Full Match Story of MI vs GL IPL 2016

In a nail-biter at the Wankhede arena, the Gujarat Lions inferior the Bombay Indians to register their third win in vivo IPL 2016. when opting to field and limiting the hosts to a modest 143-8, the guests required a composed, mature and nearly workman-like period from Aaron oscine bird to require them past the finish. The Lions got past the road off the last ball of their assigned twenty overs.

The guests started poorly losing the damaging Brendon McCullum within the second over. Skipper Suresh Raina and oscine bird sewn along a 53-run partnership to place the innings on course before the previous was pink-slipped for twenty seven. MI used this chance to squeeze in an exceedingly few tight overs; the Pandya brothers – Krunal and Hardik, and Jasprit Bumrah – bowled 5 tight overs assent solely twenty four runs, whereas conjointly learning 2 wickets.

When Akshdeep Nath was pink-slipped at the beginning of the seventeenth over, the Lions were left to attain thirty five runs from twenty three balls. Things became tighter once Mitchell McClenaghan smitten double within the penultimate over and conceded solely 2 runs.

The Lions required eleven from the last over. when learning 3 runs off the primary 2 balls, local-lad Dhawal Kulkarni picked up a boundary over middle off of the third delivery to bring the equation to four from 3 balls. It reduced to the guests needing one off the ultimate delivery, and Aaron oscine bird punctually place away a Jasprit Bumrah short delivery to the midwicket boundary.

The Lions ought to be glad to oscine bird, WHO reined in his instincts and vie in an exceedingly manner that doesn’t return naturally to him, however most significantly ensured the task was done. The Australian, WHO observed his period off forty six balls, was troubled by cramps; however he battled through that, soaked within the pressure of the run-chase and took his team past the finish. He was terribly severe on any dimension offered or on something that was banged in brief by the MI bowlers. Finch, in conjunction with his winning hit, remained unconquered on sixty seven from fifty four balls, embellished with seven boundaries and a six.

For the house aspect, McClenaghan was the foremost in bowler; he came with figures of four for twenty one, this despite bowling one over within the Powerplay amount and 2 of the last four overs. Bumrah (2-32) and Krunal (1-20) were the opposite wicket-takers.

Earlier within the evening, when being place in to bat, the Bombay Indians ne'er very came to terms with the pitch, one on that the ball cared-for stop on the batsmen every now and then. Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya were pink-slipped in similar fashion – actuation a back of a length delivery to the fielder at square-leg at intervals the circle.

Jos Buttler (16), batting at four, and Parthiv Patel applied well shortly, adding thirty two runs. however in a trial to push the grading rate, Buttler reduced the track somewhat too early, giving enough time for Shadab Jakati to fireplace the ball down the leg-side; Dinesh Karthik punctually completed the electioneering.

Things went from unhealthy to worse once poor selection of shots from Kieron Pollard and Parthiv Patel – WHO was pink-slipped within the 30s once more – saw MI slump to seventy seven for five. once Harbhajan Singh and Ambati Rayudu (20) were pink-slipped within the sixteenth and seventeenth overs, it appeared the house aspect would be bowled out for underneath a hundred.

However, debutant Krunal Pandya and Tim Southee chanced their arms and threw caution to the winds. Krunal hit 3 boundaries and remained unconquered on twenty, whereas Southee hit 2 sixes and a boundary in his 11-ball twenty five. The 42-runs supplementary by Krunal and Southee was the very best partnership for the hosts. MI supplementary {43|forty 3} runs within the final three overs and as a result finished their twenty overs at a good 143-8.

Given however shut the match finished up being, one needs to recount the sensible piece of fielding by Akshdeep Nath within the last ball of MI’s innings; the juvenile person, patrolling the boundary, parried associate air-borne ball back to the sphere of play and save four crucial runs.

For the guests, Dhawal Kulkarni and Pravin Tambe picked up the key wickets; Kulkarni, taking part in his initial game of the season – however within the acquainted surrounds of his surround – pink-slipped Rohit and Hardik and finished with spectacular figures of 4-1-19-2, whereas Tambe (2-0-12-2) accounted for the dismissals of a strong Parthiv and Pollard. Praveen Kumar was once more spectacular, although he didn't get any wickets. Shadab Jakati (1-13), James Faulkner (1-40) and Dwayne Bravo (1-39) were the opposite wicket-takers.

Result:

Mumbai Indians 143-8 in 20.0 Overs (Parthiv Patel 34, Dhawal Kulkarni 2-19, Pravin Tambe 2-12) lost to Gujarat Lions 147-7 in 20.0 Overs (Aaron Finch 67*, Mitchell McClenaghan 4-21)

Man of the Match: 

Aaron Finch, for his match-winning 67*.