Thank you for your company and we hope you had a ball following this exhilarating contest! For now, on behalf of the team at Cricinfo, it's goodbye from me, Rvel Zahid
Trent Boult, MVP: Happy to come out good in this big game. Fresh wicket, obviously bit of weather around. Ground had good break over the last few days. I think boys bowled really well. We'd take bowling them out for 130 everyday of the week. Some plans came off. Great game. It's different conditions across the country, always nice to experience different conditions. This wicket had a little bit more on it. Always trying to learn...if it's not swinging, you got to find a way... everyone jokes about my batting but it was obviously nice to contribute
What a nerve-jangling affair we were treated to! It looked like the Unicorns had clawed their way back into the game with a flurry of wickets and were on track to win but then Trent Boult turned the tables by slamming Hassan Khan for two sixes in the penultimate over, and his cameo settled the debate. The senior statesman from New Zealand is undoubtedly the hero of the night. What a riveting contest it turned out to be, one of those truly nerve-wracking, low-scoring affairs. de Kock and Monank provided a stable start but the slow strike rate came back to haunt their side in the middle overs. Short was fantastic during that phase and brought his team back into the game with key wickets while Hassan's late strikes put his side on the ascendancy again but he erred in the 19th over and it slipped away from there
Karthik: "Boult, the batter, single-handedly has taken MINY to the shores. Not many would have expected."
Vishal Pawar: "From Mumbai to NY. Go champs! What a match. Take a bow, Boult!!!"
Dharam Ranka: "Mr Boult you beauty, doing it again for MI"
Kannadachi : "@ machakaari : you can become a coach / psychologist!"
Surath: "Low scoring thrillers are much much better than one sided high scoring matches in T20s! I'm loving this rare balance between bat and ball this time and age! who's with me?"
END OF OVER:19 | 15 Runs | MI NY: 128/8 (4 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.73, RRR: 4.00)
- Trent Boult19 (11b)
- Nosthush Kenjige2 (4b)
- Hassan Khan4-0-30-4
- Xavier Bartlett4-0-27-1
Machakaari : "Trent Boult needs to be / would be smart here. He would take all the 1s ,2s available and take it into the last over. Give every possible chance to launch in the last 6 balls"
CoachSanjay: "MI's senior batters(Monank,Pollard,Bracewell) played reckless shots at the worst possible time. What was the point of going for maximums if the RRR is hovering around a run a ball and wickets are in hand?"
END OF OVER:18 | 5 Runs | MI NY: 113/8 (19 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.27, RRR: 9.50)
- Trent Boult4 (5b)
- Nosthush Kenjige2 (4b)
- Xavier Bartlett4-0-27-1
- Hassan Khan3-0-15-4
Sowmya : "Trent Boult is a capable batter. Capable of some big ones "
Nilesh: thank you
Mark : "Three overs ago I was thinking there's no way MINY can lose this. Just shows you. Needs a few of those outrageous 6 shots that Boult seems to play every so often."
END OF OVER:17 | 2 Runs 2 Wkts | MI NY: 108/8 (24 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.35, RRR: 8.00)
- Nosthush Kenjige0 (1b)
- Trent Boult1 (2b)
- Hassan Khan3-0-15-4
- Ben Lister3-0-14-0
T Luus c Bartlett b Hassan Khan 8 (7b 0x4 1x6) SR: 114.28