slower length ball outside off, Harbhajan whacks it over the wide long-on boundary. Too little, too late for Mumbai. Their six-match winning streak has been snapped
Supergiant vs MI, 28th match at Mumbai, Apr 24 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary
11.40pm Pune have completed the double over their cross-expressway rivals Mumbai. Ben Stokes was the star for Pune. He had two wickets before he conceded a run. He then came back to give away only seven runs off the penultimate over to set things up for his side, despite Rohit's first half-century of the season. Stokes took a sharp catch and effected a run out too.
It ultimately boiled down to Mumbai needing 17 off the last six balls. Unadkat, picked ahead of Thakur and Christian to bowl the final over, removed Hardik off the first ball. Three balls later he dismissed Rohit to shut Mumbai out. Pune move to fourth with their third successive win.
"It is disappointing after being so close," Rohit says. I thought we tried our best, gave everything we could, but it was disappointing not to finish the game. I don't want to be too critical of our performance. We lost wickets in the middle, and that was the mistake on the part of us. Overall, it was a great game. The pitch was a little dry and was assisting the spinners. Our spinners did the job pretty well, you need to understand the pace you have to bowl at the Wankhede. We have been playing good cricket. We have to forget what happened tonight and move on. It was good to get some runs, but disappointing not to finish the match. Jaydev bowled a great last over. It takes a lot of courage; he got a wicket in the first ball, which is always critical. Needing 17, you can't lose a wicket off the first ball.
"I thought we scrapped really well in the end," Smith says. "Stoksy in the second half was excellent, Unadkat got us over the line. The dew was not too bad. We thought it would be worse, we held together, and the wicket played the same for the 40 overs. It was not a traditional Wankhede wicket. 160 was probably around par, and tonight we were able to take wickets in the middle and keep the pressure on. Unadkat went wide of the crease and bowled a hard length."
"Another solid team performance. Did not get off to the best of starts, but we are putting in the performances," Stokes, the Man of the Match, says. The slower balls are coming on nicely. The pitches have been conductive to the slower-paced deliveries. I am absolutely loving it. This is my first experience. Pretty thankful to be playing here."
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full and wide outside off, flat-batted away to wide long-off. Harbhajan chances two, the throw from Stokes is flat and to the non-striker's end. Unadkat collects it and swipes the bails off to catch McClenaghan short. Stokes is everywhere
and Unadkat nips out Rohit. Is this the match?Slower short ball outside off, Rohit looks to slog it across the line. He only skies it in the air off a big top edge. Unadkat himself settles under it. He tumbles, the ball bobbles out, but Unadkat hangs on, despite awkwardly banging his head against the turf. Pune hang on
Rohit shuffles a long way across the off stump, Unadkat floats a slower full ball outside off, past the guideline. Left alone. Umpire Ravi does not give it a wide. Rightly so, as Rohit went a long way outside off. He is peeved. He walks across to the other end to have what looks like a heated conversation with umpire Ravi. The leg umpire Nand Kishore intervenes, and the situation has been diffused. Let us move on, fellas
clears long-on. Slower length ball outside off, Rohit anticipated it. He slogs across the line, gets enough to fetch a six
Hardik falls for the first time in a chase this season. Stokes bolts in from deep extra cover, dives forward, and completes a smart catch. Slower ball on a length and outside off, Pandya slaps it on the up, but holes out
Mumbai need 17 off the last over. Who will bowl it? Thakur? Unadkat? Christian? Unadkat it is. Third man, fine leg up
not quite a yorker, but really full and angled in on off, Hardik drags a heave to deep square leg. Off the inside half
wide of the crease, Stokes nails an inswinging yorker, 138ks, Rohit slightly goes leg-side and just about digs it out. Smith applauds Stokes' effort
117ks slower offcutter, short, Hardik plays across the line and jams an inside edge onto the pad
Before this match, Mumbai topped the league with a last-five-overs run rate of 12.11 while chasing. Hardik Pandya, before today, 46 off 21 in the last five overs while chasing, no dismissals.
very full and outside off, better from Stokes, Rohit can't get under it. Driven to cover
mighty full on off, near yorker, dug out to midwicket
Stokes goes wide of the crease and angles a full ball down leg, left alone, leg-side wide. Fine leg is up, a little tickle would have resulted in a boundary
full and angled into the pads, poor ball, and Stokes gets away. Rohit does not connect with the whip. The ball hits the pad and rolls to square leg. Leg bye
Stokes. Over the wicket
another cutter, full and moves away outside off, Hardik is early into the leg-side slog, gets a bottom edge that rolls past off stump to Dhoni
Over the wicket now
117ks, another slower short ball outside off, Hardik was waiting on the back foot for it. Swatted away powerfully between deep midwicket and long-on
Crucial boundary for Mumbai. Slower cutter outside off, short and sits up, Hardik flat-batted it away over extra cover
slower offcutter outside off, sticks in the surface, punched to cover. Rohit raises his first fifty of the season
Unadkat drifts a slower ball outside off, past the guideline, off-side wide
just short of a good length and outside off, Rohit cuts and finds the fielder at point
wide of the crease, short and angled in, hits the thigh and rolls away to square leg
Unadkat. Around the wicket
Over 20 • MI 157/8