New Delhi: On the Rajiv Gandhi International
Cricket Stadium of Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Superjoint Beach
got a spectacular final match. Before the match, the winds of victory were
flowing for Pune, but the last time Mumbai beat Mumbai.
In a very
exciting match, Mumbai Indians beat Pune by just one run and made history for
the third time with their name trophy.
This is the
first time in the IPL history that when a team becomes the champion for the
third time. Mumbai got this honor in the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Mumbai
captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first but the question of
Rohit Sharma's decision began to arise when Mumbai lost two wickets for just 16
runs in the first five overs.
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Mumbai's pressure: Pune's bowlers in the first five overs were completely
dominated by the Mumbai batsmen. But in the sixth over, Mumbai got 16 runs. In
this over, Rohit Sharma scored four boundaries. With all these four rounds, the
pressure which was over Mumbai was removed. But Ambati Rayudu was run out after
just 12 runs. After Raidu, Rohit Sharma could not stay in the field for too
long. In the 11th over, Rohit Sharma was giving his wicket to Adam Zampa in an
attempt to hit the six. After Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard gave his wicket to
Zampa for a long shot.
Mumbai's
return to the last three overs: After 11 overs, Mumbai scored just 65 runs for
five wickets. All the big batsmen had returned to the pavilion. The Kunal
Pandya and Hardik Pandya were present on the pitch, it was expected that the
two brothers would do something special. But it was not that Mumbai's score was
78 when the hearty Pandya was dismissed. It seemed that Mumbai Indians would
not be able to cross the 100 mark. After 17 overs, Mumbai scored 92 runs for 7
wickets. 13 runs in the 18th over, ten in the 19th and 14 runs in the last
over. Mumbai's score thus reached 129.
Pollard's
superb catch: Pune's good start. After 11 overs, Pune scored 65 runs for only
one wicket. Due to the wicket in hand, it was expected that Pune will
comfortably win this match. Captain Steven Smith himself and Ajinkya Rahane
were present on the pitch. Mitchell Johnson came in to bowl in the 12th over
Rahane tried to hit six on the fifth ball of this over and the ball went into
the air. Standing at long on, Kieron Pollard took a spectacular catch by
driving a dive forward and Rahane returned to the pavilion with 44 runs.
After
Dhoni's dismissal, the pressure came on Pune: Mahendra Singh Dhoni came out to
bat on the field after Rahane was dismissed. Captain Smith and Dhoni slowly
took the innings forward while saving the wickets. After 15 overs, Pune scored
83 runs for 2 wickets. When Dhoni and Smith were on the pitch, it was expected
that Pune would win the match. Criminal Pandya came to bowl on behalf of
Mumbai. In this over, Dhoni scored a boundary, then Smith scored a magnificent
six. Jaspreet Bumrah came to the 17th over Bumrah scored just three runs out in
this over to give Dhoni out. After Bumrah, Malinga got 7 runs. Now, 23 runs
needed for the last two overs.
Mitchell's
ball which made Mumbai champions: Smith hit six in the 19th over and brought
Pune back to the match. Now it was 11 runs needed in the last over and Mitchell
Johnson came to bowl. Manoj Tiwary was stunned on the first ball of the over.
On the other ball, Tiwary caught Pollard in an attempt to hit six. Smith hit a
powerful shot on the third ball but Ambati Rayudu on the boundary line caught a
good catch. Smith faced 51 balls and faced 51 balls.
Now,
finally, six runs were needed to win in two balls. Daniel Cristian scored two
runs on the fifth ball. Christie put a strong shot on Akhil Ball, the ball
reached the boundary line but got only two runs and Mumbai won the match by one
run.
-----Sushmita Jha
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