END OF OVER:
20 | 9 Runs 3 Wkts | MI: 186/9 (13 runs required, RR: 9.30)

  • Murugan Ashwin0 (2b)
  • Odean Smith3-0-30-4
  • Kagiso Rabada4-0-29-2

11.28 pm Mumbai were well ahead on the worm at the halfway stage of the chase with plenty of wickets in hand too, but things unraveled after the fall of Brevis followed by the chaotic (and preventable) runouts of Tilak and Pollard.

Gautam: "Where MI lost the tournament is at Auction Table".

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma: "There's hardly anything to find out from that game. I thought we played the game pretty well, came pretty close towards the back end of our batting innings. It's just that a couple of crucial runouts there was not needed, but that happens. At one stage we were cruising through and keeping up with the run rate as well, but in the end we couldn't hold our nerves. Credit to Kings with the way they bowled at the back end. [On changing batting order] If you're not winning games, you've got to try to find a way you can succeed as a team as a batting group. So we're trying to find different ideas, different thought processes. It doesn't seem to be working at the moment but I don't want to take anything away from the guys. We fought pretty well. We batted brilliantly, but they held their nerves pretty good, the Kings, and they won the game. We've been not playing good cricket for awhile and that's why we've been on the losing side, simple as that. The Kings batted pretty well up front and put pressure on our bowlers, got a 90-100 run partnership to begin with. But I thought 190+ was chaseable on that pitch because that pitch was really good to bat on as you saw when we were batting as well. We just have to go back and see what we do as a team."

PBKS bowler Odean Smith: [About the last over] I was thinking it was such a coincidence that within four games I find myself in the same situation. What doesn't kill me makes you stronger. I just went out there and backed my best balls and it came through for us. [On coming around the wicket] Most of the guys hit the ball straight or leg side. I talked to Shikhar and he said this guy doesn't cut the ball or scoop of anything. I thought it would be harder for him to get me straight down the ground or through the leg side if I was going across him."

PBKS captain Mayank Agarwal has been named Player of the Match: "It was a good night, very very happy to contribute to the team's win but the crucial thing for us was the two points. I can't really say that it was just the runs on the board. I thought this game had a lot of ups and downs, there were a lot of crucial moments and more often than not we were nailing those crucial moments and winning those crucial moments. Somehow or the other, when the game was 50/50, those moments came towards us. So it wasn't just the batting. It was those periods of the game. At the start of the tournament, we said that's the brand of cricket we want to play. We want to play aggressive, hard cricket, and with that we need to show good intent. I think this time around we were a lot smarter with the bat as well. So we showed great intent but we were a lot smarter so that we could keep wickets in hand and use the death as well. I thought in the last game against Gujarat, we gave wickets to Rashid when it wasn't required. But this time we were a lot more aware and careful. We made sure to not give wickets to their main bowlers and if it's your day, you have to take the team through. It can get hard. Credit to Brevis the way he took on Rahul and got the better of him, but then a great comeback from Rahul as well. After that one over, the other three overs he bowled were tight. Obviously when Tilak and Brevis were going the way they were going, we had to change our strategy and get into the main bowlers to try to get a wicket and luckily that happened through a runout. We don't rely on just Rabada, yes he leads the attack for us but we have two other guys to come and do that. It's nice and very happy to have three wins. I think we're playing good cricket overall and if we get 5-10% better every game, I think we'll go on to do special things."

That's it for our IPL coverage today. Come back tomorrow for more IPL action. On behalf of Sid Monga, I'm Peter Della Penna. Keep your eyes peeled for post-match coverage from KK and the rest of the crew. Take care!

19.6
W
Smith to Mills, OUT, triple-wicket over for Odean Smith to end the match! Length ball on fourth stump, another top-edged slice finds Mayank in the ring at extra cover for another chest high catch. PBKS win by 12 runs.

TS Mills c Agarwal b Smith 0 (3m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

19.5
0
Smith to Mills, no run, Back of a length ball on middle, Mills sends a stiff breeze to midwicket with a wild heave but the ball passes through to the keeper.

Tymal Mills enters on strike.

Two sixes for a super over anyone?

19.4
W
Smith to Bumrah, OUT, length ball on fourth stump, slices this high over short third man. Dhawan runs from backward point to circle around and complete another catch before doing his customary thigh slap celebration.

