IPL 2017 Final | Mumbai Indians edge out Rising Pune Supergiant by 1 run to lift trophy

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Mumbai Indians lift the trophy for the third time, the most by any team in history.

Rohit Sharma is now the most successful captain in IPL history.

What a final this has been! What an IPL season this has been!

RPS needed 4 off the last ball, Christian hit it in the deep square-leg region, Krunal came running around and fumbled the ball, but the batsmen could manage to run just 2 by the time the throw came in.

MI win the final by 1 run!

Would you believe it?1

Mumbai Indians win!

Hardik drops a tough one at deep mid-wicket!

RPS need 4 from the last ball.

IP, 2017 has gone to the last ball!

17-year-old Washington Sundar at the crease.

Johnson beats his bat, Dan Christian scrambles home for a single.

RPS need 6 from 2.

Smith absolutely smoked that one, but the ball went straight to the fielder.

Johnson could become a hero for Mumbai tonight!

OUT!

Smith holes out to Rayudu at deep extra cover.

OUT!

Johnson bowls a cutter, Tiwary hits it straight to Pollard at long-off.

What drama!

RPS need 7 from 5.

Tiwary strikes a four off the first ball!

Smith smashes Bumrah over long-off for a six!

What a knock by the captain!. 50 up for him.

12 runs from the penultimate over.

RPS need 11 runs off the final 6 balls.

Johnson has the ball in hand.

Who will take home the trophy tonight?

RPS need 23 off 12 balls.

Bumrah with the ball in hand.

It all comes down to this over!

Malinga gives just seven to finish off a fantastic spell.

The Sri Lankan legend has had an average season, but like any other big player he has turned it on when it matters most.

At the half-way stage of the match, who would've imagined we would go on to witness such a nail-biter?!

Bumrah gives away just 3 runs from his six balls.

World-class over!

RPS need 30 from the last 3 overs.

Captain Smith and Manoj Tiwary are at the crease.

WICKET!

Dhoni nicks one to Parthiv.

Huge blow for RPS!

Did Rohit make a mistake holding Bumrah back?

RPS need 33 from 24.

Bumrah comes back into the attack.

What a shot from Smith!

Reverse-sweeps Krunal for a six!

Big match pressure, big players standing up!

Dhoni finds the gap, ball races away for four!

47 needed from 30.

Are we witnessing a shift in fortune?

RPS have the wickets in hand, but they need a push immediately.

RPS are 77/2 from 14 overs. They need 53 to win from 36 balls.

Things getting tight in the middle.

Cannot count MI out at the moment.

#MSDhoni in the middle! Just look at the crowd! #IPLfinal #RangWahiJungNayi #RPSvMI pic.twitter.com/TP8zSK1eBE

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) May 21, 2017

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has walked out.

Chants of Dhoni... Dhoni... Dhoni... all around.

WICKET!

Johnson bowls a cutter, Rahane couldn't check his shot, Pollard comes running in from long-on and takes a fabulous diving catch.

RPS - 71/2 from 12 overs.

#IPLfinal When it matters most #Rahane getting into form. Man of the Match?

— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) May 21, 2017

#RPSvsMI #IPLfinal #IPL #MSDhoni #MIvRPS @msdhoni Things pic.twitter.com/X1ow7ITDYB

— Meninblue.in (@CricMeninblue) May 21, 2017

Rahane swivels to hook one for four in the fine-leg region.

Used Johnson's pace cleverly there.

RPS - 58/1 after 10 overs.

Experience of Rahane and Smith coming to the fore.

The duo are taking no risks, simply nudging the ball around for singles.

RPS - 50/1 after 9 overs.

Rohit should really consider bowling Bumrah out.

What's the point of saving your best bowler at the moment?

RPS - 43/1 from 7 overs.

Another sumptuous drive from Rahane for four.

The Mumbaikar is finally coming good, that too in the final.

RPS - 38/1 after 6 overs.

Time for a strategic time-out.

Nothing is going right with @mipaltan a easy catch drop by @krunalpandya24 .#RPSvMI #IPLfinal #ipl

— Mera Bhai Hai Dhoni (@rajatti19) May 21, 2017

Beautiful shot from Rahane.

Rocks on to the back-foot and plays an up-ish drive past mid-wicket for four.

RPS- 32/1 from 5 overs.

Krunal Pandya puts down a lolly. Malinga foxes Rahane, with a slower and plays it on the up. Straight to Krunal and he drops it.

Excellent over from Malinga! Just 2 runs from it. 

