Tuesday, 26 April 2016

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rising Pune Supergiants, 22nd Match

Rising Pune Supergiants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: pick your XI

Series: Indian Premier League, 2016 Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Date & Time: Apr 26, 08:00 PM LOCAL

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Dhoni rarely changes his team but given the position of the team, he might replace a couple of his bowlers.

Rising Pune Supergiants

M.S. Dhoni has never been a part of a team that had to be called an underdog or not been among the favourites to win the trophy. He’ll go into the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday with a squad that has found ways to lose matches from positions of strength — not something you associate with a team that has Dhoni at the helm. The match offers another chance for Dhoni’s boys to show their mettle and arrest the losing streak. But it might not be easy, given the red hot form SRH is in.

With only one win in five matches, the RPS think tank needs devise a better bowling strategy or bring in fresh faces to strike the right combination. While Thisara Perera and Murugan Ashwin have provided breakthroughs, they’ve also been expensive, going at 9 and 8 per over, respectively. The others, barring 36-year-old Rajat Bhatia, haven’t been effective so far. Dhoni rarely changes his team but given the position of the team, he might replace a couple of his bowlers — that, of course, would also depend on the pitch condition as well.

RPS’ batting has managed to put decent scores so far, and they would like to believe that they possess enough firepower to post big total.

Probable XI

Ajinkya Rahane, Faf du Plessis, Steven Smith, M.S. Dhoni, Albie Morkel, Thisara Perera, Rajat Bhatia, R. Ashwin, Ankit Sharma,Ishant Sharma, M. Ashwin

Sunrisers Hyderabad

The Sunrisers, on the other hand, have managed to string a series of wins under their belt. Skipper David Warner’s batting form and Mustafizur’s slower ones have managed to carry the team thus far.With RPS’ bowlers struggling to pick wickets and the ground at Hyderabad seeing relatively lower scores this season, SRH batsmen might look to chase today. The team winning the toss is likely to bowl first, given the hot and humid conditions. And, the last three matches at the ground were won by the chasing team. So there’s enough to suggest that the team batting second will have the upper hand in the match.

There are reports doing the rounds that Ashish Nehra might be inducted into the team. If that happens, it will be at the expense of Punjab pacer Barinder Sran. That apart, Warner will not look to make any changes to the winning combination.

Probable XI

David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Aditya Tare, Eoin Morgan, Deepak Hooda, Moises Henriques, Naman Ojha, Bipul Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mustafizur Rahman, Ashish

Parthiv, Rayudu and bowlers deliver for Mumbai Indians

Kings XI’s misery continues, suffers its fifth loss in six games.

Mumbai Indians produced an all-round performance to extend Kings XI Punjab’s misery in the ninth edition of the Indian Premier League.

After Parthiv Patel and Ambati Rayudu helped Mumbai set a target of 190, the medium-pacers — Jasprit Bumrah, Tim Southee and Mitchell McClenaghan — struck crucial blows to ensure a much-needed emphatic victory for Mumbai, the margin being 25 runs.

After the visitors broke free from 25 for the loss of Rohit Sharma’s wicket in five overs, the hosts’ middle-order held some hope of meeting the challenge but never seriously threatened Mumbai. It managed 164 for seven and crashed to its fifth defeat of the season.

Beyond reach

Though Shaun Marsh and Glenn Maxwell raised 89 for the third wicket off 61 deliveries, the asking rate kept climbing and eventually proved beyond the reach of Kings XI.

Once the two Australians departed within 18 runs of each other to leave Kings XI gasping at 139 for four after 17.1 overs, it was too much for the rest, including David Miller, to script a turnaround.

It was a well-deserved victory for the defending champion. The batting clicked even without Rohit firing and the bowlers did enough to take the team to a convincing win.

Piling it on

For Mumbai, which added 164 between the sixth and 20th overs — nine of them producing double-digit scores — Parthiv and Rayudu set the stage with their counter-attack. Though both rode their luck, their batting enthralled the near-capacity crowd at the I.S. Bindra Stadium here on Monday.

Their 137-run stand, which came off 86 balls, was dotted with five sixes and 14 boundaries.

Often getting off a good start but failing to make it count, Parthiv made the most of a second ‘life’ he received when on 15. He was ‘caught’ at deep square-leg but bowler Mitchell Johnson was found to have overstepped.

