The two-most successful T20 teams in the world – Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings – will battle to be crowned champions of Pepsi IPL 2015.
IPL 2015 Final: Live Streaming Information, Live Score Updates: The Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings match will start at 8:00 pm IST (14:30 pm GMT).
Live Streaming Information: The IPL 2015 Final will be broadcast live in India on Sony SIX and Set Max, with live streaming option HERE. In the United States, Willow TV will broadcast the action, with live streaming HERE. Geo TV will broadcast matches live in Pakistan, with live streaming HERE. Viewers in the United Kingdom can catch the action on ITV live, with online streaming option HERE.
Live Score Updates: The live score updates of the Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings match are available HERE and HERE.
Mumbai Indians’ journey to the final has been a fascinating story. They were all but written off after the first two weeks of the competition when they lost their first four matches of the season and lay at the bottom of the table.
However, they rose like phoenix from the ashes, finished the league stage of the competition at second place, and took the direct route to the title clash after winning the first of the Playoff matches.
Coach Ricky Ponting has maintained through the season that if his side played their best cricket, they would be very hard to beat. That happened in Qualifier 1 against CSK, when every player played his role to near perfection.
There were contributions from the top four – with one of them playing well into the second half, and each of the specialist bowlers kept pegging away at the opposition wickets at regular intervals.
That the Chennai Super Kings will be playing in an IPL final for the sixth time itself illustrates how consistent they have been over the years. Though they are the defending Champions League T20 champions, an IPL title has eluded them for three seasons.
They won the IPL title in successive years in 2010 and 2011, but have since been pipped at the post in two finals. This season, CSK have had to take the long route to progress to the Final.
They occupied the top slot in the standings at the end of the regular league season, but were outclassed by MI in all departments in the first Playoff match and had to get to the better of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator to make it to the title clash.
The Mumbai Indians begin favourites; they are the form team having won 8 of their last nine matches. The four-day break since booking their berth in the Final has given them enough time to recharge their batteries and come energised for this high-stakes contest.
For most part of the season, CSK have rode on two factors – Brendon McCullum’s destructive batting and familiar conditions at home. MS Dhoni and co. will need to come up with a special performance, given they will be without the services of their dashing Kiwi opener and have had a very modest record on the road.
