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Polly blitz helps MI mount 219-run chase

By Mumbai Indians

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23.33 PM IST: A 4-wicket victory, a run-chase down to the last ball. A 34-ball 87* from Pollard to save the day. He's done it for MI before, he did it again today. The man for the big ocassions, the power-hitter, MI's go-to man. Is there anything this guy can't do?

 

23.30 PM IST: 2 RUNS. Mumbai win the game! Ngidi delivers the yorker he's looking for. Polly jams it to the right of long on. The batters come back for the second run, it's close, but Dhawal is safely inside the crease. A sigh of relief for the Paltan, a big, proud smile on the captain's face!

 

23.28 PM IST: SIX! Another full toss from Ngidi. It is muscled over backward square leg for a six. Two needed off one ball. Pollard on strike.

 

23.27 PM IST: Dot. Single not taken. Pollard keeps strike. 8 needed off 2.

 

23.26 PM IST: FOUR! Attempted yorker, comes out as full toss, it is pulled to fine of short leg. 8 needed off 3 balls for the Men in Blue and Gold.

 

23.25 PM IST: FOUR! Pollard pushes the yorker from Ngidi between his legs to the boundary. He inside edges it to the right of deep square leg.

 

23.24 PM IST: Pollard is on strike. Ngidi bowls the last over. Starts off with a dot, doesn't take a possible single to keep strike. Pressure.

 

23.23 PM IST: Neesham is out. A low, outside off full-toss, Neesham aims to scoop it. He ends up hitting squarer and Thakur gets him at long leg. The equation is down to needing 16 off 6 balls. Dhawal Kulkarni is the new man in.

 

23.21 PM IST: Hardik goes. Curran's length isn't quite what he wanted, and Hardik gets a slot ball. He aims for a lofted drive, but slices it to right of long-off. Faf comes sliding in to hold on to the catch. James Neesham is the new man.

 

23.20 PM IST: Another SIX! Short, coming onto his body, he powers it over deep-square leg. 

 

23.19 PM IST: Hardik on strike. SIX! Clears long-off. Outside off ball, Hardik gets it off the bottom of his bat, but the power hitting helps the ball clear the fence.

 

23.18 PM IST: A wide and a dot to end the over. But Pollard's heroics have gotten the team 17 off this one. Equation down to 31 off 12 now. Polly did hit 5 sixes in twelve balls less than 10 overs ago. Can he do it again? Sam Curran to bowl now.

 

23.16 PM IST: DROPPED! Faf has dropped the Big Man at long-on. Short ball, outside off, Pollard approaches it with a flat bat but gets away with it.

 

23.15 PM IST: FOUR. A full ball, more like a yorker that didn't execute. Polly slaps it past the bowler. The long off cannot get to it. 10 runs from two balls, and MI inch closer to victory every ball.

 

23.14 PM IST: SIX! Outside off, but wrong length delivery from Thakur. It gets thumped over the bowler's head.

 

23.13 PM IST: A wide, short ball, and Polly tries to strike it. The umpire signals a wide, but CSK have reviewed for a caught behind. There is no ball on the bat, and it remains a wide.

 

23.12 PM IST: Hardik takes a single off the first ball off Thakur. Pollard on strike. MI need 47 off 17 now.

 

23.10 PM IST: Two overs. One wicket. Sam Curran has brought CSK to the front now. MI are at 171/4 with three overs to go. Pollard going strong at 56* (22).

 

23.06 PM IST: Krunal Pandya leaves after making 32 (23). This breaks the 89-run stand between the two KPs. He gets beaten by the pace of Curran's ball, which lands on his pads. His younger brother, Hardik Pandya, comes out to bat.

 

23.03 PM IST: Sam Curran comes back into the attack. A yorker from him to start the over, leading to a dot.

 

23.02 PM IST: Two singles and another FOUR from Krunal to end the over. Polly gets the strike for the 17th over. MI need 50 from 24 balls to seal the deal.

 

23.01 PM IST: FOUR. This time from Krunal again. Short, shoved down the leg side between Dhoni and short fine leg. 

 

22.59 PM IST: Krunal on strike. Dhoni doesn't want to give Polly spin. Ngidi comes in, but is hit for a six anyway.

 

22.58 PM IST: 23 runs from this big 15th over. 153/3 for Mumbai Indians. MI need 66 off 30 balls to win this game. It's getting exciting every second now.