A relieved Parthiv returned to the crease and smacked two boundaries — like he did in Johnson’s first over and again in the third — to rub it in. Throughout his innings, he was severe on anything bowled on his pads and did not hesitate to play lofted strokes. The left-hander survived a close stumping chance on 32 and was dropped again, by Axar Patel, on 66. He went on to score a well-crafted half-century.

Rayudu, appearing more assured of the two, kept punishing the bowlers from the other end. After Sandeep’s first two overs produced just four runs, Rayudu made his intentions clear.

He chose Axar for special treatment — hitting a six and a four in his third over — and also smashed two successive sixes at the start of the fourth but fell attempting a third.

Scoreboard

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma c Naik b Sandeep 0 (2b), Parthiv Patel c Marsh b Johnson 81 (58b, 10x4, 2x6), Ambati Rayudu c Vohra b Axar 65 (37b, 4x4, 4x6), Jos Buttler b Mohit 24 (13b, 3x4, 1x6), Kieron Pollard c Sandeep b Mohit 10 (9b), Hardik Pandya c Miller b Mohit 4 (2b, 1x4), Krunal Pandya (not out) 0 (0b); Extras (lb-1, w-3, nb-1): 5; Total (for six wkts. in 20 overs): 189.

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Rohit), 2-137 (Rayudu), 3-174 (Buttler), 4-180 (Parthiv), 5-189 (Pollard), 6-189 (Hardik).

Kings XI bowling: Sandeep Sharma 4-0-20-1, Mitchell Johnson 4-0-43-1, Axar Patel 4-0-41-1, Mohit Sharma 4-0-38-3, Glenn Maxwell 1-0-11-0, Pardeep Sahu 3-0-35-0.

Kings XI Punjab: M Vijay c Buttler b Southee 19 (13b, 2x4, 1x6), Manan Vohra c Buttler b Bumrah 7 (11b), Shaun Marsh c Rayudu b Southee 45 (34b, 3x4, 1x6), Glenn Maxwell b Bumrah 56 (39b, 5x4, 1x6), David Miller (not out) 30 (17b, 1x4, 2x6), Nikhil Naik b Bumrah 1 (3x4), Axar Patel b McClenaghan 0 (2b), Mitchell Johnson b McClenaghan 1 (2b), Mohit Sharma (not out) 0 (0b); Extras (lb-2, w-2, nb-1): 5; Total (for seven wkts. in 20 overs): 164.

Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Vijay), 2-32 (Vohra), 3-121 (Marsh), 4-139 (Maxwell), 5-141 (Naik), 6-149 (Axar), 7-151 (Johnson).

Mumbai Indians bowling: Tim Southee 4-0-28-2, Mitchell McClenaghan 4-0-32-2, Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-26-3, Krunal Pandya 2-0-20-0, Harbhajan Singh 4-0-31-0, Kieron Pollard 2-0-25-0.

Toss: Kings XI.

Man-of-the-match: Parthiv Patel.

Mumbai Indians won by 25 runs.

Sunday, 24 April 2016

Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, 21st Match

Series: Indian Premier League, 2016 Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Date & Time: Apr 25, 08:00 PM LOCAL

A contest between inconsistent teams

The much-vaunted batting line-ups of Kings XI and Mumbai Indians have failed to fire

For the third year in succession, Mumbai Indians is struggling in the first half of the Indian Premier League. Four defeats in six games for the defending champion shows that it is yet to overcame the ‘starting trouble’ persistent since 2014.

Looking back, Mumbai had lost its first four matches in 2014 and the first five in 2015. Going by that piece of statistics, this season appears a shade better for Mumbai.

On Monday, Mumbai faces Kings XI Punjab, the only other team to lose four times this season.

Of the four defeats for Mumbai, the one against Delhi Daredevils on Saturday was sure to hurt the most. After controlling the match for the better part, Mumbai messed up the chase despite the presence of in-form skipper Rohit Sharma in the middle. Overall, Mumbai’s batting appears suspect.

Currently placed sixth on the table, Mumbai is pretty much in the hunt for the play-offs since a team can afford to lose six matches and still be among the top four teams. A team with seven wins, aided by superior net run-rate, can also make the grade.

Much like Mumbai, Kings XI is struggling to bat to its potential. Just one victory in five matches has pushed the host to the bottom of the table. It is really surprising that a side with an intimidating middle-order — Shaun Marsh, David Miller and Glenn Maxwell — is repeatedly failing to bat to its reputation.

Even more perplexing is the same-over dismissals of Miller and Maxwell. The frequency — three times in five outings — is truly puzzling.

