IPL 2017 Live Cricket Score of the cricket match between Rising Pune Supergiant and Mumbai Indians.
Rising Pune Supergiant host Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League 2017 contest in Pune on Thursday. It wasn’t a good opening season for Pune in 2016 and their new skipper Steve Smith, would hope for a change in fortunes this year. Whereas Mumbai Indians will be led by Rohit Sharma, who is making a return to cricket after an injury.
Pune’s Playing XI: Rahane, Agarwal, Smith, Tiwary, Dhoni, Stokes, Bhatia, D Chahar, Zampa, Tahir, Dinda. MI XI: RG Sharma, P Patel, A Rayudu, K Pollard, N Rana, J Buttler, H Pandya, K Pandya, M McClenaghan, T Southee, J Bumrah
Pune go ahead with two leg-spinners Adam Zampa and Imran Tahir. The other overseas player in Smith-led unit is Ben Stokes. Mumbai Indians are heavy on batting and could be a bowler short. Overseas players are McClenaghan, Southee, Buttler and Pollard
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The most expensive player this season Ben Stokes comes into the attack. He has achieved a lot for England in his career so far and would be hoping to do the same with Pune
Buttler picks the length early and hits Stokes all the way for the first maximum SIX of the innings. He makes the early move and scoops Stokes over the keeper for another six. This is some batting by the right-hander
HERE IS THE 1ST WICKET GONE: After conceding a boundary first ball, Tahir cleans up Parthiv round his legs. And, takes off for his trademark celebration. Mumbai 45/1
Buttler gives himself a little bit of room and finds the gap on the off-side. Brings up the FIFTY for Mumbai Indian with a boundary
Rohit Sharma comes out to bat and joins Buttler. Mumbai have the start they would have wanted and it’s now on the middle-order to make most of t
ANOTHER WICKET GONE: This time Imran Tahir give a magic delivery to Rohit Sharma. No footwork at all by the Mumbai Indians’ skipper. He walks back, MI 61/2
WICKET! Tahir attacks the stumps again and traps Buttler in front. Replays suggest there was bat involved there but the umpire didn’t spot. MI 62/3
Mumbai now need a steady stand. Nitish Rana and Ambati Rayudu are the two new men in the middle of the Overs. Both are balancing the game
SIX! Slightly short ball from Zampa and Rana pulls it all the way for a maximum. The left-hander clears the biggest part of the ground
WICKET! The slower one from Bhatia and Rayudu hits it straight which came back to the bowler. Now MI are struggling at 92/4
SIX! What a way to bring up 100. Stokes into his third over, bowls in Rana’s region and gets punished. He sends this one into the stand and Mumbai cross 100 run mark.
WICKET! Mumbai continue to lose their grip as Rajat gets Krunal. Pandya tries to go for a biggie but ends up finding Dhoni. Easy catch for ‘Captain Cool’. Mumbai 108/5
Kieron Pollard is the new batsman in and Mumbai need fireworks from the dangerous right-hander
Tahir hits Pollard on the pads, loud shout but the umpire doesn’t move. Dhoni signals for the DRS but it’s not being used in the IPL…..
Pollard goes hard at that one and it races to the ropes. Zampa had no time to react there. Almost knocked him over on that occasion. Mumbai Indians are 120/5.
WICKET! Rana sweeps Zampa but hits it straight to Bhatia who makes no mistake on this occasion. The left batsman departs.MI 125/6
SIX! Flat Six from Pollard and it goes all the way. MI need the big man to fire on today. Still not enough runs on the board
Pollard clearly struggling after Tahir’s throw hit him on his right elbow. He has some bandage on but not looking at ease in the middle. MI 140/6 in the 18th over of the innings
WICKET! Pawan Negi takes a stunning low catch in the deep to get rid of dangerous Kieron Pollard. Mumbai Indians need a special effort to finish well here, 146/7
SIX! After missing the slower one, Southee gets hold of the next delivery and hits it clean, and big, for a maximum. Sweet sound as the ball met the bat
SIX! Pandya joins the act now as he launches one into the stands. Big big six that by the right-hander. Good start to the 20th over by Mumbai
SIX! TWO MORE…Pandya hits Dinda for three sixes on the trot, four in a row for Mumbai Indians. Momentum on their side now
Consecutive Boundaries: 6 6 6 4 6 W (wd) 1. Hardik Pandya punishes Dinda in the 20th, helps MI post 184/8 against RPS in Pune
Rising Pune Supergiant batting Performances
FOUR! Pune Supergiant begin their chase with a four. Mayank Aggarwal gets an outside edge as the ball rushes towards the boundary line
Rahane hits Pandya for the third boundary in the second over. Classy batting by the right-hander. Rising Pune Supergiants 23/0 after two overs
SIX! Short from Southee and Rahane pulls it all the way for a maximum. The opener races to 22 off just 12, gets Pune off to flying start
1ST WICKET! Change in bowling works for Mumbai as their most successful bowler last season McClenaghan strikes first ball. Agarwal miscues one to Rohit in the ring, Pune 35/1
FOUR! That has been smashed hard…Steve Smith opens the full face of that bat and the ball just races away to the new corner
SIX! Rahane is on fire…He smashes one out of the park and a short delivery from McClenaghan has been dispatched over third man boundary…He is unstoppable at the moment in the Ground.
Short from Pandya, Rahane takes his eyes off the ball but manages to split the fielders in the deep. Brings up his FIFTY off 27 balls – his fastest IPL fifty
WICKET! GONE….! It takes something more than brilliant for Nitish Rana to dismiss Rahane. Rahane plays a pull shot, Rana standing at the boundary line makes a complete dive to pluck a smart catch. Pune 93/2, there is a lot of batting to come.
DROPPED! Oh My God.! Rana makes a mess. After taking a blinder, now he drops an easy one at deep square leg after Smith went for another four.
SIX! Smith gets hold of that one and launches it into the stands. He is doing it in style for Pune
DROPPED! Southeee drops a sitter in the deep, Dhoni survives. Big last over coming up as Pune now need 13 off 6 balls. Pune 158/3, need 27 from the last three overs
Pollard to bowl the last over of the innings. He starts well as he concedes a single off the first ball
Smith hits consecutive sixes to seal the game for Pune, with a ball to spare. The hosts start their campaign with an emphatic win
Rising Pune Supergiant win by 7 wickets! There was some unnecessary drama at the end, but Steve Smith, with a brilliant captain’s knock has taken his side home. What an unbelievable knock from Smith.
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