 

22.57 PM IST: FOUR more. It's the norm now. Pulls a short, outside off delivery to square-leg boundary, and brings up a 17-ball FIFTY. This is the joint fastest fifty by an MI player, the fastest this season, and the fastest ever vs CSK.

 

22.56 PM IST: FOUR. The first is nicked between Dhoni and short third man. Polly swishes the outside off delivery past the keeper. 

 

22.51 PM IST: FOUR more runs immediately after that 103m six! Full and wide, Polly stretches and carves it to extra-cover. It sweetly meets the boundary ropes.

 

22.50 PM IST: SIX! Slot ball, and is given the treatment it deserves. Comes from the bottom of the bat. But it's thumped hard enough for the ball to land in the top tier. 

 

22.49 PM IST: A wide off the first ball from Thakur, and the partnership between the two KPs is worth 50 off 27 balls.

 

22.46 PM IST: Another SIX from the Big Man! A fullish ball, slanting in, but all Polly has to do is clear his front leg and swing the bat over long-on. He takes a single to end the over. Five sixes in the last 12 balls now. Strategic time-out is here, and at the end of the 14th over, MI is at 130/3.

 

22.44 PM IST: SIX! This time Polly's target area isdeep square leg. He reads the slower ball, waits for it and pulls it. A Polly magic is happening here.

 

22.43 PM IST: Lungi Ngidi comes into the attack. Three singles off the first three balls.

 

22.40 PM IST: SIXXX! Three sixes there. Angled at mid and leg stumps, and coming a little full, Polly whacks it over long-on. 20 runs come off that over! MI at 114/3 in 13 overs.

 

22.39 PM IST: Another SIX from Polly here! It lands in CSK's dugout. He hits the wide-ish ball with sheer power to clear the man at deep cover.

 

22.37 PM IST: Powered to a SIX! A wide ball, pitched up, Pollard makes more room for it, frees his hand and swings through the line to long-off.

 

22.36 PM IST: Jadeja continues his spell. Two singles off the first two balls. 

 

22.35 PM IST: 10 runs from that over from Thakur. A single from Pollard to keep the strike there. 94/3 in 12 overs for the Men in Blue and Gold.

 

22.32 PM IST: Shardul Thakur returns. Krunal welcomes him with a SIX! On length and angling away outside off, a solid shot to hoist it straight to the sightscreen.

 

22.31 PM IST: 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1 - Jadeja's over brings only 3 runs to MI. In 11 overs, it's 84/3 for the Mumbai Indians.

 

22.28 PM IST: Pollard is the new man in. Halfway through the second innings, MI are at 81/3. Jadeja comes in to bowl the 11th over.

 

22.26 PM IST: Moeen Ali comes into the attack, and has struck almost immediately. Four balls into his over, a fuller length delivery, dipping into the middle, is spooned back to Ali by Quinton. 

 

22.23 PM IST: Mumbai Indians end the 9th over with a double. They're at 80/2 with 11 overs remaining. New batsman Krunal Pandya and a set Quinton are at the crease.

 

22.22 PM IST: Yadav has to depart. Jadeja strikes in the fourth ball of the over. The batter nicks it and Dhoni snags a low catch. He departs at 3 (3).

 

22.19 PM IST: Jadeja comes into the attack. Starts off with two singles.

 

22.18 PM IST: Six runs and a wicket from the eighth over. At the end of the over, MI is at 74/1.

 

22.16 PM IST: Thakur gets Rohit, who has to depart for 35 (24). Rohit holes out to Gaikwad at sweeper cover. Rohit looks to pump it over extra-cover, but slices it to the fielder.

 

22.13 PM IST: Shardul Thakur comes into the attack. 

 

22.10 PM IST: 10 runs from that 7th over. The bowling team calls for a strategic time-out. MI stand at 68/0. Suryakumar Yadav is the new man in.

 

22.07 PM IST: FOUR! It's Quinny again, in the third ball of Chahar's third over. He flicks away a low full toss neatly through backward square leg.

 

22.05 PM IST: FOUR more runs! It's Quinton now. Short, outside offstump delivery is pulled very straight between Lungi and mid-on. Over ends with a single and Quinny will keep the strike. MI is at 58/0 at the end of the powerplay.

 

21.02 PM IST: A solid SIX from the Hitman to welcome the new bowler, Lungi Ngidi, in the sixth over! 75 meters, middled the slot ball, and launches it over mid wicket. Brings up the 50-run mark for the team.

