00:06 IST MI held their nerves in the superover as Bumrah became the last-over hero!
00:02 IST MI beat GL in superover!
0.6 McCullum on strike, he needs to hit a maximum. MI win in superover!
7 needed off 1 ball.
0.5 Just a single as Bumrah bowls a full toss.
8 needed off 2 balls.
0.4 Swing and a miss, Finch could not hit that.
8 needed off 3 balls.
0.3 McCullum misses again, could manage to take just a single off that one.
9 needed off 4 balls
0.2 A dot ball as Bumrah bowls a slower one, a dot ball.
9 needed off 5 balls.
0.2 WIDE! Another extra as McCullum tries to move across the crease.
10 needed off 5 balls.
0.1 FREE HIT! Finch takes a single off that one, good bowling from Bumrah. Finch on strike.
0.1 NO BALL!
12 needed off 6 balls!
Finch to take strike for the first ball from Bumrah!
23:53 IST Brendon McCullum and Aaron Finch come to bat in the superover, they need 12 runs from the over.
23:51 IST Jasprit Bumrah to bowl the superover for Mumbai Indians.
Gujarat Lions need 12 runs to win the match!
0.5 WICKET! Buttler c Kishan b Faulkner 1(2)
0.4 WICKET! Pollard c Finch b Faulkner 10(3)
0.3 SIX! Pollard sends the ball over long on for a maximum, 11 runs from the over already.
0.2 FOUR! Pollard hits a boundary off the second ball towards deep covers.
0.1 Buttler takes a single off the first ball of the superover as Faulkner comes in to bowl.
SUPEROVER!
23:44 IST James Faulkner will bowl the superover. Pollard and Buttler come out to bat!
23:30 IST What a match we have had here! Jadeja enforces a superover.
23:37 IST SUPEROVER! WICKET! Krunal run out (Jadeja) 29(20)
23:36 IST Krunal finds the gap, takes a couple off that one towards point boundary, now 2 runs needed off 2 balls. Krunal takes a single towards covers, good throw from the fielder. All three results possible, win, loss or SUPEROVER! Malinga to face the last ball, 1 needed off the last ball.
23:32 IST WICKET Bumrah run out (Jadeja) 0(1)
23:32 IST Last over, Pathan comes into bowl, 11 needed off last over. Krunal on strike, SIX! that’s gone past the bowler’s head for a maximum, what a shot to start with, just 5 runs needed off 5 balls. He takes a single off the next one as Pathan bowls a slower one. Bumrah on strike now, he goes for a single, direct hit again! OUT! Another twist in the story, Jadeja hits the bullseye.
23:26 IST WICKET! Mitchell McClenaghan run out (Irfan Pathan) 1(1)
McClenghan goes for a scoop shot, tries for a couple of runs, direct hit! Pathan hits the bullseye, McClenaghan is a goner.
23:25 IST WICKET! Harbhajan lbw b Thampi 0(1)
23:25 IST Krunal on strike, Thampi continues, swing and a miss, another dot ball, 15 needed off 10 balls. Krunal finds the gap, a couple of runs as McCullum cuts it off. 13 needed off 9 balls. Krunal pushes the ball towards covers, takes a quick single, direct hit. Krunal survives a direct hit. 12 runs off 8 balls. OUT! Plump in front. Harbhajan departs.
23:19 IST WICKET! Hardik Pandya c Kishan b Thampi 4(5)
23:19 IST Faulkner comes into bowl, Hardik takes a single towards covers. Krunal tries to pull the ball, a dot one there. Krunal takes a single off the next ball. Hardik too takes a single, still no boundaries from the over. This is turning out to be a close affair between MI and GL. Krunal takes a couple of runs towards deep midwicket. FOUR! That should have been taken, McCullum lets the catch go, a boundary for him as well. 9 runs from the over. MI 139/5.
23:14 IST Hardik takes a quick single towards covers. Krunal could not time the next ball, a dot one. He takes a single towards short third man. Hardik takes a single towards long on. MI 130/5.
