So, that finishes the proceedings at Visakhapatnam, as far as Mumbai Indians are concerned, as they play their final match of the league stage against the Gujarat Lions in Kanpur. Delhi have three more games to go, and would not be too disappointed after this defeat. As for the IPL, the action moves to the Eden Gardens where the Kolkata Knight Riders take on the Royal Challengers Bangalore. That should be a mouth-watering contest. Do join us for the coverage of the match tomorrow at 18:30 IST. Till then, it's goodbye from Kislaya, Manish and Kaushal.
"We wanted to play positive cricket today. Scoring 200 on that wicket was challenging but you saw the result in the end. We wanted to play a game like that, wanted to win with a big margin. Krunal Pandya played a brilliant knock and played some fearless cricket. He will remember that knock for a long time," says Rohit Sharma, the captain of the Mumbai Indians.
"Yes, 200 is always tough to chase. Having said that, it was a tough day for the bowlers. Off day for us as a bowling unit. Credit to Rohit for taking on the spinners early and didn't let us execute our bowling plans. We want to stay positive. We have this young energy and that is key, specially at the back end of this tournament. 3 games is enough to win 2 out of 3," says Zaheer Khan, the captain of the Daredevils.
So, a clinical performance by Mumbai, as their bowlers and the batsmen both answered the team's call and stood up just when it was needed. The star of the show was Krunal Pandya, though, who first scored a breezy 86 off just 37 balls, and then took the most important wicket in the DD line up, albeit with a bit of luck, that of Quinton De Kock. DD never really looked like they would chase the target after De Kock departed. Bumrah was also clinical with the ball picking up 3 wickets. It was only fitting that Pandya finished the game in the last over.
18.6 Bumrah to Nadeem, no run, down the track to a length ball, Nadeem charges down and looks to swat it, but is beaten. A good day at the office for Bumrah.
17.6 McClenaghan to Tahir, OUT, RUN OUT, banged in ball angling into Tahir, who swats to mid on and Vinay Kumar collects the ball and throws the stumps down. Miles out is Tahir!
17.5 McClenaghan to Tahir, FOUR, full ball on middle stump, Tahir backs away and this time connects, smacks it over extra cover. Pitched up, and Tahir smashes that through the line over covers for a four. He can hit it as well.
16.4 Vinay to Morris, 1 run, RUN OUT, length ball on off, Morris swipes, under edge goes to deep square leg, Morris looks to come back, but Rayudu hurls a good flat throw and Buttler does the rest. Final nail in the coffin then!
16.2 Vinay to Morris, SIX, short outside off, Morris jumps in the air and connects its clean over sweeper cover. He uses his height, and smashed that uppishly over covers for a maximum. Some late hitting this, but unfortunately it will all be in vain.
15.3 Bumrah to Mishra, OUT! BOWLED, length ball on off after all those bouncers Mishra backs away and the ball eludes his bat and dislodges the stumps. Third wicket for Bumrah. Angled in, on a length, and straight towards the stumps. Mishra had made room, and tried to to guide the ball, but missed. The off stump has been uprooted.
14.3 Vinay to Morris, 1 run, full ball outside off, Morris looks to smack it, inside half of the bat taken and the ball goes to square leg. Good tactics this, bowling it wide.
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