal Challengers is a team which deserves a much better position than 7th on points tally. They are in the group of those teams who are sitting in bottom half of the table and eager to win all the matches they play. So this match is vital for RCB and they need to win this one. Again a lot depends on the performance of Zaheer Khan, Chris Gayle, Dilshan, Vettori and AB de Villiers. If this is a day of Virat Kohli then no one can snatch away a victory from RCB because when he gets going its almost impossible to stop him. He is still in search of his lost good form.

Deccan Chargers have nothing to lose and they can very well play the role of spoiling other's parties. Every match they win now on will shatter dreams of other team's to make into the knock out stages of IPL. Cameron White is in an emphatic form and so is Kumar Sangakkara.  We can't write off brilliant bowling of Dale Steyn as well. 

Although Royal Challengers look favourites to clinch this one, we won't be surprised if Deccan Chargers can pull out a surprise here and turn tables on Royal Challengers Bangalore.