Gujarat Lions’s Dwayne Bravo showed the way to get the duo out in the campaign-opener, Daredevils’ Amit Mishra followed it in the second match and Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Moises Henrique proved on Saturday night that the pair had not put a price-tag on their wickets.

A team that boasts of flamboyant openers like M. Vijay and Manan Vohra, followed by the big names in the middle-order, Kings XI’s strength clearly lies in its batting. But so far, inconsistency is the only consistent factor for it. As things stand, when two inconsistent teams clash on Monday, one is sure to get its act right.

Knight Riders scrape through for fourth win

Kolkata Knight Riders player Suryakumar Yadav played a superb knock against Rising Pune Supergiants in Pune on Sunday.

Umesh Yadav smashed a six over long-on for the winning runs with just three balls left.

Kolkata Knight Riders firmed up its position at the top of the heap, winning a thriller against Rising Pune Supergiants by two wickets for its fourth victory in five IPL 2016 matches.

Umesh Yadav smashed a six over long-on for the winning runs with just three balls left to take it to 162 for eight in reply to the 160 scored by the home side.

Suryakumar Yadav’s calculated 60 for the Knight Riders justified his promotion to number three, easing nerves in the dressing room after early shocks, including a Gautam Gambhir run out.

Rival skipper M.S. Dhoni kept the heat on the visitors, even as spinner M. Aswhin and medium-pacer Rajat Bhatia responded.

Albie Morkel’s first-ball dismissal of Robin Uthappa disrupted the visitors’ gameplan before Gambhir’s run out, challenging Saurabh Tiwary’s throwing arm going for the second run, put the skids on the chase and raised hopes in the home team ranks.

The Knight Riders, however, replied with 59 for two in the six overs, far ahead of Supergiants’ 31 for one at that stage.

Earlier, Rahane played the lone hand for the home side, adapting to conditions and the frequent bowling changes by the Knight Riders.

His sublime form helped put together a face-saving total, his knock of 67 off 52 balls laced with well-timed strokes.

He looked assured in judgement against pace early on, decisive in footwork when the spinners came on, reading the ball off the bowler’s hand and creating space for cuts and pulls.

Rahane middling the ball well spelt trouble for the visitors as he cleared the ropes at will. He whipped two big shots over mid-wicket off Morne Morkel, relishing the bounce off the track. Shakib Al Hasan and Sunil Narine joined the attack in the PowerPlay, reflecting captain Gambhir’s confidence in the duo.

Shakib delivered soon with a ball pitching on middle and snaking across into the off-stump, leaving Faf du Plessis stunned.

Smith joined Rahane in a second wicket stand that soothed nerves in the dressing room as Supergiants reached 61 for one at the halfway mark.

Dhoni promoted Albie Morkel to rack up the run-rate in the last five overs. He replaced Thisara Perera, who was deceived by a slower ball from R. Sathish. Narine stepped in to lure Rahane into hitting a tame return catch. Yadav’s stump-to-stump line paid off against Morkel’s wild swing.

Scoreboard

Rising Pune Supergiants: Ajinkya Rahane c & b Narine 67 (52b, 4x4, 3x6), Faf du Plessis b Shakib 4 (9b), Steve Smith run out 31 (28b, 2x4), Thisara Perera b Sathish 12 (9b, 1x6), Albie Morkel b Umesh 16 (9b, 1x6), M.S. Dhoni (not out) 23 (12b, 2x4, 1x6), Rajat Bhatia (not out) 1 (1b); Extras (b-4, lb-2): 6; Total (for five wkts. in 20 overs): 160.

Fall of wickets: 1-24 (du Plesss), 2-80 (Smith), 3-99 (Perera), 4-119 (Rahane), 5-133 (Morkel).

Knight Riders bowling: Morne Morkel 3-0-30-0, Andre Russell 2-0-16-0, Shakib-al Hasan 3-0-14-0, Sunil Narine 4-0-31-1, Rajagopal Sathish 3-0-20-1, Umesh Yadav 2-0-16-1.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Robin Uthappa lbw b Morkel 0 (1b), Gautam Gambhir run out 11 (5b, 2x4), Suryakumar Yadav lbw b M. Ashwin 60 (49b, 6x4, 2x6), Shakib-Al Hasan b Bhatia 3 (9b), Yusuf Pathan lbw b Bhatia 36 (27b, 2x4, 2x6), Andre Russell c du Plessis b Perera 17 (11b, 2x6), R. Sathish b Morkel 10 (8b, 1x6), Piyush Chawla c Smith b Perera 8 (5b, 1x4), Umesh Yadav (not out) 7 (2b, 1x6), Sunil Narine (not out) 0 (0b); Extras (w-10): 10; Total (for eight wkts. in 19.3 overs): 162.

