Rising Pune Supergiant vs Mumbai Indians, Final - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Indian Premier League, 2017 Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Date & Time: May 21, 08:00 PM LOCAL
Steven Smith 49(48)
18.5
Bumrah to Smith, SIX, perhaps one that seals it. 13 off 7 now. The glory hit this will be in hindsight. Gets a length ball and lays into it. Marauds it over long-off in a way that can set your corneas on fire. Absolute class
18.4
Bumrah to Manoj Tiwary, leg byes, 1 run, down leg, pops off the pad as Manoj Tiwary misses his glance-sweep
18.2
Bumrah to Manoj Tiwary, 1 run, wow, this is getting intense. Backs away, gets a wide and slow ball and has to make to with a toe-ended slap to cover
17.6
Malinga to Smith, 1 run, now this is a yorker again, straight at it, and Smith read it right away. Waits and squeezes it out round the corner. 23 needed off the last two overs!
17.5
Malinga to Smith, FOUR, that's brave. Very brave. Smith has shuffled across, opening his stance and waiting for this full, dipping ball on leg-stump. And he connects. Woah. Whips it through backward square, uppishly, and nails home a boundary!
17.4
Malinga to Smith, no run, it says 139ks. He's put in every ounce of his strength into this and nutmegged Smith with this stunning yorker. Through his legs! But the inswing and Smith's stance meant that the ball missed the leg-stump
17.3
Malinga to Manoj Tiwary, 1 run, mid-off has a shy at the striker's end but Smith is in. Manoj Tiwary had his front leg out of the way to have some room for the drive. Did so but the fielder there was brilliant. Rohit, I reckon
17.1
Malinga to Smith, no run, gets a full and wide ball because he backed away way too early. And all Smith can do is reach out and toe-end a slap. What a waste of premeditation. 30 off 17
16.6
Bumrah to Manoj Tiwary, no run, now this is full-blodded reverse swing that's been made more lethal with that angle from wide of the crease. Skids off the deck, and pins Tiwary in the middle of his shuffle. Going down, definitely.
16.3
Bumrah to Manoj Tiwary, 1 run, little bit of reverse on this. Blunted towards cover-point off the front foot and then gets off the mark with a quick single
15.6
Krunal Pandya to Smith, 1 run, shimmies out and works a single to long-on. Keeps strike. Does what Dhoni does. 33 off 24
15.5
Krunal Pandya to Smith, SIX, nobody likes a moving target more than Arjuna. Not Krunal Pandya here. Definitely not! Smith shuffles across, reverses his stance and bludgeons this over point. And it carries.. and is still carrying. Woah, that's power. When did Smith last play that shot? Probably never. Never seen him play that but he's making up for Warner well at Hyderabad, isn't he?
15.4
Krunal Pandya to Dhoni, 1 run, mid-off hasn't even tried to attempt a direct hit. Pokes it to the fielder and runs to the danger end. Unchallenged
15.1
Krunal Pandya to Dhoni, 1 run, harrows out a punch to long-off. The length was shortened, so the shot played by Dhoni after shimmying down was provisional but effective
14.6
Malinga to Smith, wide, an Airbus 380 of a wide outside off. Slips out, because that's the only consolation I have as an ageing Malinga fan
14.5
Malinga to Smith, no run, now how did that miss? A searing yorker that's caught the toe-end in front of leg-stump, as Smith looks to jam it out, and rebounds off the front heel to polish the leg-stump! You would want a luck like that
14.4
Malinga to Dhoni, 1 run, bottom hands. Gone are the days when loose wrists meant you aren't man enough. Dhoni shuffles across and whips one to fine leg. And does it so emphatically. And powerfully
14.1
Malinga to Dhoni, 1 run, slower ball on the pad and Dhoni has aeons to judge it and tickle a single round the corner
13.5
Krunal Pandya to Smith, no run, Parthiv hoaxes the umpire into not calling it a wide. Smith stretches his arms and asks: "why is that not a wide?". And rightly so. A ball drifting down, clearly, Smith goes for the vertical-batted sweep but misses. Wicketkeeper jumps and wins. Wide not called. But.. Parthiv proved right. The snicko showed a spike as the ball surpassed the gloves. Nobody spotted that, let me tell you, except Parthiv!