 

21.01 PM IST: Deepak bowls a fine over for CSK. Gives away four singles, and MI have 44/0 in five overs. One more over for the powerplay to end. How much can they bring up in the next six balls?

 

21.58 PM IST: Chahar continues despite his struggle with his leg in the previous over.

 

21.56 PM IST: FOUR more! A slower cutter, onto the stumps from Curran, and is at hip height. He goes for a pull, mishits it, and it goes tantalisingly close to Moeen Ali at mid wicket before touching the boundary ropes. 10 runs from that over. MI are at 40/0 in 4 overs.

 

21.55 PM IST: FOUR! Rohit looks to swing that. He lands a leading edge and the ball runs away towards third man. 

 

21.53 PM IST: Curran comes back into the attack. Rohit starts off against him with a single.

 

21.52 PM IST: A SIX to fine leg by Quinton here. The ball went way too high. The batter walks across the stumps and scoops it straight behind the stumps. Comfortably gets the six. MI are at 30/0 in three overs. 

 

21.48 PM IST: Huge appeal for LBW for Rohit, he's given out. The question is if the ball is missing the leg stump. However, ultra edge shows an edge, and the MI captain is safe. It seemed like Rohit didn't know about the teeny tiny edge either, and was hoping it was outside leg when he reviewed it. Chahar is limping and looks hurt.

 

21.47 PM IST: Another four! Used the pace of the ball, and pushes it late past slip towards third man. Well played. 

 

21.46 PM IST: FOUR! Chahar is welcomed with a four, edged, wide of slip, but gives the team and Rohit much needed runs.

 

21.45 PM IST: Just three more runs off the rest of the over from Curran. MI starting the chase cautiously here.

 

21.41 PM IST: FOUR! Top shot, great wrist movement and good placement to send the ball to the third man boundary. The ball was a wide almost-yorker, but it was given a last minute treatment from the South African with favourable result.

 

21.40 PM IST: 8/0 in the first over for MI. It's Sam Curran who comes into the attack from the other end. 

 

21.36 PM IST: Quinton opens with a glorious boundary. A beautiful flick of the wrists from him pushes the ball away to backward square leg boundary.

 

21.35 PM IST: The Mumbai Indians openers have taken their place at the crease. Deepak Chahar will start the proceedings with the ball for CSK. 

 

21.25 PM IST: 219 is the mountain of runs MI has to climb today.

 

21.20 PM IST: 1, 1, 1w, 1, 0, 6, 4 - CSK end with 218/4. A mammoth total from them, and the Men in Blue and Gold have a task at hand going into the secon innings. 

 

21.15 PM IST: Kulkarni will bowl the final over here. Jadeja is on 20 off 20, Rayudu on 61 off 23. 

 

21.14 PM IST: 10 runs in that over. CSK go past 200, they're at 204/4 with six more balls to go. Bumrah has finished his most expensive IPL spell - 1/56.

 

21.11 PM IST: Bumrah has come to finish his quote of 4 overs. Starts off with a wide and a single.

 

21.10 PM IST: A six and four off two consecutive balls, and Rayudu brings up his fifty off 20 balls. The over ends with another six. Boult goes for 20 in his final over. CSK are at 194/4 in 18 overs. Who will come in to pull things back for MI?

 

21.05 PM IST: Boult is back to bowl his final over. 

 

21.04 PM IST: The over doesn't end there. It was a no-ball from that last ball off Bumrah. It's a free-hit now, and the ball goes for four. 21 from this over now.

 

21.03 PM IST: 1, 1, 4, 1w, 1, 2, 6 - A big over for CSK, this. Rayudu is sailing at 38*(16). CSK are at 169/4 with three more overs to go.

 

20.58 PM IST: Bumrah comes into the attack in over number 17. Starts off with a single from Jadeja.

 

20.57 PM IST: 17 runs from Dhawal's over, including two sixes off the last two balls by Rayudu. CSK have accelerated to 153/4 in 16 overs.

 

20.53 PM IST: Dhawal Kulkarni comes into the attack for the 16th over.

 

20.52 PM IST: Ten runs off Chahar's fourth over. He finishes with figures 4-0-32-0. At the end of the 15th over, CSK are at 136/4.

 

20.48 PM IST: Rahul Chahar comes into the attack after the strategic time-out. The last three overs from MI have brought them right back into the game. Good bowling to the rescue again.