23:09 IST WICKET! Pollard c McCullum b Thampi 15(11)
23:07 IST Pollard takes a single towards covers off Faulkner’s first ball of the over. FOUR! Krunal chips the ball over mid off, a boundary off the second ball of the over. He takes a single off the next ball. Three more singles from the over, good one for MI. MI 123/4.
23:02 IST Thampi comes into bowl, Pollard takes a single off the first ball. Krunal too takes a single towards covers. Pollard too takes a single towards third man. A dot ball to follow, Pollard guides the ball towards third man for a single. Pollard takes another single off the next ball. MI 114/4.
22:57 IST Krunal Pandya comes into bat, he faces a dot delivery to start with. MI 109/4.
22:55 IST WICKET! Parthiv Patel c Karthik b Faulkner 70(44)
22:55 IST Pollard comes into bat, edged and safe! the ball runs away towards the boundary for FOUR! Next ball, DROPPED! that should have been taken, a half chance that should have been taken. A single taken by Pollard. OUT! Parthiv gone. MI 109/4.
22:50 IST WICKET! Rohit c Karthik b Faulkner 5(13)
22:50 IST Ravindra Jadeja comes into bowl his first over, Rohit takes a single off the second ball towards long off. Parthiv goes into the crease and takes a single towards short third man. Rohit finds the gap, takes a single. FOUR! A boundary from Parthiv, he is settled. Another boundary off the last ball, the pressure has been released now. MI 104/2.
22:46 IST Soni continues, Rohit on strike, he starts off with a dot ball. A slip in place on that occasion, a single taken off the next ball towards point. Parthiv takes the aerial route, takes a single towards point. Another dot as Rohit is looking to settle himself in. A chance for stump out, good bowling from Soni. He takes a single towards long on. MI 93/2.
22:42 IST Raina continues his over, Tye has been taken off the field, Rohit and Parthiv nudge the ball around for couples and singles, 8 runs from the over. MI 90/2.
22:38 IST Andrew Tye gets injured as he tries to save a boundary towards square leg. The physio is helping him but it seems like he might not bowl for the day. MI 86/2.
22:37 IST Two dot balls to follow as Rohit Sharma comes into bat, MI 82/2.
22:34 IST WICKET! Nitish Rana lbw b Ankit Soni 19(16)
22:34 IST Rana hits a boundary off the first ball as he takes on Soni. He takes a single off the next ball. Parthiv takes a single off the next ball. OUT! Here’s another wicket for GL.
22:32 IST Suresh Raina comes into bowl, Parthiv takes a single off the first ball. Rana also gets off strike as he knocks the ball for a single. Parthiv takes a single as well. Raina bowls two dot deliveries to Rana. A single off the last delivery as Rana retains strike. MI 75/1.
22:28 IST Ankit Soni comes into bowl, he is creating pressure on Rana and Parthiv, just 2 runs from his over. Meanwhile, Parthiv gets to his half-century from 32 balls. MI 72/1.
22:16 IST: Parthiv gets cheeky plays it to third man gets a FOUR. Raina finally brought himself into the attack and but one feels its too little, too late.
22:06 IST: Parthiv Patel got Mumbai Indians off to a flyer, he breezed to 34 off 16 balls. Nitish Rana starts off with a six.
22:00 IST James Faulkner comes into bowl, he too takes a beating from Buttler, good batting from him, another expensive over from the over, 11 from it. MI 24/0.
21:55 IST Mumbai Indians are off to a flier as they score three boundaries off the first over from Basil Thampi, perfect start of the over for MI, 13 runs from it. MI 13/o.
21:38 IST Mumbai Indians need 154 to win!
21:38 IST Two new batsmen to face the last over, Ankit Soni and Basil Thampi. McClenaghan comes into bowl. He starts off with a full and wide yorker, a dot ball. A similar delivery but an exact result, another dot ball. Dropped! That should have been taken and GL’s innings would have been right then and there. Nitish Rana makes a mess of it. A single taken by Thampi. Soni rotates strike, takes a single. Thampi goes inside out, takes a single towards deep covers. Last ball of the over, SIX! Soni ends the innings with a maximum, 9 runs off the final over.