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Uthappa), 2-31 (Gambhir), 3-60 (Shakib), 4-111 (Yusuf), 5-119 (Suryakumar), 6-139 (Russell), 7-151 (Sathish), 8-156 (Chawla).

Supergiants bowling: Albie Morkel 3-0-36-2, Thisara Perera 3.3-0-28-2, R. Ashwin 2-0-21-0, Rajat Bhatia 4-0-19-2, Ankit Sharma 3-0-26-0, M. Ashwin 4-0-32-1.

Toss: Knight Riders.

Man-of-the-Match: Suryakumar Yadav.

The Kohli graph much similar to Sachin’s

Virat Kohli fought dehydration and leg injury to achieve a personal milestone — maiden T20 century — and take Royal Challengers Bangalore to 180 against Gujarat Lions at Rajkot on Sunday.

Indian Premier League — 2016

Tendulkar’s hundred came against a new franchise (Kochi Tuskers Kerala). So did Kohli’s (Gujarat Lions).

Turn back the clock to April 15, 2011. Less than a fortnight after Sachin Tendulkar had ticked off, possibly, the most important box on his résumé, he regaled the Wankhede faithful with his maiden hundred in Twenty20 cricket. And, not for the first time, a Tendulkar special had ended in a losing cause.

Fast-forward to April 24, 2016. Virat Kohli, who is being compared to Tendulkar on a daily basis, began his Sunday by wishing his role model a happy 43rd on Twitter. Hours later, he celebrated the master’s birthday with an imperious century before his bowlers let him down.

The eerie similarities don’t end there.

Tendulkar’s hundred came against a new franchise (Kochi Tuskers Kerala). So did Kohli’s (Gujarat Lions).

Both teams donned kitschy orange outfits. Both had Brendon McCullum in the mix.

Kohli, whose returns lately are nothing but Bradman-esque, made a mockery of the Gujarat attack. On many occasions, he even rendered the fielders motionless.

Like when he smashed Pravin Tambe’s leg-spin for consecutive fours through the cover region.

Nobody moved. Or, for that matter, when he caressed left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati by rocking on to the back-foot and punching the ball through the same area.

Constricted by cramps

For the next few overs, though, Kohli played like a mere mortal. A round of cramps and a sprained ankle led to the slowdown. But, thanks to his supreme fitness, “the other muscles took over.” These were Kohli’s words.

And, when they actually did, he was on 50 — his forth in five outings — off 40 balls. With six overs to go, and the scoreboard reading an underwhelming 104 for two, Kohli shifted gears as quickly as someone manning a Bugatti. He then sliced a widish yorker from Dwayne Bravo for four before unleashing that deadly flick off a Praveen Kumar delivery to beat long-on.

When Bravo set out to bowl the final over, Kohli was on 85. Just like that, he raced away from 50 to 100 in a matter of 23 balls. Out came the helmet and that wide grin we are so used to seeing now. Not for the first time, it took us back to the Tendulkar era. The good thing, though, is that the Kohli aeon has only begun.

RCB 180/2 (20.0 Ovs)

GL 182/4 (19.3 Ovs)

Gujarat Lions won by 6 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Virat Kohli

The Fizz behind Sunrisers’ triumphant march

MISERLY: Mustafizur Rahman tormented the Punjab batsmen, none of them able to read him or come to terms with his line.

David Warner resumed his role of ruthless run-hunter in right earnest, pillaging the Punjab attack at will.

Barring a couple of dismissals close to the finish line, Sunrisers Hyderabad cruised to a five-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab at the Rajiv Gandhi international stadium on Saturday night. The home side overhauled the visitor’s 143 for six with 13 balls to spare.

David Warner resumed his role of ruthless run-hunter in right earnest, pillaging the Punjab attack at will. Shikhar Dhawan, keen perhaps to live up to his born-again batsman avatar, let his captain take most of the strike. And wisely too, for Warner was at his marauding best, coming close to his personal high of a 21-ball half century, this time with 23.

After finding the ropes seven times and clearing them thrice, Warner’s less-than-full-blooded loft off Sandeep Sharma brought about his end. David Miller at long on was more than pleased to have a hand in his counterpart’s dismissal. Dhawan’s 44-ball 45 drew to a close when a punch off Rishi Dhawan ballooned to wicket-keeper Nikhil Naik.