 

20.43 PM IST: A boundary, three singles and a wide from that over. 126/4 for CSK at the end of the 14th over. At least Pollard's bowling has got Jadeja second guessing his shots.

 

20.40 PM IST: A HUGE appeal from Polly and co for an LBW for Jadeja at 1. The umpire has raised his finger, the batter reviews right away. However, the bat gets the ball before the pad, and it has pitched outside leg as well. Jadeja is safe for now.

 

20.39 PM IST: Pollard comes back into the attack! Rayudu takes a single off the first ball.

 

20.38 PM IST: Just two singles from that over, one each for Jaddu and Rayudu. Brakes have been applied by a superb over from Pollard. 

 

20.35 PM IST: Ravindra Jadeja and Ambati Rayudu are at the middle. Chahar returns to bowl the 13th over. CSk are at 116/4.

 

20.34 PM IST: Suresh Raina falls! Polly get's two in two! A cutter outside off, Raina looks to power it away with some pace of his own. He fails to middle it and heaves it to Krunal at deep midwicket instead. CSK have 3/4 in 8 balls.

 

20.33 PM IST: Du Plessis has to go for 50! Pollard bowls a slower ball, the batter lobs it in the air after going down on one knee behind the keeper. He doesn't get enough pace and Bumrah, running in from short fine leg, takes a fumbling catch. Both well set batsman for CSK have departed now.

 

20.32 PM IST: A single each from Raina and Faf, and the latter brings up a half-century in 27 balls.

 

20.30 PM IST: Kieron Pollard comes in. Starts off with a fuller delivery and gets clipped behind square leg for a single from Faf.

 

20.29 PM IST: Suresh Raina is the new man in. Despite a wicket, it's 17 from that over. CSK are at 112/2.

 

20.28 PM IST: OUT! Boom's strike sends Moeen Ali back to the hut. Coming from around the wicket, he came into the left hander. He manages just a dab and the keeper gobbles the ball up quickly. 

 

20.26 PM IST: Another six and four. Not going as per MI's plans here. Chant your lucky words, sit at your lucky place, Paltan, we need a wicket.

 

20.24 PM IST: Bumrah replaces Chahar. He comes in to bowl the 11th over. Du Plessis decides to start with a six.

 

20.23 PM IST: Moeen ends the over with two deliveries. A tedious one this, for MI. 18 runs from it. CSK are at 95/1 at the halfway mark.

 

20.19 PM IST: An almost-direct hit at the striker's end where Faf was scampering across for a run. He is short of reaching the crease, but it looks like Quinny's gloves hit the bails before the ball came to him. However, even after the ball landed in the keeper's gloves, the batter hasdn't made it to the crease. The final call is NOT OUT, since the stumps lit up before the ball reached Quinton.

 

20.17 PM IST: Jimmy Neesham is with the ball. Goes for a six over deep midwicket in the first delivery, slugged away by Moeen. He takes a single off the next ball and brings up his fifty.

 

20.15 PM IST: Three singles and du Plessis comes on strike to finish the over with a maximum on back foot over leg side. Big over for CSK, they get to 77/1 in 9 overs.

 

20.12 PM IST: Rahul Chahar continues his spell. A single off the first ball for Faf, but a six off the second for Ali. 

 

20.11 PM IST: 0, 6, 1, 1, 0, 0 - Eight runs from Jimmy's first over for MI. Good comeback from the Kiwi after that six. Although, he did drop a tough return catch off the fourth delivery. The final was a perfectly executed off-stump yorker too.

 

20.08 PM IST: MI debutant Jimmy Neesham comes into the attack. He starts off with a dot to Moeen Ali.

 

20.07 PM IST: 1, 0, 1 more from Chahar to finish the over. Keeping things tight, putting the batters under pressure, excellent stuff from the leggie in his first over. CSK are 53/1 in 7.

 

20.05 PM IST: 1, 0, 1 from his over so far. Two out of the three deliveries are googlies. 

 

20.03 PM IST: Rahul Chahar comes into the attack after the time-out. Time to watch what tricks this man have up his sleeve today.

 

19.59 PM IST: CSK are at 49/1 at the end of their powerplay. It's time for a strategic time-out.

 

19.58 PM IST: 0, 4, 0 from the next three balls. That boundary came off a yorker that became a lower full-toss, which is sent to backward leg. Krunal, the fielder there, overruns and allows a four. The next ball is a beautiful inswinging yorker that hits Ali's pad down the leg. 