21:32 IST WICKET! James Faulkner b Bumrah 21(27)
21:31 IST WICKET! Andrew Tye run out (Bumrah) 25(12)
21:31 IST Bumrah comes into bowl, Tye hits the first one for a boundary towards point, he is taking on Mumbai bowlers. NO BALL! Tye manages to take a single. FREE HIT! That should have been put away, just a single. NO BALL AGAIN! Another free hit to follow. FREE HIT! A single off that one, Bumrah does not let Tye get under the ball. FOUR! Faulkner hits a boundary, that one was towards deep midwicket. He takes a couple of runs off the next ball. WICKET! Tye gone. Run out by Bumrah.
21:26 IST Tye on strike, McClenaghan comes into bowl, he takes a single off the first ball. FOUR! Faulkner opens arms finally, first boundary for him as the ball races towards covers boundary. He takes a single after that one. SIX! Tye hits a maximum, GL’s hopes are alive. SIX! Here’s another one, Tye is on fire. GL need more overs like these, 18 runs from it already, one more to go. He takes a single off the last ball, retains strike. GL 129/7.
21:22 IST Bumrah comes into bowl, Faulkner takes a single off the first delivery. Tye too takes a single, GL needs boundaries now. Faulkner takes another single. FOUR! Tye opens arms, a boundary after a while. A dot ball to follow, Tye was aiming for another big shot. He takes a single off the next ball, 9 runs from it. GL 110/7.
21:17 IST Just a single as Andrew Tye comes to bat. GL 102/7.
21:13 IST WICKET! Irfan Pathan c Hardik b Krunal 2(3)
21:13 IST Faulkner tries to go for the big shot, a dot ball. Another dot ball as Faulkner is soaking up the balls. He takes a single towards long off. Pathan on strike, OUT! Another wicket as Pathan departs now.
21:11 IST Irfan Pathan to take strike as he plays his first ball for Gujarat Lions, he takes a single off the first one towards covers. WIDE! Malinga bowls that one down the leg side. Faulkner takes a single towards covers, a dot ball. Another dot ball from Malinga, Faulkner is struggling. He takes a single off the next ball. Pathan on strike on the next ball, he takes a single towards covers. Last ball of the over, Faulkner takes a single towards square leg. 5 runs from the over. GL 100/6.
21:06 IST Faulkner on strike, he plays a dot ball to end the over. GL 95/6.
21:05 IST WICKET! Ravindra Jadeja c & b Krunal Pandya 28(21)
21:05 IST Krunal Pandya comes into bowl, Faulkner edges the next ball, another dot ball. Faulkner needs to give Jadeja strike. Faulkner takes a single towards sweeper cover. Jadeja takes a single towards long on. Faulkner takes a single towards fine leg. Jadeja hits that one in the air, caught, GONE! GL 95/6.
21:02 IST Bumrah comes into bowl, Jadeja defends one on the back foot, a dot ball. He takes a single towards covers. Faulkner on strike now. he takes a quick single towards mid-off. Jadeja plays the next one towards point, a dot ball. FOUR! This time Jadeja finds the gap, plays that one wide of the third man fielder. Slower one to follow from Bumrah, he pushes for a single, overthrow, a couple of runs taken. 8 runs of the over, GL 84/5.
20:57 IST James Faulkner comes into bat, Harbhajan continues his over, he plays one on the front foot, a dot ball. A mix-up between Faulkner-Jadeja, safe in the end, a dot ball. WIDE! That was down the leg side, a single off that one. He tries to work the next one towards midwicket, a dot ball there. He plays another dot ball, creating pressure on Faulkner. Next ball, a huge lbw shout from Harbhajan but the Umpire says no, a single and a wicket from the over. MI 84/5.
