Chennai sixes versus Mumbai fours

It’ll be a battle between the team which has hit the most sixes with the one that has the most fours on Tuesday. If both live up to their billings, it could be a real cracker.

Chennai lead the sixes tally with 67, which is ten clear of Rajasthan, the second-highest team. That’s largely thanks to that match against Rajasthan, when they smashed 17. Murali Vijay leads with 20 sixes, which is only one behind the tournament leader, Yusuf Pathan.

Mumbai’s modus operandi, on the other hand, has been very different – they’re the leaders in fours (with 149), and the laggards in sixes (36). Sachin Tendulkar contributing 52 of those (which is a joint record for the tournament, with Jacques Kallis).

On the other hand, Chennai have conceded the most number of fours, which is only one lesser than the number Mumbai have scored. That should make for a potent combination when Tendulkar and Co take on Chennai bowlers (though the appearance of Doug Bollinger could queer the pitch a bit). And if Albie Morkel bowls to Tendulkar, it’ll pit the bowler who’s conceded the maximum fours (36) against the batsman who’s hit the maximum number.