RPS- 23/1 Overs-4

Fantastic timing from Rahane! He just pushes it between cover and extra-cover to get three runs.

RPS- 21/1 Overs-3 

OUT!!!! BUMRAH strikes. A sharp in-swing from Bumrah and Rahul Tripathi has to depart, LBW-ed. But hawk-eye shows that it would have missed the stumps, due to the height factor. 

#Rahane goes straight for the kill.  runs beating the big man Pollard! #RangWahiJungNayi #RPSvMI #IPLFinal pic.twitter.com/mzrByqIjAj

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) May 21, 2017

Rahul Tripathi guides one from Johnson past short fine-leg for a four.

RPS - 14/0 after 2 overs. 

RPS are 6 for no loss after the first over.

They know they don't need to take any undue risks to chase down this total.

Krunal Pandya opens the bowling for MI.

Ajinkya Rahane on strike.

RPS have one hand on the trophy after a top-class performance with the ball.

But will MI make a match out of their meagre total?

Stay tuned with us to find out.

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Krunal perishes off the last ball of the innings.

But what an exceptional innings he has played in this final - 47 off 38.

MI finish at 129/8 from their 20 overs.

Four, then a six.

Krunal is turning it on.

What a fight he has put up for MI tonight!

SIX!

Krunal sends one into the crowd. The Gujarat lad has been MI's stand-out performer tonight.

Meanwhile, Unadkat finishes his spell - 2 wickets for 19 runs from his four overs.

MI - 115/7 from 19 overs.

How much will they add in the last six balls?

If today's match between Mumbai Indians and RP Supergiant gets tied, the trophy should be given to Lonavala #IPLfinal

— Ratnagiri Riders (@RatnagiriRiders) May 21, 2017

Outstanding combinations:
Laurel- Hardy
Jai -Veeru
Smith- Dhoni#IPLfinal

— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) May 21, 2017

13 runs from the 18th over bowled by Christian.

Just what MI needed!

#IPLFinal Match To Hum Tabhi Jeet Gaye The Jab... #IPL #MIvRPS #RPSvMI #RohitSharma #Dhoni #DilSay #DimagSay #BingPredicts #MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/OV6lVPPVdp

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) May 21, 2017

SIX!

Against the run of play, Mitchell Johnson flat-bats one for six over long-on.

MI could do with a couple of more of these!

Just 4 from Unadkat's third over.

Can MI get in a couple of big overs to give their bowlers something to bowl at?

MI - 92/7 from 17 overs.

.@mipaltan fans right now!! #IPLFinal pic.twitter.com/ySe5pb06rk

— Burning Dezire. (@iam_zaid) May 21, 2017

One brother down. One to go! #RangWahiJungNayi #RPSvMI #IPLFinal pic.twitter.com/FB6N0SIs53

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) May 21, 2017

#RPSvsMi #Iplfinal so far. pic.twitter.com/SZtVujaeWn

— Finolex Pipes (@Finolexwater) May 21, 2017

Shardul finds Karn's edge, but Christian fails to hold on to the catch aT second slip.

The batsman thinks the ball has gone past the fielder and starts off for a single.

Christian, though, had the ball close to him and threw it towards the striker's end. An alert Shardul ran up to the stumps, collected the ball and knocked off the bails.

Hara-kiri from Mi! They are 80/7 from 14.3 overs.

Another one goes down!

This time it's Karn Sharma.

What is happening here?1

Hardik Pandya out!

Dan Christian traps him plumb in front.

Poor shot from the all-rounder, played right across the line to a straight delivery.

RO-HIT it into Shardul's hands and he balances like YING YANG! 
MI now 56-4 #RangWahiJungNayi #RPSvMI #IPLFinal pic.twitter.com/WUiu07p5SK

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) May 21, 2017

Throwback  #IPLfinal #RangWahiJungNayi #RPSvMI pic.twitter.com/nueeEug3tp

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) May 21, 2017

Will Pollard score runs in today's #IPLFinal?#RangWahiJungNayi #RPSvMI pic.twitter.com/B8B0QgEzFn

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) May 21, 2017

Krunal smashes Zampa for a six. The left-hander is carrying forward his good form from Qualifier 2.

Pandya brother holding fort now.

MI - 76/5 after 13 overs.

Pollard out!

Unbelievable captaincy by the Smith-Dhoni combo. Kept a fielder straight behind the bowler, in front of the sight-screen.

Pollard went for another big one, found the fielder standing at the boundary.

First ball six!

Pollard is away.

The audacity to play such a shot on your first ball in the final!

Rohit out!'

