IPL 2017 Winners: Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians beat Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) in the tenth release of Indian Premier League (IPL) to snatch their third title on Sunday. Pune lost the match by 1 run.
The nail-biting match extended till the last ball as Mitchell Johnson took two wickets in the penultimate over. Pune commander Steven Smith hit 51 off 50 balls. Notwithstanding, he additionally played an irrersponsive shot and was gotten by Ambati Rayudu in the third chunk of the last over.
Prior in the day, Pune confined Mumbai Indians to 129 for eight in 20 overs. Pune bowlers made the Mumbai top-and middle order batsmen battle as they were left reeling at 79/7 in the fifteenth over.
Krunal Pandya's 47 and Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma's 24 helped the group put an aggregate of 129 on the board.
As Pune began pursuing the aggregate warily, the Mumbai Indian bowlers set up a splendid show. Jasprit Bumrah took MS Dhoni's wicket in the seventeenth over which turned the match for his group.
Pune required 11 keeps running from six balls to win the match. The accomplished Johnson left the Pune batsmen battling as he took Manoj Tiwary's wicket in the second ball and knocked off Smith in the following. Pune scored 128/6 in 20 overs.
