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MS Dhoni readies for seventh final in ten seasons

Rising Pune Supergiant have beaten Mumbai Indians three times already this season. Another such result will give MS Dhoni his third IPL title

Bharath Seervi
20-May-2017
MS Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings to title wins in 2010 and 2011  •  BCCI

MS Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings to title wins in 2010 and 2011  •  BCCI

4 Number of times Mumbai Indians have made the IPL final. They played finals in 2010, 2013 and 2015, all against Chennai Super Kings. They won in 2013 and 2015.
7 Number of IPL final appearances for MS Dhoni, the most in the tournament's history. He's won two titles: in 2010 and 2011. He has 168 runs in six previous finals at a strike rate of 150.
3-0 Rising Pune Supergiant's win-loss record against Mumbai this season, having won both league games and the first Qualifier. Super Kings, in 2010, are the only other team to beat Mumbai three times in a season.
17 Washington Sundar's age. The Rising Pune offspinner will be the youngest to play an IPL final. The previous youngest was Ravindra Jadeja, who was 19 when his team Rajasthan Royals won the title in 2008. The only other teenager to play a final was Manish Pandey, for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2009.
Youngest to appear in IPL final
Player Age Team Against Year
 Washington Sundar  17y 228d  RPS  MI  2017
 Ravindra Jadeja  19y 178d  RR  CSK  2008
 Manish Pandey  19y 256d  RCB  DC  2009
 Mayank Agarwal  20y 101d  RCB  CSK  2011
 Saurabh Tiwary  20y 116d  MI  CSK  2010
10.71 Mumbai's run rate in the last five overs this season, the best among all teams. They have hit more sixes (45) than fours (43) in that period.
7.26 Rising Pune's run rate in the middle overs (seventh to 15th) is the second lowest this season, marginally behind Royal Challengers Bangalore's. Mumbai have also had troubles in that phase - their run rate is a middling 7.72. Mumbai have also lost 40 wickets - the most by a team in this phase. While Rising Pune's batting has slipped in the middle overs, they are the most economical bowling side in the middle overs with an economy of 7.17 an over. They have also taken 40 wickets.
Rising Pune v Mumbai - phase-wise scoring rate in IPL 2017
Team Powerplay Middle overs Death overs
 RPS  8.30  7.26  9.75
 MI  8.65  7.72  10.71
7.45 Mumbai's economy in the Powerplay, the best for any team this season. All other teams have conceded more than eight an over. Rising Pune are second best - 8.06 per over. Mumbai's Mitchell McClenaghan is the most prolific bowler in the first six overs, with 10 wickets.
Rising Pune v Mumbai - phase-wise economy in IPL 2017
Team Powerplay Middle overs Death overs
 RPS  8.06  7.17  9.28
 MI  7.45  7.90  9.26
205 Kieron Pollard's strike rate in three IPL finals. He hit 27 off 10 in 2010, 60 not out off 32 balls in 2013, and 36 off 18 in 2015. He was Man of the Match in 2013 . Pollard has the most runs, sixes and the highest strike rate for Mumbai in IPL finals.
180 Runs scored by Manoj Tiwary between overs 16 and 20 this season - the most by a player in the end overs. The next three players on the list are also in the final: Hardik Pandya (176), Dhoni (162) and Pollard (158). Pandya has hit the most sixes in that phase (15).
Most runs in the death overs (16th to 20th) in IPL 2017
Batsman Inns Runs Balls SR Ave 4s 6s
 Manoj Tiwary  10  180  110  163.63  30.00  19  7
 Hardik Pandya  12  176  99  177.77  44.00  8  15
 MS Dhoni  11  162  103  157.28  23.14  9  10
 Kieron Pollard  11  158  99  159.59  17.55  10  10
 Axar Patel  9  141  83  169.87  35.25  8  7
16 Jaydev Unadkat's wickets in the end overs, second only to Bhuvneshwar Kumar this season, at an average 8.68. The other Rising Pune bowlers have picked up 18 wickets in total in the last five overs. Their most economical bowler in the death has been Daniel Christian - 7.60 in 10 overs.

Bharath Seervi is stats sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @SeerviBharath