MI vs Supergiants, 1st match at Mumbai, Apr 09 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary

11.00 pm Not the game the defending champions would like to put on their resume, unless things turn out like last season. Handshakes all around at the end of a straightforward chase of 122, no surprises, no twists. A dropped catch, an umpiring error, long hops getting wickets. Seems like home. Look forward to your company tomorrow. Goodnight.

Man of the Match is Ajinkya Rahane "I felt it was important to time the ball, When we were bowling, the ball was stopping and seaming a bit. It was important to take my time and finish the game. Track was two-paced, different to Wankhede wicket. It was holding and for the first six overs, it was doing a lot. Its been very good, couple of practice sessions. All world class players. All are match-winners, KP, Smith, Dhoni, and we are trying to learn many things from them,"

"I dont think we could have had a better start than this, A lot of credit to the bowlers. Specially Rajat. He bowled in that uncomfortable area, once they lost a lot of early wickets," MS Dhoni says, "The opposition also went hard, and on a wicket where the fast bowlers had assistance, there were chances. There was a lot of pressure on their lower order, the bowlers did a fantastic job. We should improve in the death overs. When you dont have too many runs on the board, the batsman have an easier job. Always felt Rahane is brilliant where the ball comes on off the wickets. He is traditional and the way he finished it off was very good. This gives us an opportunity to give us some time to interact together, its a fun-loving bunch, the support staff have also put in a lot of effort"

"The pitch looked okay, we didn't bat well. One twenty six wasn't enough. Lot to learn from this game, hopefully we go back and think about it. We didn't think the ball was going to do that much. I thought they swung the ball early on and out shot selection wasn't that great it cost us the game," Rohit says. "We go to Calcutta from here, we've had some good memories there, we won two titles there. Just the start of the tournament, not to panic"

malli: "My turf ..My home.. My game..says Rahane..!!"

Shuaib Mohammed: "Rahane, has till now made impact only in IPL, when it comes to international T-20, his strike rate doesn't go above 120, in the same ground against WI, in the semis,why didn't he accelerated like he did in today's innings? "

vishnu udayan: "Shuaib, to be fair it wasn't a similar pitch and WI Bowled well. "

dsk: "Bhatia deserves Man of the Match today.He got all important wicket of Pollard and was economical. "

Ruchir Khanna: "Everytime this man plays, i wonder why is he not in any national team ! KP looks at his best again.." ---- Lets not get into that. We'll be here all night