3105dThe Report by Abhishek Purohit

Rayudu, Pandya make it five in five for Mumbai

Hardik Pandya's three sixes in a 25-run penultimate over from Pawan Negi settled a rollercoaster chase for Mumbai Indians, and handed Chennai Super Kings their first defeat at home this season

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

PA Patel
PA Patel
45(32) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 12 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 2 6 9 7 7 4 10
MS Dhoni
39(32) 2x4 - 2x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 8 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
1 4 3 2 5 2 8 14

Best performances - Bowlers

R Ashwin
R Ashwin
O4
M0
R17
W2
Eco4.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
DJ Bravo
DJ Bravo
O2.2
M0
R16
W1
Eco6.85
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Commentator: Devashish Fuloria

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"The Mumbai Indians are never beaten till the last ball is bowled," says Ricky Ponting. Today, they didn't even let it go to the last ball. Excellent finish provided by Hardik Pandya, who is also the Man of the Match. He says, "I was batting very well in the nets. It's good they have faith on me. I can hit the ball very hard. It was the most emotion I have gone through. I had to target the straight boundary, because side boundaries are slightly long. Ball was always coming to me in the field. This is the best opportunity for me."

Rohit Sharma: "He strikes the ball really well. It was a gamble between him and Bhajji, but Hardik being a batsman, we had to go with him. We wanted to win this badly. We always knew it was a difficult wicket. We knew they were going to pull it back at some stage. But we wanted to bat deep. We lost a couple of wickets in the middle which wasn't good. But in the end we won, special thanks to Rayudu and Pandya. We dropped a few catches, which is not good for a top team. But to restrict them to 158 was a good effort. We were determined to change it around (the poor start), wanted to come back strongly. Very happy where we stand right now. It's not over. With the table so tight, we need to continue playing well."

MS Dhoni says: "I was pushed to take the decision (to bring Negi in the 19th) because our fast bowlers didn't bowl well. Negi has bowled well, he was under pressure, no problems that it didn't come through. It was more a tactical error. You will drop a few catches, it's bound to happen. But some fielders were not really in the field, it's important to give your 100%. "

This is Bombay's fifth win in five games. It has been a massive massive turnaround after the horror start. And what a venue to do it in. Super Kings had not lost a game in Chennai for the last two years ( they didn't play here in 2014, though) and let it slip through the fingers. Bombay had an excellent start to the chase, given by a half-century stand between Parthiv Patel and Lendl Simmons, but Super Kings came back brilliantly in the middle overs, drying up the boundaries. And just when it seemed it was over for Bombay, there came Pandya. The 25-run 19th over turned it around completely.

Swami: "Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle explained by Dhoni. "Some fielders were not really in the field" !"

19.2
4
Bravo to Rayudu, FOUR, now Rayudu slogs, gets a top edge that runs down to the third-man boundary. But the last few minutes have all bee about Hardik. What a Pandya!!!
19.1
1
Bravo to Pandya, 1 run, now even Jadeja has dropped a catch! Pandya goes for a slog, top edges this one towards deep midwicket, Jadeja walks in casually, but drops a sitter..

This is easy now.. this is very very easy. Bravo to bowl

END OF OVER:
19 | 25 Runs | MI: 154/4 (5 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.10, RRR: 5.00)

  • Ambati Rayudu30 (18b)
  • Hardik Pandya20 (7b)
  • Pawan Negi4-0-34-0
  • Dwayne Bravo2-0-11-1

What an over this was! Twenty five runs in the over. No wonder Tendulkar was all smiles, appreciating the hitting from Pandya

Aswin: "The Question is which Pandya is it - Original or cloned?"

18.6
6
Negi to Rayudu, SIX, Negi has been hammered all over! Now Rayudu joins in in the fun and smashes it down the ground for the fourth six of the over.
18.5
1b
Negi to Pandya, 1 bye, fires a good yorker that the batsman is not able to get bat on, hits Dhoni's pads and rolls to the leg side

What a change now! Three sixes for Pandya.. This could be a stroll for Bombay.

18.4
6
Negi to Pandya, SIX, Pandyaaaaaa! This one is deep in the stands at long on! A huge huge hit. It was fuller.. it was smashed!
18.3
6
Negi to Pandya, SIX, another six! This is a quicker one outside off, a length ball.. The batsman clears his front leg and hammers it hard over wide long-off. The fielder leaps up but can't reach it

Boundary drought

0

Number of boundaries hit by Mumbai in 39 balls between the 10th and 17th overs.

A good start is...

1

Number of times Mumbai have lost an IPL game after losing zero wickets in the first 10 overs. They won 6 games.

Negi leads the way

190

Pawan Negi's strike rate in four games for CSK this IPL. This is the highest for any CSK batsman this season.

Cool and Consistent

24

Number of 30+ scores in the IPL for MS Dhoni when batting at No. 5 or below, the most for any batsman.

Last Man Standing

38

Number of times MS Dhoni has remained not-out in the IPL, more than any other batsman.

Permanent Fixture

6

Number of 50-plus 5th wicket stands for CSK. Each of those 6 partnerships involve MS Dhoni.

Bhajji's Bunny Smith?

3

Number of times Harbhajan Singh has dismissed Dwayne Smith in the IPL, more than any other bowler.

He's everywhere

3

Catches taken by Hardik Pandya, the most in one match by any fielder in the 2015 IPL, and the second-most in any IPL game.

Short Sighted

0

Number of times that Dwayne Smith has batted beyond the 10-over mark in 11 innings this IPL.