Mumbai stay buzzing with last-over thriller

Rohit Sharma's choice to give Kieron Pollard the last over demonstrated a masterstroke, as the medium-pacer kept his nerve to guard 12 runs. He played three progressive speck balls at last with Piyush Chawla swinging carelessly, as Mumbai Indians won by five keeps running at the Wankhede Stadium.

While Mumbai moved into the main four with the win, Knight Riders could have affirmed a spot in the playoffs with a triumph, yet they went off track in the last five overs.

Fifty runs were required off the last five overs however Yusuf Pathan's half-century had lessened it down to 12 off the last over. Anyway, he tumbled off the first ball to Pollard and despite the fact that Umesh Yadav struck a four next ball, Chawla neglected to interface with the ball as he continued swinging over the line.

All Mumbai bowlers, aside from Hardik Pandya, took a wicket each. Pandya had before played a radiant innings to keep Mumbai in the amusement by moving them to 171 for 4. Mumbai's innings inferred a large portion of its quality from the 92-run unbroken remain in the middle of Pollard and Pandya for the fifth wicket. The pair got together at the loss of Rohit in the 12th over, and quickened with 72 keeps running in the last five overs.

Pandya crushed two sixes over midwicket and eight fours in his unbeaten 31-ball 61. He not simply outscored Pollard, who made 33 off 38 balls with only a four and a six, yet overwhelmed their organization. Pandya struck Umesh for four sequential fours in the 17th over before propelling into Andre Russell in the 19th over for two fours and a six, coming to his first IPL fifty, off 25 balls.

Shakib Al Hasan's two early wickets kept Mumbai from getting a lively begin. He initially evacuated Parthiv Patel when he chipped to midwicket for Manish Pandey to take a simple catch. Pandey added to his count after he clutched a chance offered by the other Mumbai opener, Lendl Simmons, in the 6th over. Shakib, then, took his second wicket, that of Ambati Rayudu for 2, Russell taking a wonderful catch at wide long-off.

Rohit kept the score moving with singles and pairs, and included limits in the ninth over against Chawla, a cut and a compass. At the same time, he was fixed for his 21-ball 30, by a stunner from Sunil Narine who kicked it into high gear the ball to bend in the wake of pitching it on center stump.

Shakib's 2 for 22 aside, Knight Riders would have been disappointed by how Umesh and Russell played towards the end while additionally getting stand out over out of Chawla.

Knight Riders started their pursuit of 172 with bunches of limits yet Robin Uthappa's endeavor to get saucy brought about him being gotten at short fine leg by Lasith Malinga, not long after in the wake of hitting Harbhajan Singh for a six over square leg. Pandey's poor require a solitary two balls later made it 46 for 2 in the momentous 6th over.

Gambhir and Yusuf included 42 runs rapidly before the Knight Riders skipper was played by J Suchith, the following ball in the wake of being dropped on 36 by Pandya at profound midwicket. Yusuf continued playing second fiddle as Shakib pounded 23 off 15 balls however he excessively fell in the quest for limits, got off Vinay Kumar in the 15th over.