20:53 IST WICKET! Ishan Kishan c Pollard b Harbhajan 48(35)
20:52 IST Jadeja on strike as Malinga comes back into the attack, he takes a couple of runs off that ball. FOUR! That was pitched full and wide, a shift in momentum after that one. Another fuller one from Malinga, a dot ball. He takes a couple of runs off the next delivery, misfield from Mumbai fielders. WIDE! The ball goes down the legside, one can see pressure getting on Malinga. Another full pitched delivery, Jadeja plays it into the gap, takes a couple of runs. Jadeja finds the gap again, another couple of runs, good over for GL, 13 off it. GL 83/1.
20:47 IST Harbhajan continues, Kishan and Jadeja are knocking the ball around for singles, trying to do damage control. Three singles off the first three balls. Jadeja could not find the gap as he tried for a cut shot, a dot ball. A single towards square leg on the next ball. Kishan to take strike off the next ball, FOUR! he goes down the ground and hits it towards straight on for a boundary. GL 70/4.
20:44 IST Ravindra Jadeja comes into bat, he plays a dot ball. SIX! Jadeja goes on one knee and hits the ball over the midwicket boundary for a maximum. A dot ball to follow after that one. Another dot to end the over, 6 runs from it.
20:41 IST WICKET! Karthik st Patel b Krunal 2(8)
20:41 IST Krunal Pandya continues, Karthik on strike, he pushes the ball towards point, a dot one. Next ball, STUMPED! Karthik has to depart, he departs after a wide ball. GL 55/4.
20:37 IST Harbhajan comes into bowl, Kishan plays a dot as he comes down the wicket but could not time it. He takes a single towards short fine leg. Karthik plays a dot one, takes a single off the next one towards short third man. Kishan back on strike, he goes for a pull shot, just a single towards deep midwicket. Last ball of the over, Karthik on strike. Karthik tries to hit the ball towards point, just a single, 4 runs from the over. GL 55/1.
20:34 IST Krunal Pandya comes into bowl, Kishan plays a dot one to start with. He takes a single off the next one towards long on. Karthik plays a dot one towards covers, could not get it past the fielder. Another dot ball. The next one hits his pads, takes a single. Kishan takes a single off the last ball, just 3 runs from it. GL 51/3.
20:30 IST Dinesh Karthik comes to bat, GL needs a sensible inning from him. He defends the first ball, GL 48/2.
20:28 IST WICKET! Aaron Finch b Malinga 0(3)
20:28 IST Malinga comes back to bowl, Kishan on strike, he pushes the ball towards covers, a dot one. Next ball, a slower one from Malinga, another dot ball. He tries to go for the big shot, takes a single off that one. Finch defends the next ball, a dot one. OUT! Finch gone, Malinga takes his second wicket, a big one for MI. GL 48/3.
20:25 IST Kishan on strike, Bumrah continues his over. He takes a single after playing two dot balls. Aaron Finch comes into bat, he takes a single off the last ball, retains strike. GL 47/2.
20:21 IST WICKET! Suresh Raina c Pollard b Bumrah 1(3)
20:21 IST Jasprit Bumrah comes into bowl, Raina defends the first ball, a dot one. WICKET! Raina gone, here’s the wicket of the captain.
20:19 IST Harbhajan Singh comes into bowl, Kishan on strike, FOUR! He goes deep into the crease and cuts the short ball away for a boundary. Next ball, darted in towards pads, a dot ball. Kishan takes a quick single off the next ball. Kishan pushes the ball towards long off, takes a single. Suresh Raina takes a single as well. FOUR! Here’s another one, Kishan hits the ball towards midwicket region, another boundary. The next ball takes an inside edge, takes a single, 10 runs from it. GL 46/1.
20:16 IST McClenaghan continues, Kishan on strike, SIX! He hits the ball over the midwicket boundary for a maximum, dispatched that one of the pull shot with disdain. FOUR! Kishan cuts this time guides it towards point for a boundary, he is batting brilliantly today. FOUR! Here’s another one, this time he goes fine, a boundary towards the third man. A dot ball to follow as he defends the ball towards covers. A slower one from McClenaghan, Kishan misses it, a dot ball. Last ball of the over from McClenaghan, change of field by Rohit Sharma. He takes a single off the last ball, retains strike. GL 36/1.