13.4
Krunal Pandya to Dhoni, 1 run, just about connects a flat dart. Was a straight skidder, Dhoni is out of his crease it flick one off his pads
12.6
Karn Sharma to Dhoni, no run, loud appeal but not given. Karn Sharma is imploring the ump here.. Dhoni has shimmied out to a darter that raps the pad and lobs towards gully. That wasn't close. Dhoni was down the crease there and the impact certainly looked dicey. And the umpiring has been good tonight, for a change, so let's give it to the umpire. Oopsie, the replays are in. The ball skid on and hit the stumps in front of off. But the height -- Going over. Technology has one over me and my myopia, again
12.3
Karn Sharma to Smith, no run, makes some room and squeezes it inside-out but can't beat extra cover's dive/ Good stop
12.2
Karn Sharma to Smith, no run, front foot outta way to drive but this ball just outside off trims the inside edge and prods into the leg-side. Went too hard at it, did Smith
12.1
Karn Sharma to Dhoni, 1 run, a deliberate slow ball and Dhoni has nonchalantly run down the track and nudged a single to long-on
11.3
Johnson to Smith, no run, more round-armish in revenge and compensated with a full ball just outside off. Jammed out towards mid-off. He doesn't need to do anything here; Rahane is being his own kind at the other end
11.2
Johnson to Smith, FOUR, have you seen a cricket ball smuggled away? This was it. Width, yes, but Smith slashes behind backward point, and in front of third man. Precision. Woah. Frame it right away
11.1
Johnson to Rahane, 1 run, that's a 125ks yorker length delivery that pinned wide. But look at Rahane. He's waited and squeezed it out towards deep point. Easiest of singles here
10.4
Krunal Pandya to Rahane, 1 run, again a similar shot but the sweep shot is less fierce to a very similar ball drifting down. Simmons does well
9.5
Johnson to Rahane, 1 run, slower off-cutter which is a bit too full outside off, Rahane pushes it through cover-point
8.6
Karn Sharma to Rahane, no run, played from the crease once again, knocking it to the off-side. Tight over from Karn. Pune need to be careful with regards to the rate. Can't allow it to go into the eights and nines. That will be different pressure
8.3
Karn Sharma to Smith, no run, almost a return catch, but not quite. The ball stops in the pitch as Smith tries to push to long-off. Not sure if it was a googly, but Smith got it off the inside half of his bat and nearly chipped it back. Did well to check his shot so that the ball bounces before Karn
8.2
Karn Sharma to Smith, no run, flighted leg-break outside off, Smith is right to the pitch as he drives to short cover
8.1
Karn Sharma to Rahane, 1 run, a little too overcautious with this full toss, simply drives it down to long-on
7.4
Bumrah to Rahane, 1 run, stays leg-side of a ball which is very close to off, dabs it late down to third man
7.1
Bumrah to Rahane, 1 run, didn't need to play at that as it would have been a wide. But Bumrah surprises him with the lack of pace to such an extent that Rahane just leaves his bat dangling away from the body. The ball runs away off the face to third man
6.6
Karn Sharma to Smith, wide, darts the slider down the leg-side, Smith fails to get bat on ball
6.5
Karn Sharma to Smith, no run, flighted leg-break outside off, Smith pushes with the turn to point
6.4
Karn Sharma to Rahane, 1 run, a bit all over the place, is Karn. Shortish outside off, Rahane cuts it to the deep
6.2
Karn Sharma to Smith, no run, much better. Draws Smith forward with the flight and the dip on this leg-break prevents him from getting to the pitch. Well bowled
6.1
Karn Sharma to Smith, 2 runs, not finding his lengths, bowling a touch too short for this pitch. Smith punches him to the left of long-off
5.6
Malinga to Rahane, no run, waits on the slower ball and keeps it out comfortably
5.2
Malinga to Rahane, 1 run, another missed opportunity. It's not the most straightforward as Hardik has to hit the stumps from around 15-20 yards, but Mumbai have to make the most of the margins they've confined themselves to. Smith would have been short with a direct-hit. It's a needless single after Rahane patted a slower ball in the direction of backward point. But it was Smith's call
4.4
Karn Sharma to Smith, wide, loses his wrist and falls away down the leg-side
4.3
Karn Sharma to Smith, no run, flat still, a little short outside off, Smith chops it into the off-side
4.2
Karn Sharma to Rahane, 1 run, it's not all that short for the pull and Rahane mistimes it to the right of mid-on
3.6
Malinga to Rahane, no run, nudges it defensively beside the pitch
3.2
Malinga to Smith, no run, slower dipping full toss which Smith sees all the way through before nudging to mid-on
3.1
Malinga to Rahane, 1 run, back of a length on middle, Rahane tucks it to deep backward square
2.5
Bumrah to Smith, no run, completely suckered in by the slower ball. The lack of pace does him in and Smith is reaching away from the body outside off, but adapts well and keeps it down towards point
2.4
Bumrah to Rahane, 3 runs, crisp from Rahane. He found form in the last match, during the business end of this competition from Pune and is carrying on. Back of a length outside off, not a lot of room, but Rahane crisply punches through point
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