RESULT
32nd Match (N), Abu Dhabi, October 16, 2020, Indian Premier League
(16.5/20 ov, T:149) 149/2

MI won by 8 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
78* (44) & 2 catches
quinton-de-kock
Cricinfo's MVP
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That brings tonight's festivities to an end. See you tomorrow with two games

Quinton de Kock, Man of the Match: "Those leg-side shots are just one of the shots I have in my armoury. I don't plan to do that, it is just natural. It is just about keeping my balance and playing them as I see them. Last game I was disappointed I didn't finish the game. Mahela had a couple of words with us. So I had to rectify that. Mahela can come hard at you if you do something ordinary. Ja to be honest I have played this game enough to know you can't do anything about it if you drop one. You have to carry on and do the best for your team. I am a better keeper than that, and don't drop catches on purpose so that is nothing to worry about."

Rohit Sharma: "It is special to win as comprehensively as this when chasing. It gives us confidence. I guess now teams batting second will win most of the games. That's what I feel. The trend is changing. It is always a challenge when you have won four in four. How you turn up is what matters. We turned up really well, and right from ball one we were in their faces. I am a big fan of match-ups. read them well, and decide whom to exploit when. Having said that, you have to read the pitch and be instinctive too. I still bowled Rahul and Krunal to Russell because the pitch was holding up a little bit. Then I brought on Bumrah. I enjoy batting with Quinton. He is straightforward. Most of the times I take the back seat. I have a role to play in the squad. I need to let Quinny bat free and not worry about what the team needs from him."

Eoin Morgan: "We weren't even at the races today. We got a score to bowl at in the end, but the way Mumbai got off, it is tough to stop them. Nos 4, 5 and 6 is a lot of our experience [when asked the thought process around sending Karthik ahead of himself]. Given the match-ups, we are trying to play our best hand there. Today it didn't make that much of a difference; we were all in early."

The most facile win of this IPL. The most comprehensive too. The only period that KKR won might be the last two overs of the first innings, and the man responsible for that - Quinton de Kock, who dropped Pat Cummins - came out and absolutely demolished this middling chase. Mumbai go back to the top of the table, and ask the injury-hit Delhi to do all the running tomorrow. Mumbai looking scary good and strong

16.5
1
Green to Hardik, 1 run

nearly a yorker, calmly pushed to long-off to end this early

16.4
4
Green to Hardik, FOUR runs

he over-compensates, goes too short, and gives him width too. Cut over point for four. Deliberately up and over

Don't pitch it up, Chris. Just don't

16.3
1
Green to de Kock, 1 run

low full toss, driven down to long-on

16.2
1
Green to Hardik, 1 run

Pandya is looking for the golf swing as Green pitches this up. Gets a thick inside edge for one

Continues round the wicket

16.1
1
Green to de Kock, 1 run

short and wide, just too slow, so he doesn't get the timing. Takes a the single on the cut

This could be the last over of the match

end of over 1615 runs
MI: 141/2CRR: 8.81 RRR: 2.00
Hardik Pandya15 (8b 2x4 1x6)
Quinton de Kock76 (42b 9x4 3x6)
Pat Cummins 3-0-28-0
Shivam Mavi 3-0-24-1

Mohak: "This is how a chase should play out when the team is dominant . A lot of the matches have gone on to the last over that have no business of going there because people believe that strike rates are overrated"

15.6
Cummins to Hardik, no run

bouncer to end the over, and Pandya ducks it

15.5
6
Cummins to Hardik, SIX runs

this is buffet bowling for Pandya. On a length, into the pads, the short boundary on the leg side. He flicks it with his head down, and clears the square-leg fence easily

15.4
4
Cummins to Hardik, FOUR runs

lovely straight hitting. Cummins goes full, 140ks, and he gets under it and lofts him back over his head

15.3
Cummins to Hardik, no run

bouncer, at him. Pandya ducks it

15.2
4
Cummins to Hardik, FOUR runs

and Pandya stamps his hitting class. Cummins bowls just short of a length with mid-on up, and he drives at it with his head down. Doesn't bother to look up either as he has cleared mid-on with ease

Slip in place

15.1
1
Cummins to de Kock, 1 run

slower ball, full toss outside leg, glanced away for one to fine leg

Cummins comes back

end of over 1513 runs
MI: 126/2CRR: 8.40 RRR: 4.60
Hardik Pandya1 (3b)
Quinton de Kock75 (41b 9x4 3x6)
Shivam Mavi 3-0-24-1
Varun Chakravarthy 4-0-23-1
14.6
Shivam Mavi to Hardik, no run

shuffles across, Mavi doesn't give him the length to hit. Defended off the back foot

14.5
1
Shivam Mavi to de Kock, 1 run

slower short ball, pulled down to deep midwicket for one

14.4
6
Shivam Mavi to de Kock, SIX runs

de Kock is looking for an early night here. Short ball, only about rib-high, and he swivels with it to pull it up and over and just behind square

14.3
4
Shivam Mavi to de Kock, FOUR runs

imperious. Short of a length, on-pace, angles outside off, and he steers it between point and short third man for four

14.2
Shivam Mavi to de Kock, no run

slower-ball yorker, dipping on him, 102ks. Knuckle ball it looks like. Kept out by de Kock, who acknowledges it is a good ball

14.1
2
Shivam Mavi to de Kock, 2 runs

full and straight, mis-hit towards deep midwicket for an easy two

end of over 143 runs • 1 wicket
MI: 113/2CRR: 8.07 RRR: 6.00
Quinton de Kock62 (36b 8x4 2x6)
Hardik Pandya1 (2b)
Varun Chakravarthy 4-0-23-1
Shivam Mavi 2-0-11-1

Varun is done for the night

13.6
1
Varun to de Kock, 1 run

short of a length, on off, punched to deep midwicket for one

13.5
1
Varun to Hardik, 1 run

on a length, outside off, knocked into the off side for one

13.4
Varun to Hardik, no run

quick length ball outside off, left alone

MI giving their players an internal challenge to go out and finish it off early? After the way Yadav batted, the promotion for Hardik Pandya might suggest so

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MI won by 8 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
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