Pandya's collisions, and a familiar crowd favourite

It was not Quinton de Kock's day even though he has been in good form. In the second over of the match, he played a cross-batted slog off a back-of-a-length delivery, only to top-edge it to backward point. De Kock's opening partner, Shreyas Iyer, then took over, smashing Mitchell McCelnaghan for a consecutive four and a six in the fourth over. But, just as it looked like Iyer was hitting some form, he played a cross-batted slog of his own, skying the outside edge to sweeper-cover. Two promising starts were curtailed in ugly fashion.

Hardik Pandya has not had a good start to the IPL. Prior to this match, he had conceded too many runs and had not made any impact with the bat. When he picked up Iyer's wicket to conclude a seven-run over, he may have felt that his luck was turning but that feeling was not to last long. In the 13th over, Sanju Samson swept Krunal Pandya and Hardik ran to his left from deep backward square, while Jos Buttler ran to his right from deep midwicket. The two reached the ball at the same time and collided into each other, with Buttler's shoulder ramming into Hardik's face, while the ball went for four. Hardik looked in serious pain and had to be helped off the playing area.

After executing his yorkers well for the most part, Jasprit Bumrah bowled a highish full toss on the last ball of the innings. Or at least Mumbai Indians thought it was the last ball. JP Duminy top-edged his slog straight up and Parthiv Patel pouched a simple catch. But the umpires wanted to check if it was a no-ball for height. The moment the replay appeared on the big screen, Mumbai made their decision and started trooping off the field. After further scrutiny, though, the third umpire decided that it was indeed a no-ball, forcing an about-turn from the Mumbai players. Bumrah had to run in for one more delivery, but not before Rohit Sharma gave the umpires an ear-full.

Sachin Tendulkar. Obviously. Never mind that he has not been playing for a while. Over the course of Mumbai's chase, whenever things became a little quiet, the crowd broke out, singing "Happy Birthday to Sachin", on the eve of his 43rd birthday. Sometimes, just to mix things up, they chanted 'Sachin, Sachin' instead. Not to forget, it was the Delhi crowd singing for Tendulkar, and not the usual Wankhede crowd.

As if one collision wasn't enough, Hardik was involved in another, at a crunch moment in the match. Rohit had just smoked a six off Chris Morris to bring the equation down to 14 runs needed off the last four balls. Rohit chipped the next ball into the outfield and, after completing one, hared back. However, seeking to avoid each other's paths, Hardik and Rohit swerved in the same direction and collided nastily in the middle of the pitch, with Rohit coming off worse. He threw his bat away, seemingly in disgust, before collapsing to the ground before completing the second. Morris completed the run-out and Rohit had to walk off, much to his annoyance. With him went Mumbai's last realistic hopes.