IPL 2019, Qualifier 1: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings – Stats Preview

In the Qualifier 1 of IPL 2019, Mumbai Indians (MI) will face the defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Tuesday (7th May) night at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai). 

MI finished on top of the IPL 2019 points table while CSK finished in the second position. Though both earned the 18 points in this season, MI managed to stay on top due to the higher net run-rate.

Teams’ Stats

MI

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

CSK

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

Head-to-Head records

Overall (28 matches): MI won 16 matches; CSK won 12 matches

In IPL (26 matches): MI won 15 matches; CSK won 11 matches

At MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai (7 matches): MI won 5 matches; CSK won 2 matches

In playoffs/knockouts (7 matches): MI won 2 matches; CSK won 5 matches

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

• In the IPL 2019, MI and CSK have already met twice and MI won both those matches. After winning the Mumbai match by 37 runs, MI doubled their success after beating CSK by 46 runs at Chennai.
• Last time CSK beat MI on 7th April 2018 at Mumbai. Since then, they have suffered three straight defeats against MI.

Players’ stats

(MI)

Quinton de Kock

i) The wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock (492 runs) needs to score eight more runs to complete his 500 runs in this IPL season. He will be the third overseas cricketer for MI to score 500 or more runs in an IPL season.

ii) Quinton de Kock (1,419 runs) needs to score 81 more runs to complete his 1,500 IPL runs.

Rohit Sharma

i) The Indian star cricketer Rohit Sharma is 18 runs behind to become the first MI batsman to score 4,000 T20 runs. He has already scored 3,982 T20 runs for this side.

(CSK)

Dwayne Bravo

i) The Caribbean all-rounder Dwayne Bravo (1,468 runs) needs to score 32 more runs to complete his 1,500 IPL runs.  

ii) Dwayne Bravo (912) is 88 runs away to complete his 1,000 IPL runs for CSK. He will be the fourth overseas cricketer and eighth overall cricketer to score 1,000 or more IPL runs for this franchise. 

iii) The right-handed middle-order batsman Dwayne Bravo (299 sixes) needs to hit one more six to complete his 300 T20 sixes. He will be fifth Caribbean batsman and 12th overall cricketer to hit 300 or more T20 sixes.

iv) The medium-pacer Dwayne Bravo (49 wickets) is one wicket behind to become the second bowler to take 50 T20 wickets at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai). The Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (51 wickets) was the first bowler to achieve this special feat.

v) Dwayne Bravo (145 wickets) needs to take five more wickets to complete his 150 IPL wickets.

Ravindra Jadeja

i) The Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will become the third player to play 100 IPL matches for CSK. The first two cricketers to achieve this feat were Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni.

ii) With one more wicket, the left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja (106 wickets) will become the leading IPL wicket-taker as a left-arm bowler. Former cricketer Ashish Nehra (left-arm pacer) also bagged 106 wickets in IPL career.

iii) Ravindra Jadeja (148 wickets) is two wickets away to complete his 150 T20 wickets.

Faf du Plessis

i) South African cricketer Faf du Plessis (48 sixes) is two sixes away to complete his 50 IPL sixes for CSK.

Shane Watson

i) Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson (47 sixes) needs to hit three more sixes to complete his 50 IPL sixes.

Harbhajan Singh

i) Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh (147 wickets) needs to take three more wickets to complete his 150 IPL wickets.

Imran Tahir

i) With two more wickets, South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir (298 wickets) will complete his 300 T20 wickets. He will be the first South African and seventh overall bowler to pick up 300 or more T20 wickets.