Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians, 22nd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Mumbai move to the top with their net run-rate putting on its jet pack and kicking up. A territory they do not quite have the habit of. Punjab keep lurking around somewhere in the middle. A night of madness comes to an end and so does Indore's stay in this IPL. So does our stay in office tonight. I've been Vineet Anantharaman bringing you this action in the company of Sagar Chawla, Raju Peethala, Ramakrishnan, Krishna and Siva. Ta ta!!

Jos Buttler, Man of the Match: I found some really good touch in the tournament. I was always desperate to carry on and am glad that it has come out today. It is a small ground and it is a fantastic wicket as well. Luckily we won the toss and we got off to a good start after which we managed to carry the momentum right through the innings. Today chasing that kind of total was good for me to go on from ball one and not think too much about it with the field in. I almost tried too hard in the last few games to score the runs because I felt in good touch. With a big score you can just go for your shots which is what happened today. I just tried to stay still and the shots came off.

Rohit Sharma: Incredible game to be a part of. Something reminded me of the game in 2014 when we chased down 195. To be able to go and chase a target in 15 overs was fantastic. Not to forget Hashim Amla played one of the finest knocks we've seen. The talk in the dressing room was that the ground is small and we backed our batsmen to play their shots. The way Jos and Parthiv started off was amazing. We all know Jos' capability with the bat and Parthiv was brilliant with his cameo. He is coming off a good First Class season and is carrying it on here. The bowling is something we need to look into. They are proven match winners not just for Mumbai Indians but for their respective countries as well. We need to give them some time because whenever there is a partnership I always go to them. It is always challenging for them, the batsmen come after them and they need to always keep thinking. But the management and me are constantly backing them. The second half of the tournament becomes very important because the table can change completely. We need to be on the money and we shouldn't lose the momentum which is something that we know very well. We have focussed only on one opponent at a time and we have wanted to stay in the moment. It has been a good run and we need to continue this.

Most sixes in an IPL innings without a four:
7 NITISH RANA tonight *
6 D Miller v RR, 2014
5 D Bravo v DC, 2012

Maxwell: Conditions were pretty favourable for batting as you can probably tell. 198 was a good score and I thought we would be able to defend it given how well the bowlers had performed recently. Hashim getting a hundred was a positive. Marsh hit the ball beautifully but he found the fielders with some shots. Plenty of positives on the batting side. Bowlers are bowling well enough to create those chances. Last couple of innings, we've dropped a lot of catches. Any time a guy comes out and takes you on like that in the powerplay, there's nothing you can do, especially on a wicket like that (talking about Buttler). We tried change of pace, slower balls, but he hit them all. We go to Rajkot now, another good wicket.

Why have these 20 over chases. Mumbai Indians seem to be in some hurry to go back home. Just when it looked like Punjab would have their moment of glory after putting up some 198 runs, Mumbai came back and stole it with 27 balls to spare. And 8 wickets. While Punjab's runs were beautiful, Mumbai's were brutal. Buttler started off by smashing it with utter unorthodoxy to all parts of the ground to make a real mockery of the required run-rate and Rana followed it up by grabbing the orange cap back. Spare a thought for the bowlers, all of them bagging some unwanted stats against their names. Spare a thought for the mighty Hash, the first time he gets a century in this format, he watches his side getting trampled. And spare a thought for my fingers..

Mohit Sharma to Nitish Rana, SIX, that's that. A real mockery this. A target of almost 200 and Mumbai do it with time to spare to go after another. Mohit meanwhile bends his back in banging it half way down the track and Rana just swivels as he hooks it into the second floor. Over long leg

Mohit Sharma to Nitish Rana, 2 runs, moves away giving his arms some breathing space and unleashes an extravagant drive through the covers. Mumbai one shot away

Mohit Sharma to Nitish Rana, no run, squeezes it out to point. And Pandya is half way down wanting the strike to strike a few more. Sensibly sent back

Nitish Rana in IPL:
At #3: 70, 50, 53, 54*
Other positions: 9, 25, 34, 45, 11

A time-out. Very important isn't it. If Punjab manage to unveil a strategy in restricting these 8 runs Mumbai need, it would be worth the 150 second wait..

Ishant to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, and again. Ishant has 58 against his name. A full delivery hoping to veer into the blockhole and Pandya digs it out with the bat gaining all the momentum to be imparted with a smash past the bowler. Long-off doesn't even want to take the effort in chasing this. Futile I tell you

Ishant to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, a low full toss. Ishant well and truly on his way to some unwanted bowling figures tonight. Pandya meanwhile just about clears his front leg and slices it past a tired extra cover at the fence. Spare a thought

Ishant to Hardik Pandya, SIX, another bat. Another rocket launcher. The angry flat bat face is up and so is the usage in whacking it. Boom. Back into the third stand. Over mid-wicket

Ishant to Nitish Rana, 1 run, a drop and a run. Just pats it past the pitch towards short cover and takes off

Ishant to Nitish Rana, no run, full, cramped up for room. Dug out with a late settled defence back to the bowler

Ishant to Nitish Rana, SIX, 180-degrees on the other side from the one he'd intended to go over. But the maximums only keep coming. Gets the ball to climb up awkwardly does Ishant getting it up on the ribs and Rana just swings his bat looking to go over cow corner again with the familiar hits. Gets the familiar result though with the top-edge flying over the cordon. And his third half-century of this season too

Ishant Sharma [3.0-0-37-0] is back into the attack

Mohit Sharma to Nitish Rana, 1 run, shows the full bat face to the cameras as he taps this length ball to long-off

Mohit Sharma to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, back of a length around the fourth stump line. Carved away off a straight bat face to third man