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Supergiants vs MI, 29th match at Pune, , May 01 2016 - Match Result

RESULT
29th match (N), Pune, May 01, 2016, Indian Premier League
(18.3/20 ov, T:160) 161/2

MI won by 8 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
85* (60)
rohit-sharma
Cricinfo's MVP
81.97 ptsImpact List
steven-smith
Match centre 
Comms: Karthik Krishnaswamy
Scorecard summary
Rising Pune Supergiants 159/5(20 overs)
Mumbai Indians 161/2(18.3 overs)
27* (17)
1/33 (3)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
PLAYERTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
RPS81.9745(23)62.8281.97--0
MI77.5585(60)84.7277.55--0
MI65.31--03/293.1165.31
MI50.89--01/271.7750.89
RPS50.6857(45)55.9850.68--0

11.30pm And that is that. Mumbai move up to second, but they've played nine games while Delhi at No. 3 have only played six. It's that time of the IPL when teams move up and down the table like they're playing snakes and ladders, but there's a clear whiff of momentum about Mumbai at this moment. Rising Pune Supergiants, on the other hand, need to find some form, and find it soon. Hope you've enjoyed our coverage. Do join us for the rest of the tournament, and the rest of the cricket that we will keep bringing you all year round, year after year, until the sun swallows our planet, or even beyond, if we manage by then to transplant this wonderful sport to another part of the universe. Until next time, good night!

Rohit Sharma is the man of the match. "I think it was a great effort from the bowlers. One department where we didn't do well was our fielding. Dropping catches is not a good sign. Restricting them to 160 was a great effort, considering the way they started. Coming back, and tightening up was important, and the spinners and the fast bowlers did a brilliant job. I've not had a great time batting first, but when I'm chasing, obviously, the score is in front of you, I plan my innings really well. But again, it's a challenge, batting first or chasing, toss is not in your hands. The win is important for us, last three games have been superb, but there is room for improvement in our fielding. [Harbhajan and Rayudu] are both aggressive on the field, they like to give it all on the field, they are good mates, these things happen. They are mature, they are professional cricketers, and going into the next game onwards we will try and keep everything in mind."

Pradeep: "MSD has spoken exactly what went wrong today and what goes wrong most times when his team loses. The fear of losing wkts holding him back rather than back himself to bat aggressively has only lost games albeit with decent scorelines like today. He doesn't make a good punter."

Davinder: "All results of this weekend are reverse of the first match of the each team against same opponents in IPL 2016."

Chinudavinci: "It bamboozles me to see that top two teams on the table have negative NRR! "

MS Dhoni: "We didn't bat well after the 10th over. That includes me also, on this kind of wicket, 23 off 24 doesn't really help the team. At times we were thinking too much about what happens if we lose a few wickets. What we need to do is go out there, express ourselves. The bowling has shown improvement, but it doesn't really count if you're not winning games. We will change a few theories and try a few more things, and hopefully it will come off."

11.15pm Rohit paced his innings perfectly, and as long as he was around, 160 was never going to test Mumbai. He had enough support from the other end too - a few aggressive shots from Parthiv early on, and then Rayudu did his bit, and Buttler, as he so often does, played a quiet and unobtrusive innings while scooting along at a 150-plus strike rate. I suppose the match was decided when Pune only made 159 - Mumbai exposed their batting limitations quite clinically after Steven Smith's dismissal. Supergiants need Khawaja soon, and also need to figure out their other two replacements quickly.

18.3
6
M Ashwin to Rohit Sharma, SIX runs

a bit of flight outside off and Rohit gets down low and slog-sweeps it high over the leg side to seal Mumbai's third straight win

18.2
1
M Ashwin to Buttler, 1 run

down the track and Ashwin bowls a quickish one, straighter and shorter than Buttler would like, and he clips quietly through midwicket

18.1
1
M Ashwin to Rohit Sharma, 1 run

shortish on middle and off, pulled down the ground to long-on

end of over 1815 runs
MI: 153/2CRR: 8.50 RRR: 3.50
Jos Buttler26 (16b 2x4 1x6)
Rohit Sharma78 (58b 8x4 2x6)
Ashok Dinda 3-0-33-1
Scott Boland 3-0-23-0
17.6
4
Dinda to Buttler, FOUR runs

low full-toss outside off, not too wide outside off, but it's enough room for Buttler to play a flat-bat drive, all wrists, and beat long-off easily to his left

