Kaustubh : "No quality allrounder is a really bad excuse by MSD. He has Albie Morkel, Irfan Pathan, T.Perrera waiting in the wings! Also he needs to stop playing the same XI just because they won the previous game.

McCullum: It was a slow wicket, I thought. The crowd was fantastic. You want to start the tournament well. To be able to get two wins out of eight or nine that we need to qualify for the playoffs is fantastic.

Aaron Finch is the Player of the Match for his half-century. "It's nice to contribute with the bat in two wins. It was a beautiful batting wicket. It was great batting with Brendon tonight. I chewed up a bit of strike initially. Baz is a special player, I'm much happier that he is in our team. It's a great start. Pune is a strong side that is led well by MS, but the way we've played has been pleasing. Probably if we can pick a few wickets in the Powerplays, it would be fantastic. Jadeja, Bravo have been brilliant in pulling things back.

Raina: When you have Faulkner and Bravo, the game is not over. On a big outfield like this, I thought we could attack with three spinners. I wanted to give Bravo a chance at No. 4. It was about rotating our batsmen. Finchy and Baz started well. Captaincy is just a name to be honest. We have a lot of experience in this group. Everyone has played a part.

11:15pm Make that two in two for Gujarat Lions. This shouldn't have been an easy chase, but they have been sensational. McCullum gave them a rollicking start, Finch was equally blistering, and once the nitro boost was achieved, it needed simple cricket that Raina played. Bravo teed off in style against Ishant, to turn this around into a cakewalk. Rising Pune Supergiants will look back and think they were perhaps 25 short. Make no mistake, Jadeja's spell was equally crucial in Lions restricting Supergiants to 163.

Dhoni: If you give away 60 in the first six overs while defending 160, it will always be difficult. I think we need to look at the composition of our side.

18.1

Singh to Jadeja, 1 wide

comes back in for a new spell and floats it well down leg. That's the end of that

end of over 1812 runs

GL: 163/3CRR: 9.05 • RRR: 0.50

Dwayne Bravo22 (10b 3x4 1x6)

Ravindra Jadeja4 (8b)

Rajat Bhatia 3-0-30-0

Murugan Ashwin 4-0-31-2

17.6

Bhatia to Dwayne Bravo, SIX runs

typical DJ shot! This was too full, Bravo made room, swung through the line, but the bat face was slightly opened as he made contact, hit it into the gap between deep point and deep cover. Little would he have realised when he made contact that it would have carried all the way. Outstanding

17.5

Bhatia to Dwayne Bravo, 2 runs

too full, lofted over the infield, but didn't time it well, Smith comes rushing in from long-on to stop that, misfields

17.5

2nb

Bhatia to Jadeja, (no ball) 1 run

slower one on middle, worked wide of midwicket. Free hit time

Murthy: "Was wondering what Dhoni might have said to M Ashwin after the first over, he has come back wonderfully. Just 12 runs in 3 overs after going for 19 in the first."

17.4

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Bhatia to Jadeja, no run

makes room to force it through cover point, can't find the gap

17.3

1lb

Bhatia to Dwayne Bravo, 1 leg bye

sliding down leg, he looks to swing that one over square leg, deflects off the pad to Dhoni who fails to stop it cleanly

17.2

Bhatia to Jadeja, 1 run

off cutter on middle, Marsh doesn't pick up that nudge cleanly at midwicket

17.1

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Bhatia to Jadeja, no run

slants back into middle from round the stumps, pushed to midwicket

end of over 174 runs • 1 wicket

GL: 151/3CRR: 8.88 • RRR: 4.33

Ravindra Jadeja2 (4b)

Dwayne Bravo14 (7b 3x4)

Murugan Ashwin 4-0-31-2

Ishant Sharma 4-0-39-1

16.6

M Ashwin to Jadeja, 1 run

on the shorter side, whipped to deep square leg

16.5

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M Ashwin to Jadeja, no run

nudged to short midwicket, Jadeja was sent back. Direct hit, but Jadeja was just in. Dhoni's quick deflection can't help this time

16.4

M Ashwin to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run

on the bounce to Ishant at long-off, it was the googly, he picked it well though

16.3

M Ashwin to Jadeja, 1 run

steps out and works it with the spin to long-on

16.3

M Ashwin to Jadeja, 1 wide

the wrong-un this time, but it pitches well outside off and spins further away

16.2

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M Ashwin to Jadeja, no run

sharp turn back into middle and leg, Jadeja is hit high on the pad

16.1

M Ashwin to Raina, OUT

this time, Dhoni doesn't miss the stumping. This one was bowled flatter, it pitched outside off and straightened after pitching, Raina stepped out and pushed inside the line of the ball, missed it as Dhoni had enough time to whip the bails off. Surely this has come a little too late?

Suresh Raina st †Dhoni b Ashwin 24 (24b 1x4 0x6 35m) SR: 100

Here's what Dravid and Gavaskar have to say about the drought in Maharashtra. Agree?

end of over 1615 runs

GL: 147/2CRR: 9.18 • RRR: 4.25

Suresh Raina24 (23b 1x4)

Dwayne Bravo13 (6b 3x4)

Ishant Sharma 4-0-39-1

Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-26-0

And there's an important "strategy break" with a handful of runs needed

15.6

Ishant Sharma to Raina, 1 run

plays the short-arm jab to deep square

15.5

Ishant Sharma to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run

banged in short on middle, hops back and tucks it to the on side for a quick single

15.4

Ishant Sharma to Dwayne Bravo, FOUR runs

what followthrough of the bat! Too full, DJ hammers that over cover, no one in the deep. He hasn't learnt. Bowling it there again, and again, and again, will only mean he keeps getting picked away, especially with no protection in the deep.

15.3

Ishant Sharma to Dwayne Bravo, FOUR runs

what wrist work! This one was dropped short, he went back deep into the crease, opened the bat face and sliced it over point. Superb

15.2

Ishant Sharma to Dwayne Bravo, FOUR runs

interesting, very interesting. Was standing well outside leg, somewhere around the ninth stump even before Ishant delivered. What does the bowler do? Follows him, Bravo makes more room and lofts it over cover. Sweet timing

Win Probability

GL 100%

RPSGL

100%50%100%

Over 19 • GL 164/3

Guj Lions won by 7 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

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