MUMBAI — Mumbai Indians qualified for their third Indian Premier League final as they beat the Chennai Super Kings by 25 runs in the Qualifier 1 here Tuesday. Chasing 188 to win, Chennai started well, but crumbled in the middle to be bowled out for 162. At the half-way mark, it was 86 for two with Suresh Raina and Faf du Plessis in the middle. Raina started off well and du Plessis was looking in good touch. At the same stage in their innings, Mumbai was 86 for no loss and that showed that there was not much to loose. In came Harbhajan Singh and turned the match in Mumbai's favor. This game was Dhoni's 200th as skipper in T20 cricket. The other highlight was that Bravo got his 100th IPL wicket during his spell of three for 40. Also, in a stadium, Chennai was the designated home side as it had finished on the top spot in the IPL 2015 points table. Brief scores: Mumbai Indians 187 for 6 in 20 overs (Lendl Simmons 65, Parthiv Patel 35, Kieron Pollard 41; Ashish Nehra 1 for 28, Dwayne Bravo 3 for 40, Ravindra Jadeja 1 for 18) beat Chennai Super Kings 162 in 19 overs (Faf du Plessis 45, Suresh Raina 25; Lasith Malinga 3 for 23, R Vinay Kumar 2 for 26, Harbhajan Singh 2 for 26) by 25 runs. — Agencies