JJ Bumrah c Dhawan b Smith 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

19.4
1w
Smith to Bumrah, 1 wide, angled short and way outside off, too wide outside the guideline for Bumrah to reach. Wide called.

Bumrah comes out on strike with Smith staying around the stumps.

19.3
W
Smith to Unadkat, OUT, another fullish length ball angled across sixth stump, Unadkat goes for a huge heave back over long-on but skies this over extra cover. Mayank backpedals from extra cover on the ring and takes a safe catch at rib height 10 yards from the edge of the circle.

JD Unadkat c Agarwal b Smith 12 (23m 7b 0x4 1x6) SR: 171.42

19.2
2
Smith to Unadkat, 2 runs, angles this ball full across Unadkat on sixth stump, Unadkat smashes a drive off the lower end of the bat but very straight toward long-off. The fielder on the boundary is very wide and they come back for an easy two.

Smith comes around the wicket now.

If he can hit the ball like that, then why on earth did he turn down the single at the non-striker's end in the last over?

19.1
6
Smith to Unadkat, SIX, Smith gets his clock cleaned over midwicket! Bangs it in short on the body, Unadkat blitzes a pull over the car sponsor over the rope and just short of the seats.

Odean Smith returns with 22 required off the last over.

END OF OVER:
19 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 177/6 (22 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.31, RRR: 22.00)

  • Murugan Ashwin0 (2b)
  • Jaydev Unadkat4 (4b)
  • Kagiso Rabada4-0-29-2
  • Arshdeep Singh4-0-29-0

James L: "At this level of cricket, you can't be shielding a number 7 from strike." The No. 7 wanted to shield himself! SKY wanted a single there but it was Unadkat who didn't want to run.

18.6
0
Rabada to Ashwin, no run, back of a length ball on the wide guideline, Ashwin shuffles way outside off and then tries to fiddle this fine through third man but misses.
18.5
0
Rabada to Ashwin, no run, Length ball on sixth stump, slaps this off the toe back to Rabada.

Should they have taken the single on the previous ball? Hmmm....

18.4
W
Rabada to Yadav, OUT, knee high full toss on middle stump, could've easily disappeared over long-on for six but flubs the heave trying to clear long-on! It goes straight up in the air to Odean Smith 10 yards inside the rope for a straightforward catch at chest height. Smith slams the ball down in a raucous celebration!

SA Yadav c Smith b Rabada 43 (44m 30b 1x4 4x6) SR: 143.33

18.3
0
Rabada to Yadav, no run, knee high full toss on middle stump at 138 kph, punched straight to long-on... and Unadkat turns down the single from the non-striker's end so SKY stays on strike.
18.2
2
Rabada to Yadav, 2 runs, yorker on the money this time on off stump at 138 kph, jammed out into square leg, these two hustle all the way on the first run and are able to capitalize on a sloppy misfield by Chahar charging in so they get two in the end.
18.1
4
Rabada to Yadav, FOUR, searches for yorker and it goes pear-shaped on leg stump! Low full toss on the pads at shin height, flicked with ease through backward square to the rope.

28 off 12. Rabada to bowl the 19th.

END OF OVER:
18 | 5 Runs | MI: 171/5 (28 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 9.50, RRR: 14.00)

  • Suryakumar Yadav37 (26b)
  • Jaydev Unadkat4 (4b)
  • Arshdeep Singh4-0-29-0
  • Vaibhav Arora4-0-43-1

Darshin: "Stop blaming Pollard guys. You can't expect a dump truck speeding at the speed of a Ferrari! Expect too much!" The problem was that the dump truck wasn't running period. If Pollard puts in a straightforward effort running the first, they come back for an easy two.

17.6
1
Arshdeep Singh to Yadav, 1 run, goes for yorker again, winds up as a low full toss at shin height on off stump at 139 kph, driven to long-on for one to keep the strike for the 18th.

Deepankar DM: "Jogging and Putting your hand up to deny a run may be enough to transfer the blame, but it's not good enough to win matches. Not T20s, especially of this stature. You need to turn ones into twos to win, not the other way around."

17.5
1
Arshdeep Singh to Unadkat, 1 run, yorker again, this time jammed out into cover for one.