Zampa tosses one up, Rohit goes for a maximum, Shardul takes a fine catch at the boundary.

Was this the final nail in the coffin?

Kieron Pollard comes out to have a bat.

MI - 56/4 from 10.1 overs.

Biryani is never an option #IPLfinal #RangWahiJungNayi #RPSvMI pic.twitter.com/bayvljkIvS

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) May 21, 2017

This final looks like a match between Pune and scars inflicted by Pune.#IPLfinal

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) May 21, 2017

Time for the first strategic time-out of the final.

RPS have taken this game by the scruff of its neck and won the first round convincingly.

MI - 50/3 after 9 overs.

When the lights comes ON #IPLfinal #RangWahiJungNayi #RPSvMI pic.twitter.com/zTapRgAfuO

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) May 21, 2017

#IPLfinal - Do we have a football manager on a cricket field? - @SPFleming7 #RPSvMI pic.twitter.com/fnAZUEQHv9

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 21, 2017

WICKET!

Rayudu run-out by a brilliant direct-hit from captain Steve Smith at mid-off.

Awful running between the wickets from Rayudu, took forever to complete the single.

Krunal Pandya comes out to bat.

MI - 41/3 from 7.2 overs.

Sorry, it was so fast that even the reaction meter couldn't track the time! #IPLfinal #RangWahiJungNayi #RPSvMI pic.twitter.com/IhdI2JaJsQ

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) May 21, 2017

Right from the middle #WinReady #IPLfinal #RangWahiJungNayi #RPSvMI pic.twitter.com/3FSpN0t4O6

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) May 21, 2017

Rohit's 4 boundaries in the 6th have upgraded a truly horrible powerplay into a somewhat dismal powerplay #IPLfinal

— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) May 21, 2017

Another one goes to the fence!

Rayudu cuts Adam Zampa past point for four.

Four boundaries in the sixth over!

Rohit is completely dominating Lockie Ferguson at the moment.

MI doubled their score in this over, they are 32/2 from 6 overs.

End of the Powerplay.

RPS are running away with the game!

Shardul gives just five from his first over.

Can Rohit do something special for his team tonight?

MI - 16/2 from 5 overs.

Have I missed something here...? This a Test Match? #IPL10final

— KP (@KP24) May 21, 2017

Throwback #IPLfinal #RangWahiJungNayi #RPSvMI pic.twitter.com/UhSiJwdiuc

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) May 21, 2017

Super catch by the Supergiant! @JUnadkat #IPLfinal #RPSvMI #RangWahiJungNayi pic.twitter.com/rI7qDI8YBC

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) May 21, 2017

Rohit Sharma is the new man.

Unadkat has turned the game on its head in his first two overs.

Two slower-balls - two wickets.

MI - 9/2 after 3 overs.

OUT!

Unadkat is turning it on!

The left-arm pacer takes an absolutely stunning catch in his follow through to remove Simmons.

Ambati Rayudu comes in at No.3.

Skipper Rohit Sharma holds himself back.

WICKET!

Unadkat bowls a slower-ball, Parthiv goes for a pull but finds Shardul Thakur at mid-on.

Sundar gives just four from his first over.

MI - 7/0 after 2 overs.

Washington Sundar to share the new ball with Unadkat.

What a moment for the 17-year-old spinner!

Just three runs off the first over.

Great start by Unadkat!

First runs of the final.

Simmons takes a single after playing out three dot balls.

Lendl Simmons has taken guard, Jaydev Unadkat has the ball.

The umpire says 'Play'.

Here we go!

The red carpet has been put out.

The umpires are walking out on to the field.

The atmosphere in the stadium is electric!

Perfect setting for the big occasion. #CricketMeriJaan #IPLfinal #MI pic.twitter.com/IUuAswpZQW

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 21, 2017

MI XI: L Simmons, P Patel, RG Sharma, A Rayudu, K Pollard, H Pandya, K Pandya, M Johnson, K Sharma, J Bumrah, L Malinga

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 21, 2017

RPS XI: A Rahane, R Tripathi, S Smith, MS Dhoni, M Tiwary, D Christian, W Sundar, L Ferguson, A Zampa, S Thakur, J Unadkat

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 21, 2017

Both captain believe the wicket looks great and that batting first is the way to go.

Both teams are unchanged from the last match.

MI captain Rohit Sharma has won the toss and decided to bat!

The big day we've all been waiting for is finally here!

Hello and welcome to live commentary of the IPL 2017 final.

Tonight, Mumbai Indians take on the Rising Pune Supergiant at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.