Illustrated Story

Finch 67* gives Gujarat Lions last-ball win

Dhawal Kulkarni, who replaced Ravindra Jadeja, made early strikes to reduce his former side - Mumbai Indians - to 19 for 2 by the fourth over  BCCI
Jos Buttler aimed a couple of reverse sweeps before he was stumped by left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati  BCCI
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Parthiv Patel, though, swung his way to 34 off 29 balls  BCCI
Pravin Tambe got rid of Kieron Pollard and Parthiv in successive overs as the hosts slipped to 77 for 5  BCCI
Ambati Rayudu flickered briefly...  BCCI
... before Tim Southee, and Krunal Pandya, on IPL debut, added 42 in 17 balls to boost their team to 143  BCCI
After Brendon McCullum fell early in the chase, Aaron Finch and Suresh Raina gave their side a good platform with a 53-run partnership for the second wicket  BCCI
The stand ended when Raina skied a pull to short third man for 27 in the ninth over off Mitchell McClenaghan  BCCI
Finch pressed on to make his third successive half-century to drive the chase, despite suffering cramps  BCCI
McClenaghan went on to make light work of the lower-middle order with figures of 4 for 21  BCCI
The equation eventually boiled down to 11 off the last over and Finch got Gujarat Lions home off the last ball with a pulled four  BCCI
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