Rejith: "@Himanshu, I partly agree. When you need 12 RPO, you need to look at all opportunities to score runs. You don't expect complacency in running at this stage of the game. Surya was right in looking for opportunity of a run, just that Pollard wasn't."

17.4
0
Arshdeep Singh to Unadkat, no run, wide yorker on fifth stump at 139 kph, Unadkat clears the front leg for a big heave and misses.

Bharat Jakati: "Pollard's fault. Can't be ambling your first run in a crunch chase like this."

17.3
2
Arshdeep Singh to Unadkat, 2 runs, full on off stump at 140 kph, miscues a drive over cover and falls into no man's land to be able to come back for two.

rishi: "i think sky has the "reverse helicopter"...look at those wrists.." Mighty strong to hit back to back sixes in that manner over backward point.

17.2
1
Arshdeep Singh to Yadav, 1 run, bouncer on sixth stump, goes to pull and top edges this over the keeper for... one? More very slow running. Should have been an easy two and now Unadkat is on strike.

WhyTheHate: "Why are people hating on Surya? Tilak was out because he had a start and didn't see the ball. Surya was on backfoot and was not in a position to make to danger end. Pollard was clearly his own fault for just jogging in for first run while the run rate is increasing. "

17.1
0
Arshdeep Singh to Yadav, no run, yorker speared in on the legs at 133 kph, misses a flick and a stifled lbw shout is turned down.

Arshdeep returns around the stumps.

END OF OVER:
17 | 16 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 166/5 (33 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.76, RRR: 11.00)

  • Suryakumar Yadav35 (23b)
  • Jaydev Unadkat1 (1b)
  • Vaibhav Arora4-0-43-1
  • Rahul Chahar4-0-44-0

Himanshu : "It was definitely Suryas fault in both the runouts. Ball watching in one and not aware of what you partner is doing and running blindly. Pollard clearly put his hand up. Surya can run 4 too but won't help if his partner has said no. "

16.6
1
Arora to Yadav, 1 run, length ball on sixth stump, slaps this to the off side sweeper for one.
16.5
6
Arora to Yadav, SIX, goodness he outdoes himself with this one! Wide yorker on sixth stump, again he drives inside out using the pace to slice this flat over deep backward point.
16.4
6
Arora to Yadav, SIX, what a shot! Full and wide, slices hard at this and the drive goes very square over cover point into the stands, really over backward point.

Sunil: "Anyone else wondering why Pollard hasnt been dropped from MI team? I also think Tim in the team today instead of Thampi would have helped with the chase"

16.3
0
Arora to Yadav, no run, back of a length on sixth stump at 137 kph, chops this into the ground to the keeper.

Ishan L: "That run-out, again, was fully on SKY. He's single-handedly run out two of our best hitters". I disagree. Pollard has to run the first run hard. Yadav was busting it the whole way on the first run and Pollard wasn't. That's where the door opened for the runout to happen. Smith's fumble was bad enough to open the door for an easy two.

16.2
1
Arora to Unadkat, 1 run, back of a length on fourth stump at 132 kph, punched away for one.
16.1
W
Arora to Pollard, 1 run, OUT, Pollard runs himself out trying to steal a second off a misfield! Full on sixth stump, Pollard drives to long-on and slow jogs the first run. Odean Smith fumbles and SKY suddenly calls for two. There's hesitation from both of them, Pollard puts his hands up to signal he doesn't want to run but then sets off late. SKY stops midway then keeps going. A huge mess. The relay from Smith to the keeper is in time as the bails come off with Pollard two yards short. If Pollard ran the first run hard, there was definitely two there, but he got himself into trouble by slow jogging/walking the first run.

KA Pollard run out 10 (18m 11b 1x4 0x6) SR: 90.90

MI 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st31RG SharmaIshan Kishan
2nd1Ishan KishanD Brevis
3rd84D BrevisNT Tilak Varma
4th15SA YadavNT Tilak Varma
5th21KA PollardSA Yadav
6th25JD UnadkatSA Yadav
7th8JD UnadkatM Ashwin
8th1M AshwinJJ Bumrah
9th0TS MillsM Ashwin

Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
GT14104200.316
RR1495180.298
LSG1495180.251
RCB148616-0.253
DC1477140.204
PBKS1477140.126
KKR1468120.146
SRH146812-0.379
CSK144108-0.203
MI144108-0.506