IPL 2019 | Self-belief the reason behind CSK and MI consistency, feels AB de Villiers

IPL 2019 | Self-belief the reason behind CSK and MI consistency, feels AB de Villiers

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AB de Villiers, while heaping praise on Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians side, has written that self-belief is what makes the two sides consistent. MI and CSK have been the two most consistent sides in the IPL and will battle it out in the final of the 12th edition on Sunday night.

Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings have won the Indian Premier League title thrice so far and the winner of tonight’s final will script record by claiming the most number of titles in the history of the tournament. Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman AB de Villiers has praised both CSK and MI's consistency in the tournament and has also stated that self-belief is one of the key reasons behind their success. 

"At the conclusion of the most exciting and compelling IPL, the usual suspects have negotiated the inevitable ups and downs and successfully navigated their way to the final. Chennai Super Kings, IPL champions in 2010, 2011 and 2018, will play Mumbai Indians, IPL champions in 2013, 2015 and 2017; and, by Sunday night, after what will be a fantastic occasion in Hyderabad, the winner will stand apart as the only team to hold four IPL titles. CSK and MI are the serial winners of the IPL, the teams who seem to have developed an inherent self-belief that, whatever happens, they will stick to their plans, perform under pressure and prevail," de Villiers wrote in his column for TOI. 

Mumbai lifted the trophy on three occasions so far - 2013, 2015 and 2017 and this will be their fifth appearance in the final. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, MI have tasted enormous success and are on the verge of scripting history tonight. CSK, on the other hand, have won in 2010, 2011 and 2018 under MS Dhoni's astute captaincy and this will be their eighth appearance in the final, which in itself is a huge record. 

"These two teams contested the final in 2010, 2013 and 2015... and, essentially again in 2017 when the absent CSK were temporarily reincarnated as Rising Pune Supergiants. This will be a fifth appearance in an IPL final for MI, while, the team captained by MS Dhoni will have featured in no fewer than eighth of the 12 IPL finals ever played... amazing consistency. CSK's experience and consistency served them well again in the playoff victory over DC, as they proved too strong and too smart in the moments that matter," De Villiers added. 

De Villiers further threw light on the surface at Hyderabad stating it would be a good batting track and the chasing team would inevitably be under pressure. 

"Hyderabad will host the final, and the wicket usually plays well; it can be a 200-plus track but, on other occasions, 150 can be a winning score. Barring anything unusual, both teams may prefer to bat first and put runs on the board, with par being a score of around 180. For some reason, the challenge of chasing always seems harder in a final," de Villiers wrote. 

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