IPL 2019, Final: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings – Stats Preview

Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will play the IPL 2019 Final on this Sunday (12th May) night at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Uppal, Hyderabad). The winning team of this match will win the IPL 2019 trophy.

While both teams have won this IPL trophy for the record three times, one of these will create a new record during this upcoming Final.

Let’s look at some vital stats preview of the Final of IPL 2019.

Teams’ Stats

MI

IPL 2019 form (in last five matches; oldest to latest) – Won, Lost, Won (in Super Over), Won and Won

CSK

IPL 2019 form (in last five matches; oldest to latest) – Lost, Won, Lost, Lost and Won

Head-to-Head records

Overall (29 matches): MI won 17 matches; CSK won 12 matches

In IPL (27 matches): MI won 16 matches; CSK won 11 matches

At Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad: Never played before

In playoffs/knockouts (8 matches): MI won 3 matches; CSK won 5 matches

In final (3 matches): MI won 2 matches; CSK won 1 match

In the last five matches: MI won 4 matches; CSK won 1 match

• In IPL 2019, MI and CSK have already met thrice and MI won all those matches.
• CSK last time beat MI on 7th April 2018 at Mumbai (by one wicket). Since then, MI has won four consecutive matches against CSK.

Teams’ performances in finals (including IPL and Champions League T20)

MI (6 matches): Won 5 matches; Lost 1 match

CSK (9 matches): Won 5 matches; Lost 4 matches

Players’ stats

(MI)

Rohit Sharma

i) MI captain Rohit Sharma has already scored 3,986 T20 runs for this side. With 14 more runs, the right-handed batsman will be the first batsman to score 4,000 T20 runs for MI.

Quinton de Kock

i) South African cricketer Quinton de Kock has scored 500 runs in IPL 2019. Among the other MI overseas cricketers, only Caribbean Lendl Simmons (540 runs in IPL 2015) and Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya (514 runs in IPL 2008) scored more runs in an IPL season.

ii) Quinton de Kock (1,427 runs) is 73 runs away to complete his 1,500 IPL runs.

Suryakumar Yadav

i) The right-handed batsman Suryakumar Yadav (968 runs) is 32 runs away to become the seventh MI batsman to score 1,000 T20 runs.

(CSK)

MS Dhoni

i) With 70 more runs, MS Dhoni (4,430 runs) will become the sixth batsman to score 4,500 or more IPL runs.

Dwayne Bravo

i) The former Windies international cricketer Dwayne Bravo (1,468 runs) in 32 runs away to complete his 1,500 IPL runs.

ii) With 88 more runs, Dwayne Bravo (912 runs) will become the fourth overseas batsman and eighth overall batsman to score 1,000 or more IPL runs for CSK.

iii) Caribbean right-arm pacer Dwayne Bravo has picked up 147 IPL wickets. With three more wickets, he will become the second overseas bowler and fifth overall bowler to take 150 IPL wickets.

Imran Tahir

i) Leg-spinner Imran Tahir has taken 24 wickets in IPL 2019. The Proteas cricketer needs to take one more wicket to become the most wicket-taker as a spinner in an IPL season. Previously, Sunil Narine (24 wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2012) and Harbhajan Singh (24 wickets for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2013) also achieved this feat.

Faf du Plessis

ii) South African star Faf du Plessis has already hit 49 IPL sixes for CSK. With one more six, the right-handed batsman will become the sixth batsman (third overseas batsman) to hit 50 or more IPL sixes for this franchise.

Ravindra Jadeja

i) The left-handed batsman Ravindra Jadeja (1,922 runs) is 78 runs away to complete his 2,000 IPL runs.