Krunal set the game up Mumbai. Krunal wraps it up. They win by 80 runs. That will boost the net run rate. Pushed through, he finds a hint of turn, leaving Zaheer prodding and missing. Krunal hits the top of off
MI vs Daredevils, 47th match at Visakhapatnam, May 15 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary
11.35pm Our statsman Bharath Seervi says: With the 80-run win, MI's NRR has climbed from -0.435 to -0.082. They move to 3rd position with 14 points; 1 game left."
11.38pm Zaheer: 200 is always tough to chase. We have been fantastic as a bowling unit throughout the tournament. Today was a tough day. We did not have the luxury of a third seamer at that stage to Krunal. He played the spinners well. We have to stay positive. We just need some boost at the back end of the tournament. Three games, and we can win two out of three. The advantage is we have our home games coming up in Raipur.
Rohit: Much-needed win for us. We were playing some good cricket, but not consistent cricket. We put pressure on them from the first ball. Everyone took the responsibility and batted the way we wanted them to bat. We wanted to win with a big margin and today was the perfect the day. Special mention to Krunal Pandya. He played some fearless cricket. The wicket was not easy. For the last three years since I have been captain, it has been up and down, but we have got the results. We have been in this position before.
Krunal Pandya, Man of the Match: I was happy with the way I played. I knew there were two legspinners and one left-arm spinner and I hit the big shots. I was just going with the flow and I was just picking the googlies. The [bicep] gesture was to my brother Hardik. After scoring a fifty, that was to tell him I did it and hit many sixes (laughs). To Polly, I showed my power and took the bowlers on. I asked Polly to give the strike so that I can hit. I just want to dedicate this innings to my parents, Hardik. Hardik really encourages me. I also want to thank my coach Jitendra Singh.
Ricky Ponting, Mumbai Indians coach: Krunal Pandya played one of the innings of the tournament. Krunal knows only one way to play: aggressive.
Samrat Ahuja: "3rd biggest victory for MI in terms of runs in all IPL's.
Akshin: "Bumrah didn;t conceed a single boundary. Nice work."
Pratik: "Krunal has the highest strike rate among all batsmen who have scored atleast 100 runs in this IPL!!192.56!!"
sid: "Paaandyaaaaa."
I'll leave you with Arun Venugopal's ripper on the Pandya brothers. Ciao.
Nadeem marches out and has a big swish and gets beaten outside off as Bumrah shortened his length
backs away and steers a short ball outside off to point
full and swings in, Zaheer slogs and gets an inside edge behind square on the leg side
full on middle, flashes a drive to mid-off, where Rohit fumbles
back of a length and comes in, slower offcutter, 115ks, prodded to midwicket
lifter, angled in, Zaheer drops his gloves on it
No.11 Zaheer
short and angled in, flat-batted to mid-on. Tahir sets off for one. He is too slow. Vinay is quick, though, spearing a direct hit at the non-striker's end
McClenaghan goes too full, Tahir clears his front leg, and carves over the covers for four
short and angled in, Tahir gets into a tangle. Looks to ramp and is beaten
wide yorker, backs away and can't dig it out
short and angled in, on top of middle, blocked back
short and angled in around chest height from round the wicket, hops and fends onto the pitch
back of a length and outside off, Nadeem swishes but can't touch it
back of a length on middle, defended
Tahir
Morris is caught short on the second, despite a dive. Picked away off the pads to square leg. Rayudu hunts the ball down and fires a nice, flat throw to Buttler who does the rest. He stands in front of the stumps and flicks it back, à la MS Dhoni. The despairing dive from Morris isn't enough. Non-existent second. Rohit applauds Rayudu
cutter outside off, flashes and toe-ends it. Does not carry to Buttler
Vinay digs it short and outside off, Morris leaps off his feet and scythes it over Rana at sweeper cover
overpitched on off, driven to mid-off
full toss on middle, clipped to deep midwicket
Over 20 • DC 126/10