Lendl Simmons was awarded 'man of the match' for his match-winning knock of 76 off 51 balls
14.4 overs- 139/1
Finally! Hussey gets caught; scores 60 off 40 balls.
14 overs- The unstoppable duo almost seemed to have pledged to hand Mumbai a ten wicket win as they produce a 131/0.
Lendl Simons- 50 off 40 balls, Hussey- 45 off 32 balls
12 overs- 102/0
10 overs- 77/0
Opposition bowling attack still not able to break the Simmons-Hussey partnership.
8 overs- 56/0
6 overs- 39/0
Michael Hussey- 21 off 21
Lendl Simmons- 13 off 15
5 overs- 33/0
Mumbai Indians- 4 overs- 28/0
Innings break
Southern Express set Mumbai Indians a target of 162 in 20 overs.
Farveez Maharoof- 41 off 22 balls
Dilruwan Perera- 0 off 1 ball
20 overs- 161/6
WICKET- Express lose the sixth wicket. Angelo Perera 28 off 28 balls b Malinga
17 overs- A dismal 17th over as fielding errors exposed the chink in the armour for the Mumbai side. 123/5. A costly over as 13 runs were given away in this over.
15 overs- 102.5
WICKET- And the mix-up leads to a run-out. Ojha dislodges the bails to dismiss Prasanna 15 (7). 13.2 overs-90/5
13 overs- 89/4
11 overs- 65/4
10.5 overs- 65/4.
WICKET- Jehan Mubarak 16 off 14 balls. Pragyan Ojha claims his first victim.
9 overs- 50/3
8 overs- 47/2
WICKET: Yashodha Lanka c Rayudu b Pollard 9
7 overs- 39/1. That was a dear over as Gopal gave away 12 runs.
Mumbai experiment with leg spinner Shreyas Gopal.
6 overs- 27/1
5 overs- 19/1. Malinga gives a mere two runs as the batsmen still looked a bit unsettled.
Slinga Malinga has been just brought in to add more teeth to the Mumbai bowling attack
4 overs- 17/0
WICKET: 3.5 overs-13/1. After much contemplation is given OUT! MDKJ Perera c Gopal b Bumrah 8
3 overs- 8/0
2 overs- 8/0
21-year-old Jasprit Bumrah has been brought in to trouble the Express batsmen.
1 overs- 4/0
Harbhajan Singh opens the bowling attack for Mumbai. The turbunator looking to weave his magic.
TOSS- Mumbai Indians have won the toss and chosen to bowl first
The match will be played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur at 8:00 pm IST.
Mumbai Indians Squad
KA Pollard*, CJ Anderson, JJ Bumrah, M de Lange, S Gopal, Harbhajan Singh, MEK Hussey, P Kumar, SL Malinga, SH Marathe, PP Ojha, AT Rayudu, Jalaj S Saxena, LMP Simmons, AP Tare†
Southern Express Squad
J Mubarak*, N Dickwella†, MD Gunathilaka, WMC Jayampathi, HIA Jayaratne, AKKY Lanka, HUK Madushanka, MF Maharoof, SS Pathirana, AK Perera, MDK Perera, MDKJ Perera, S Prasanna, TN Sampath, PADLR Sandakan