MI vs KKR, 5th Match at Chennai, IPL, Apr 13 2021 - Match Result

11.43pm And that is all from our live coverage tonight. Thank you for staying with us and we will see you tomorrow for Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Rahul Chahar: They had started well, I knew that on this pitch it was the spinners who had to do it. I've played 2-3 seasons so I had confidence to get Gill out, and I know him since the U-19 days and I knew what to do. My strength is to turn it quickly, at speeds of 90kph. I think Tripathi's caught behind was my favourite wicket. I also had an idea that Rana would give me a chance and so I pushed a flipper outside off. There's a lot of benefit from having guys like Rohit showing confidence in me, there are times when I'm being hit around and he has more confidence in me than I do in myself.

Rahul Chahar is the Player of the Match.

Rohit Sharma: It was a great fightback considering where the game was while they were batting. Anyone who came to bowl at different stages wanted to put their hands up and do something for the team. We can take a lot of confidence from this game. There were lots of positives. The way KKR started, they batted brilliantly in the first six overs. But once the powerplay was gone, the way Rahul came and got wickets was crucial. And Krunal at the end was also crucial. I can praise all the bowlers, honestly. Good signs for the team moving forward. Definitely not easy on this pitch, a set batter needs to carry on as long as possible. The trend in Chennai is when the new batsman comes in, it becomes hard to go from ball one, unlike Wankhede. To be honest, we were 15-20 runs short. The way we started, we should have batted better. That's happened twice, we need to see how to get better. But I don't want to take credit away from the team. I think SKY is carrying that form that he had when he played for India. He's very fearless when he bats. When he plays those shots it doesn't look like he's taking risks, those are cricketing shots. We need a guy who bats fearlessly. I'm glad that we could get some partnerships in the middle and get a decent total. We need to just figure out how to finish innings in the last 5 overs. We've done that in the past.

11.31pm Whew, have you guys been able to catch your breath? What a finish. Bringing you the presentation shortly.

Player Impact points according to our Smart Stats:

1) Rahul Chahar 123.16

2) Suryakumar Yadav 92.41

3) Krunal Pandya 79.98

Russell is at No. 10.

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Trent Boult: Good feeling to close out a game like that, shows the importance of staying in it. Four tidy overs from Krunal, big role he played in containing that. Crucial in getting us back in the chase. I haven't played too much crikcet here, but these guys are very experienced, our spinners did well. I suppose it's the golden rule, never easy start on wickets like this. It' the cliche of putting pressure on the new batsmen.

Eoin Morgan: Yeah it's disappointing. A lot of the time we played good cricket, certainly the first half and a majority of the chase. We made mistakes, hopefully we can iron them out. Mumbai are a very good side. I think the perfect game is to be able to do both (all-out attack and otherwise) and we've managed to do neither in the end. It works for us a majority of the time, but we need to be better. The games that have been played here, it would suggest that there's a trend (of runscoring getting tough at the end). Mumbai have been performing like this for a long time, that would be something we need to assess.

Tanay Agarwal: "Were those dropped catches off Russell a blessing in disguise as he was struggling badly with the timing and going nowhere in his innings?"

kalyan: "I agree with shashwat. Denying a single from Chris Morris is one thing but denying a single from Dre Russ is a whole different game."

Wasi: "MI 45 vs KKR 52 dot ball played this is crucial. "

Vishal Pawar: "Geez KKR just can't win against the Five times Champions, can they? 22-6 is out of this world to me. Kind of a mental block you can say!"

shashwat: "@Tanay - Deny a single to Dre Russ....the biggest hitter IPL has ever seen....DK wouldn't do that in his dream!!"

Sukrit Gupta: "Somebody before the start of the match was pointing out why are the MI bowling lineup so highly rated? This is the exact reason why. In the two games so far, their batsmen have given them sub par scores to defend, on the wickets their team is clearly not made to play. Yet they have managed to successfully defend the sub par target on one occasion, while the other time, they managed to take the defense of the total to the final ball of the innings."

Ashok Kumar: "I feel this is a classic example game for the title - "Set Batsman should Stay and Finish the Game, when there is no real scoreboard pressure""

Malli: "I told you earlier at the start of the innings that maybe Mumbai is 10 runs short of par score but they will make it up in the field. Infact they win by 10 runs. Champion side"

kalyan: "@chotu i humbly disagree. Yes, kurnal did something very wonderful. But it was chahar who took first 4 wickets when every other bowler was struggling. He kept MI in....by regularly taking wickets, else kkr would have runaway with it."

ayaz khan: ""Stupid aprocah"?? Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't with this approach the man won the World Cup "

AJ: "Champion side for a reason, they know how to win!"

Tanay Agarwal: "DK should not have run for that single. Should have taken the charge upon himself as Russell was struggling at the other end!"

Jamie: "Eoin Morgan's gung-ho mentality screwing it all up again. 8 wickets left and RRR of 6 and you advance down the pitch to slog their best spinner, same as Shakib. Same as when England did it in the India tour. Stupid approach"

chotu: "Krunal should be the MOM tonight.. What a spell especially at the death.."

11.17pm Stunning stuff from the champions. Not so great from KKR at the end, but that opening needed to be taken and Mumbai were all over it. Even with the chances they offered, it was simply relentless and KKR will be wondering how they've managed to lose this. Chahar's sensational spell kept them in it long enough, and then the big names showed up at the end - Krunal, Bumrah, and then Boult. A comeback to savour. But questions for KKR - did Rana need to play that shot off Chahar's last ball? Did Morgan and Shakib? Experienced stalwarts of the modern game, long-time leaders at that. There will be a somber team meeting tonight for sure.

Harbhajan Singh is in. He will face the hat-trick ball. KKR need two sixes for a tie.

Cummins is in. 13 off 3. Forecaster gives KKR a 3.8% probability of winning...

DK changes his bat. Fine leg goes back. Mid-off is in the circle. The other three fielders in the circle are the same as the last ball. Sweeper is out.

I see Anukul Roy on the field, specialist 12th man fielder for Mumbai. It's Boult to defend 15 in the last over. He has been hot and cold in the death overs over the last few seasons. What can he do here? Third man, fine leg, point and extra cover are in the circle.

The Goan: "Holy smokes, 4-0-13-1 is outstanding from Krunal! Didn't think I'd ever see a left arm spinner being more effective than Shakib in the same game!"

Will DK look for the boundary here?

Krunal does sensationally to keep MI in this. But Russell comes out alive, two dropped chances. Bumrah with the chance to make amends now. 19 needed off 12.

Karthik: "Two chances of Russel! Bizarre from the champions!"

SAMRAT AHUJA: "Both teams keen not to win easily! Bizarrely comical!" --- Slip but no silly point this time for Russell. Extra cover is in close

Krunal to bowl the 18th.

Animesh: "How one delivery changes the match. "