After the tourists were put in to bat, M. Vijay flirted with disaster, dabbing a delivery from Bhuvneshwar Kumar that drifted away. Stumper Naman Ojha, waiting with open arms, gladly accepted the offering.

Manan Vohra, who smacked a six and three boundaries, was reined in by Mustafizur Rahman.

Stifled by the left-arm danger man’s angled assault, Vohra set out for a single. The Punjab opener realised he wouldn’t make it, retraced his steps but lost the race to Dhawan’s direct hit from short cover. Miller edged Moises Henriques to oblivion, Ojha behind the woodwork getting airborne to clasp the overhead catch.

Glenn Maxwell glided Henriques to doom and Mustafizur at backward of square. Punjab found its bulwark of resistance in Shaun Marsh, who cracked three boundaries and a brace of big ones. Mustafizur softened the strapping southpaw with a string of dot balls before getting rid of him with a rap on the pads.

There was a revival of fortunes for the visitors through 50 rearguard runs from the sixth-wicket pair of Nikhil Naik and Axar Patel. The latter smacked sixes towards the sight screen, quite unfazed by the reversals that went before him. Naik’s skier was closely tracked and clutched by Henriques, who ran some distance to hold the catch at deep mid-on.

Mustafizur tormented the Punjab batsmen, none of them able to read him right or able to come to terms with his line. The Bangladesh paceman was at his miserly best returning the tournament’s best figures so far of two for nine. Deployed with deadly precision, he either slammed the brakes on the scoring rate or made inroads each time he joined the firing line.

Scoreboard

Kings XI Punjab: Murali Vijay c Ojha b Bhuvneshwar 2 (3b), Manan Vohra run out 25 (23b, 3x4, 1x6), Shaun Marsh lbw b Mustafizur 40 (34b, 3x4, 2x6), David Miller c Ojha b Henriques 9 (11b, 1x4), Glenn Maxwell c Mustafizur b Henriques 1 (2b), Nikhil Naik c Henriques b Mustafizur 22 (28b, 1x4), Axar Patel (not out) 36 (17b, 1x4, 3x6), Rishi Dhawan (not out) 3 (2b); Extras (lb-1, w-4): 5; Total (for six wkts. in 20 overs): 143.

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Vijay), 2-35 (Vohra), 3-63 (Miller), 4-65 (Maxwell), 5-89 (Marsh), 6-139 (Naik).

Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-37-1, Barinder Sran 4-0-33-0, Deepak Hooda 4-0-30-0, Mustafizur Rahman 4-1-9-2, Moises Henriques 4-0-33-2.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner c Miller b Sandeep 59 (31b, 7x4, 3x6), Shikhar Dhawan c Naik b Dhawan 45 (44b, 4x4), Aditya Tare run out 0 (1b), Eoin Morgan c Vohra b Mohit 25 (20b, 2x4, 1x6), Deepak Hooda run out 5 (5b), Moises Henriques (not out) 5 (4b, 1x4), Naman Ojha (not out) 2 (2b); Extras (w-5): 5; Total (for five wkts. in 17.5 overs): 146.

Fall of wickets: 1-90 (Warner), 2-90 (Tare), 3-115 (Dhawan), 4-139 (Morgan), 5-139 (Hooda).

Kings XI Punjab bowling: Sandeep Sharma 4-0-30-1, Kyle Abbott 3-0-34-0, Glenn Maxwell 2-0-16-0, Mohit Sharma 3-0-20-1, Rishi Dhawan 4-0-35-1, Axar Patel 1.5-0-11-0.

Toss: Sunrisers.

Man-of-the-match: Mustafizur Rahman.

Daredevils pull off a sensational win

FINDING HIS TOUCH: Sanju Samson came good at the right time for Delhi Daredevils.

Indian Premier League — 2016

Mumbai loses the plot after being well in control

Just when the contest seemed to be following the script seen in 14 out of the first 16 matches in IPL-9, there was a dramatic twist to the tale.

Mumbai Indians, looking good to chase down 165, lost the plot between the 13th and 17th overs and left Delhi Daredevils celebrating a sensational 10-run victory at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground on Saturday.