20:10 IST WICKET! Brendon McCullum b Lasith Malinga 6(4)
20:10 IST Malinga to bowl his first over of the match. McCullum takes a single off the first ball. Kishan is back on strike, WIDE! That was a bit down the legside. A slower one to follow from Malinga, a dot ball. SIX! Kishan lofts the next one over midwicket for a maximum, first one from the innings. Another wide to follow from Malinga. He takes a single off the next delivery. FOUR! McCullum comes down the track and hits a boundary past point. He goes for the attacking shot again, misses the abll. OUT! Malinga rattles the stumps. GL 21/1.
20:05 IST Ishan Kishan takes strike, McClenaghan to bowl the first ball. WIDE! He bowls that one down the legside. Two dot balls to follow as Kishan tries to find his rhythm. FOUR! That was a bouncer from McClenaghan, takes a top edge and runs towards the boundary. Kishan takes a single off the fifth ball. McCullum defends the last delivery, 7 runs from the first over. GL 7/0.
20:00 IST Brendon McCullum and Ishan Kishan come out to bat! Mitchell McClenaghan comes out to bat.
19:35 IST Playing XIs
Gujarat Lions: Aaron Finch, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina(c), Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik(w), James Faulkner, Andrew Tye, Irfan Pathan, Basil Thampi, Ankit Soni
Mumbai Indians: Parthiv Patel(w), Jos Buttler, Nitish Rana, Rohit Sharma(c), Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah
19:32 IST Big news from the middle, Irfan Pathan will play his first match for GL in IPL 2017. Lasith Malinga and Krunal Pandya will make a comeback into MI side.
19:30 IST Suresh Raina wins the toss and elects to bat first!
19:30 IST TOSS TIME!
Welcome to inUth’s digital coverage of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017’s Match 35 between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Gujarat Lions (GL) at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot. Rohit Sharma’s side will be looking to score big on the Rajkot wickets which is expected to be a belter of a pitch for the batsmen. It has been helping batsmen till now, a score of 200-plus is expected as Mi face a side who are at the bottom of the table.
MI are in fine form as they have registered 6 wins out of 8 games as they are placed at 2nd spot in IPL 2017 standings. Their batsmen have been in fine form all along the series with domestic talents like Nitish Rana and Krunal Pandya doing well for them. Jos Buttler and Parthiv Patel have done brilliantly well up the order. With their skipper back in form, they have a strong batting lineup. Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard too have proved to be good finishers so far.
On the other hand, GL are currently in the 5th spot with 3 wins from 8 games. With Aaron Finch back in form GL have every bit of chance to win against MI. They have a good batting lineup studded with overseas players like Brendon McCullum. Suresh Raina too has found his form. In the bowling department, Andrew Tye is their star player alongside Australian all-rounder James Faulkner. It will be a good contest as GL will try to boost their chances to reach playoffs.
Mumbai Indians: Parthiv Patel(w), Jos Buttler, Nitish Rana, Rohit Sharma(c), Karn Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mitchell Johnson, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Shreyas Gopal, Lendl Simmons, Vinay Kumar, Siddhesh Lad, Jagadeesha Suchith, Tim Southee, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Punia, Saurabh Tiwary, Nicholas Pooran, Krishnappa Gowtham, Kulwant Khejroliya, Ambati Rayudu, Asela Gunaratne
Gujarat Lions: Ishan Kishan, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina(c), Aaron Finch, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik(w), James Faulkner, Andrew Tye, Nathu Singh, Basil Thampi, Ankit Soni, Dwayne Smith, Dhawal Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar, Pradeep Sangwan, Shadab Bashir Jakati, Jaydev Shah, Manpreet Gony, Jason Roy, Munaf Patel, Chirag Suri, Akshdeep Nath, Shubham Agarwal, Tejas Baroka, Pratham Singh, Shelley Shaurya, Irfan Pathan
