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Though our campaign came to an early end, there were quite a few positives to take away from the season. Some results may not have gone our way but our batters played some terrific innings which took us to good totals.

Here, we take a look at some of them:

Ishan Kishan - 81* vs DC, Brabourne Stadium, March 27th

In our very first game of the season, the Pocket Dynamo shone with an explosive unbeaten 81 atop the order.

Opening the batting with skipper Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan sounded his intentions with a well-timed cover drive for a four off the second ball he faced. He then found the fence or went over it in each of the next three overs.

After a lean few overs, where we lost Rohit and Anmolpreet Singh, Ishan built a stand with Tilak Varma and then unleashed his attacking shots - the cuts, the drives and punches - once the foundation was laid again.

He brought up his fifty with a huge hit over mid-wicket and regularly found the ropes, even hitting two fours in the final over to end up with 81* and carry us to a healthy 177/5.

Tilak Varma - 61 vs RR, DY Patil Stadium, April 2nd

After an impressive cameo in his debut vs DC, Tilak Varma got his maiden fifty in our second game of the season against the Rajasthan Royals.

Walking in at no.4 in a chase of 194, Tilak began his innings by facing up to Ravichandran Ashwin and the duo would engage in a thrilling battle.

Tilak scored his first boundary off the night - a pulled six over deep backward square - off Ashwin. After starting slow, Tilak cut loose with a four and a six off Navdeep Saini before doing the same to the wily Yuzvendra Chahal.

Tilak continued to score a boundary in every over and brought up a half-century with a single off Chahal.

The shot of the night came in the 15th over as Tilak quickly changed his stance for a ball on middle and leg from Ashwin and whipped the reverse sweep with perfect timing over deep third’s head for six.

Though Ashwin got the better of him with a flighted delivery in the very next ball, Tilak’s audacious hits were good indicators of the season he was about to have.

Suryakumar Yadav - 68* vs RCB, MCA Stadium, April 9th

In just his second game of the season, Suryakumar Yadav brought us out of a collapse with some sparkling shots and stayed till the end to take us to a reasonable total.

After beginning with a fifty in his first match of the season against KKR, SKY walked in at no.4 against RCB and soon saw three partners disappear at the other end as RCB reduced us to 64/5.

He curbed his attacking instincts to stabilise the innings before beginning an assault in the 15th over.

SKY went inside-out over cover for six off left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed before sweeping him to the mid-wicket fence. He played the pulls and the unorthodox sitting sweeps to get closer to his fifty.

The peak of his innings came in the 19th over as SKY played a punch, flick and slice with each of those shots travelling over the ropes and he finished off the innings with a six over mid-wicket to take us to 151.

The innings showcased SKY’s range and temperament in tough situations.

Dewald Brevis - 49 vs PBKS, MCA Stadium, April 13th

Another youngster who had an impressive season, Dewald Brevis set the stage on fire with a glorious stroke-filled 49 against the Punjab Kings.

DB came out at no.3 in a big chase of 199 and struggled to counter the prodigious movement on offer initially. However, he survived it and took advantage when the bad balls came.

DB hit his first two boundaries, a punch and a drive, through the off-side in the final over of the powerplay to get going. He then pulled Odean Smith over mid-wicket for his first six of the night. Then came that unforgettable ninth over.

After good friend Tilak had taken a single first ball of Rahul Chahar, DB began his carnage. He began with a powerful four straight down the ground.

DB went the same route in the second ball, only this time the ball hit the sight screen on the full before dragging a sl0g-sweep over wide long-on.

Chahar responded by going fast and short but DB stood tall and nailed his pull again before finishing the over with the biggest hit of the lot, another slog-sweep over long-on.

DB fell just one short of a fifty but the lovely bat swing and the timing of his shots were a treat to watch and a sign of things to come.

Tim David - 46 vs SRH, Wankhede Stadium, May 17th

If anyone asked for the definition of a brutal innings, this knock by Tim David would probably make it to the top-five of that list.

Chasing 194, we were 123/3 in 14.1 overs, with 71 more runs needed in 35 balls and having just lost Tilak Varma. By the end of the over, Dan Sams had also fallen. Tim David, though, was unperturbed.

He began with two well-timed fours off T Natarajan and would change the course of the game against the SRH bowler.

At the start of the 18th over, we needed 45 runs in the last three overs. It was then that Tim David unleashed his fury.

Natarajn began with a wide, low full toss in a bid to keep it out of David’s arc but the big hitter used his long levers to hit a six over long-off. Another low full toss disappeared 98m behind square leg and the very next ball travelled just over those ropes.

The biggest hit came off the fifth ball as David absolutely launched into another full toss, sending it 114m over long-on. Unfortunately, David misjudged his shot off the last ball and was run-out.

The Wankhede stadium had got a new star during that unforgettable over.

These special performances by some new talents and some familiar, dependable batters ensures MI’s future is in good hands.