17.5
1
Dinda to Rohit Sharma, 1 run

slower length ball on middle and leg, clipped to deep midwicket

17.4
4
Dinda to Rohit Sharma, FOUR runs

full on the legs, and Rohit flicks it over midwicket and easily finds the boundary to the right of long-on

17.3
4
Dinda to Rohit Sharma, FOUR runs

bam! That was full on middle and leg, and he came forward, planting his front foot next to the line of the ball to enable a smooth, straight batswing and hit it back over the bowler's head

17.2
1lb
Dinda to Buttler, 1 leg bye

what did that hit? Bouncer angling into the batsman, and he misses the hook and it pings off the top of his helmet to backward point. Dinda thought it came off the bat and was surprised to see Boland throw the ball towards the stumps at the bowler's end after catching the ball

17.1
1
Dinda to Rohit Sharma, 1 run

full on the legs, clipped to deep square leg

Dinda.

end of over 1711 runs
MI: 138/2CRR: 8.11 RRR: 7.33
Jos Buttler22 (14b 1x4 1x6)
Rohit Sharma68 (54b 6x4 2x6)
Scott Boland 3-0-23-0
Murugan Ashwin 2-0-17-0
16.6
2
Boland to Buttler, 2 runs

full outside off, doesn't middle this hit over the covers and the ball lands and comes to a stop to the right of sweeper cover

16.5
1
Boland to Rohit Sharma, 1 run

low full-toss outside off, flat-batted to long-off

16.4
2lb
Boland to Rohit Sharma, 2 leg byes

slower ball, shortish, looks for the pull and it rolls off his thigh into the backward square leg region

16.3
4
Boland to Rohit Sharma, FOUR runs

sees Rohit walking across his stumps to target the fine leg region and fires in a yorker at his feet. He looks for the scoop, ends up edging it between his legs and finding the third man boundary

16.2
Boland to Rohit Sharma, no run

slower bouncer outside off, Rohit can't connect with the attempted ramp over short third man

16.2
1w
Boland to Rohit Sharma, 1 wide

short slower ball angling down leg. Rohit can't connect with the pull. Both bowler and keeper believe it clipped Rohit's glove before bouncing through to Dhoni

Malli: "This IPL belongs to captains who are openers..!! Warner, Kohli, Gauti and Rohit..!! Rohit has scored 4 fifties in chases this year..!"

16.1
1
Boland to Buttler, 1 run

back of a length on off stump, makes a bit of room and pushes into the cover point region

Mumbai need 33 from 24 balls. Boland to bowl his third over.

end of over 1612 runs
MI: 127/2CRR: 7.93 RRR: 8.25
Jos Buttler19 (12b 1x4 1x6)
Rohit Sharma63 (50b 5x4 2x6)
Murugan Ashwin 2-0-17-0
Thisara Perera 4-0-35-0
15.6
1
M Ashwin to Buttler, 1 run

length ball on middle and leg, whipped to long-on

15.5
6
M Ashwin to Buttler, SIX runs

down the track, and what wonderful hands Buttler has. There was a fraction of a second of stillness between his final stride and the moment his bat came swinging throigh the line, getting under the ball and lifting it effortlessly over the long-on boundary

15.4
1
M Ashwin to Rohit Sharma, 1 run

full on leg stump, clipped to the right of long-on

15.3
1
M Ashwin to Buttler, 1 run

down the track, meets this straightish ball on the full and clips to the left of deep midwicket

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
RG Sharma
85 runs (60)
8 fours3 sixes
Productive shot
flick
15 runs
0 four0 six
Control
84%
SS Tiwary
57 runs (45)
4 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
on drive
14 runs
1 four0 six
Control
69%
Best performances - bowlers
JJ Bumrah
O
4
M
0
R
29
W
3
ECO
7.25
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Harbhajan Singh
O
4
M
0
R
25
W
1
ECO
6.25
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
Match details
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
TossMumbai Indians, elected to field first
Series
Season2016
Player Of The Match
Hours of play (local time)20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50- 23.20
Match days01 May 2016 - night (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsMumbai Indians 2, Rising Pune Supergiants 0
Win Probability
MI 100%
RPSMI
100%50%100%RPS InningsMI Innings

Over 19 • MI 161/2

MI won by 8 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
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Indian Premier League

TEAMMWLPTNRR
GL149518-0.374
RCB1486160.932
SRH1486160.245
KKR1486160.106
MI147714-0.146
DC147714-0.155
RPS1459100.015
KXIP144108-0.646