 

19.56 PM IST: 1, 1, 1 from the first three balls. The last of them even came with a tiny runout scare for Moeen. A direct hit at the bowler's end almost got him. A replay shows he's safe. 

 

19.54 PM IST: Boult comes back to bowl his third over. 

 

19.53 PM IST: 0, 1, 0, 6, 1, 1 - Nine runs off Bumrah's first over today. That six was off a slower ball that was swung towards backward square leg by Moeen. 42/1 in 5 overs for CSK.

 

19.50 PM IST: Jasprit Bumrah comes in for Trent Boult. He starts from over the wicket and with a dot to du Plessis.

 

19.49 PM IST: Another dot and a last-ball four for CSK by Moeen Ali. They're at 33/1 in 4 overs.

 

19.47 PM IST: Beautiful bowling from Dhawal here. First, a slow bouncer angled across Moeen Ali. He is forced to retreat and drop his gloves. Next, a ball that was angling down the leg, but attacked the batsman with a surprise yorker.

 

19.45 PM IST: Dhawal Kulkarni comes back. Moeen gets a single off the first ball. Du Plessis gets another one off the next.

 

19.44 PM IST: A single and a dot to end the over. Chennai Super Kings are at 27/1 in three overs. 

 

19.42 PM IST: A six and a four from Moeen after being at 0 off four balls. While the first was sent away towards square leg, the four went towards mid-off.

 

19.40 PM IST: Boult continues his spell. Faf gets a single off the first ball. Moeen Ali, the new man in for the Men in Yellow, gets a dot.

 

19.39 PM IST: A single and a dot to finish the over. However, CSK will get 11 of it. 15/1 at the end of 2.

 

19.38 PM IST: 0, 6, 0 off the next three. Two more balls to go in the over.

 

19.35 PM IST: Dhawal Kulkarni is the new man with the ball. Du Plessis gets a four off the very first ball.

 

19.34 PM IST: One over done. Boult provides MI the perfect start. CSK are at 4/1.

 

19.32 PM IST: Trent Boult strikes! A four off the second ball, but has to walk back in the fourth ball. A ball somewhere between good lenght and full finds the bat face earlier than intended by Ruturaj. He gets a leading edge and Hardik gets an easy catch at backward point.

 

19.30 PM IST: The countdown has begun! Boult kicks off with a dot to Gaikwad.

 

19.28 PM IST: The Men in Blue and Gold trickle into the field, Trent Boult is marking his run-up, Ruturaj Gaikwad is ready to take strike and Faf du Plessis is his partner.

 

19.27 PM IST: The stage is set. The umpires are walking on to the field. The Mumbai Indians team is forming a huddle with the captain addressing the team. The CSK openeres have walked in as well.

 

19.25 PM IST: In case you missed the preview today, don't worry, we've got you covered. Click here to read it!

 

19.24 PM IST: A look at our Playing XI tonight:

 

19.20 PM IST: While we wait for the game to start, do leave a comment and tell us which city you're watching this game from -

 

19.15 PM IST: If rivarly and brotherhood were to be shown in one picture, here it is!

 

19.11 PM IST: Did you know, Dhawal took MI's first ever IPL wicket, way back in 2008! 13 years later, here he is, ready to cause the opposition more damage!

 

19.08 PM IST: Hey Jimmy, welcome to the Playing XI! 

 

19.05 PM IST: Chennai Super Kings' playing XI -

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar

 

19.04 PM IST: Mumbai Indians' playing XI -

Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, James Neesham, Rahul Chahar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult

 

19.02 PM IST: Two changes for the Men in Blue and Gold today:

 

19.00 PM IST: Mumbai Indians win the toss and choose to bowl first.

 

18.58 PM IST: It's MI vs CSK, Rohit vs Dhoni, Blue vs Yellow. The Chahar brothers are up against each other. They've been the highest wicket takers for their respective teams. Who else is excited?

 

18.55 PM IST: Exciting times for the Paltan, we get to see one more Kiwi in Blue and Gold today. James Neesham gets his cap today!

 

18.50 PM IST: It's 10 minutes to toss time! We miss the crowd cheering on for us in the stands of Wankhede! However, we urge you to stay home, and stay safe, for, we can feel your love all the way till here anyway!