After 12 overs, Mumbai was 98 for two and needed 67 runs off 48 deliveries. But only 25 runs came off the following five overs, bowled by Zaheer Khan (6 runs), Chris Morris (5), Amit Mishra (5), Imran Tahir (4) and again Amit Mishra (5) and Mumbai suddenly found itself up against the wall.

Even after Morris conceded 10 runs off the 18th over, Mumbai needed 32 runs to win off two overs.

In the 19th over, Zaheer gave away 11, including a six to Kieron Pollard, but more importantly, had the danger-man caught with his last delivery.

Crucial run out

In the final over, Morris was required to defend 21. Rohit carted the second delivery for a six but off the following, was run out after colliding with Hardik Pandya while attempting a second run.

Harbhajan Singh fell leg-before and Morris conceded only singles off the last two deliveries to stifle Mumbai at the threshold of victory.

It was indeed a sensational victory for the host. At one stage, before Rohit reached his third half-century of the season, Mumbai looked well in control with Ambati Rayudu and Krunal Pandya providing the early momentum needed for the chase.

Looking back, Daredevils’ ploy of playing two leg-spinners — Mishra and Tahir — paid off as the two conceded only 53 runs in their eight overs and bowled 15 dot balls!

Delhi recovers

Earlier, Delhi made a fine recovery to make 164 after being 65 for three in 10 overs. Though 99 came in the second half of the innings, the target was not intimidating, but eventually proved enough.

Though Quinton de Kock, the hero of Delhi’s two victories this season, fell in the second over after hitting two successive boundaries in the first, Man-of-the-match Sanju Samson and J-P. Duminy came good.

For the fourth wicket, the pair raised 71 runs out of which Samson contributed 43. Continuing to reinforce the promise, the youngster hit a six and a four off Harbhajan’s third over that yielded 14 runs.

The following over saw Hardik collide with Buttler in their vain attempt to stop Samson’s shot from crossing the ropes. Hardik had to be lifted off the ground.

With Samson in full flow, Duminy settled down. Looking for his third six, Samson could not make the most of a full-toss from Mitchell McClenaghan and holed out to Tim Southee at long-off midway through the 17th over.

Thereafter, Duminy assumed charge and stepped up the run-rate to help Delhi cross 160. In fact, he was caught by wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel in the final over but the trajectory of the delivery was found to be above waist-high and declared a no-ball following replays.

Scoreboard

Delhi Daredevils: Quinton de Kock c Hardik Pandya b McClenaghan 9 (7b, 2x4), Shreyas Iyer c Rayudu b Hardik Pandya 19 (20b, 1x4, 1x6), Sanju Samson c Southee b McClenaghan 60 (48b, 4x4, 2x6), Karun Nair c Southee b Harbhajan 5 (5b, 1x4), J-P. Duminy (not out) 49 (31b, 3x4, 2x6), Pawan Negi (not out) 10 (10b, 1x4); Extras (lb-3, w-8, nb-1): 12; Total (for four wkts. in 20 overs): 164.

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (de Kock), 2-48 (Iyer), 3-54 (Nair), 4-125 (Samson).

Mumbai Indians bowling: Tim Southee 3-0-21-0, Mitchell McClenaghan 4-0-31-2, Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-42-0, Krunal Pandya 4-0-25-0, Hardik Pandya 1-0-7-1, Harbhajan Singh 3-0-24-1, Keiron Pollard 1-0-11-0.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma run out 65 (48b, 7x4, 1x6), Parthiv Patel run out 1 (4b), Ambatti Rayudu b Mishra 25 (23b, 4x4), Krunal Pandya run out 36 (17b, 4x4, 2x6), Jos Buttler lbw b Mishra 2 (6b), Keiron Pollard c Morris b Zaheer 19 (18b, 1x6), Hardik Pandya (not out) 2 (2b), Harbhajan Singh lbw b Morris 0 (1b), Tim Southee not out 1 (1b); Extras (lb-1, w-2): 3; Total (for seven wkts. in 20 overs): 154.

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Parthiv), 2-62 (Rayudu), 3-103 (Krunal Pandya), 4-110 (Buttler), 5-144 (Pollard), 6-152 (Rohit), 7-152 (Harbhajan).

Daredevils bowling: Zaheer 4-0-30-1, Mohammed Shami 3-0-24-0, Pawan Negi 1-0-19-0, Chris Morris 4-0-27-1, Amit Mishra 4-0-24-2, Imran Tahir 4-0-29-0.

Toss: Mumbai Indians

Man-of-the-match: Sanju Samson.

Delhi Daredevils won by 10 runs.