IPL 2017 Final MI vs RPS Result, Winner, Highlights: Mumbai script incredible win over Pune

The last over of IPL10 was perhaps the most exciting of the tournament. Two wickets of the first two balls, a dropped catch, and finally a fumble and a runout of the last ball. Pune needed 11 of the last over with seven wickets still in hand, and captain Steve Smith at the crease. Mitchell Johnson defended that for Mumbai.

Bumrah bags big wicket

Jasprit Bumrah bagged the key wicket of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who nicked behind to be caught by Parthiv Patel for 10.

Pune made a surprise move by promoting veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni to No. 4 ahead of Manoj Tiwary but the ‘Finisher’ failed to finish the game leaving the match wide open.

MI tighten screws in middle overs

Mitchell Johnson ignited MI’s hopes with the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane for 44, with Kieron Pollard taking a brilliant catch at long-on.

MI’s bowlers staged a great comeback with the ball in the middle overs. Pune relied mainly on the singles and twos before the wicket of Rahane dented them. They managed to score only 25 runs in the five overs between over No. 10 to 15.

MI managed to push the required run rate above 9 with Pune needing 47 from the last five overs for victory.

Rahane, Smith knocks in vain

At one stage, RPS looked set for a comfortable win, with Rahane (44) and Smith (51) consolidating the innings. In the 12th over, RPS were 71 for 1, when they lost Rahane. Smith soldiered on and kept Pune in the hunt. A six of the second last ball of the 19th over and a brace of the last ball left Pune with 11 to get in the last over. Unfortunately for Pune, that was one too many.

11.48 pm: And that's the end of the match. Excellent last over by Mitchell Johnson, getting 2 wickets and conceding just 9 runs. Mumbai Indians win by 1 run.

Score: 128/ 6, 20 overs

11.47 pm: WICKET! Sundar run out off the last ball trying to run a third run.

11.41 pm: WICKET! Johnson does it again, gets Smith out this time. Smith was looking to clear the extra-cover boundary but found the fielder in the deep.

11.38 pm: WICKET! Johnson strikes, gets Tiwary out caught at long-off. Pune now need 7 runs off the last 4 balls.

11.34 pm: Steve Smith spoils an otherwise great over by Bumrah by hitting him for a six off the fifth ball. Pune now need 11 runs to win off the last over.

Score: 119/3, 19 overs

11.33 pm: SIX! A much-needed one that by Steve Smith, Hoists one over long-off and clears easily.

11.29 pm: A very tight over that by Malinga, concedes just 7 runs. Pune now need 23 runs to win off the last 2 overs.

Score: 107/3, 18 overs

11.21 pm: Brilliant over by Bumrah, conceding just 3 runs off it and picking up the crucial wicket of Dhoni. Pune now need 30 in the last three overs

Score: 100/3, 17 overs

11.17 pm: WICKET! Bumrah does it again! Bowls one close to Dhoni's body, cramping him fo room. MSD edges one and Parthiv pouches it.

11.14 pm: Expensive over that by Krunal Pandya with 14 runs coming off it. Both Dhoni and Smith are looking comfortable. Pune now need, 33 runs in the last 4 overs.

Score: 97/2, 16 overs

11.12 pm: SIX! That has to be the shot of the match. Smith picks Krunal Pandya's line early and reverse sweeps him for six over square leg.

11.06 pm: Six runs off that over by Malinga. Pune now need 47 to win from the last five overs. Required run rate has now climbed to over 9 runs an over.

Score: 83/2, 15 overs

11.00 pm: Another tight over by Krunal Pandya, giving away just 4 runs. The required run rate for Pune is now climbing, with them needing 53 in the last 6 overs to win.

Score: 77/2, 14 overs

10.55 pm: End of a very good over by Karn Sharma, gives away just 2 runs off it.

Score: 73/2, 13 overs

10.51 pm: End of a very effective over by Johnson, gets the crucial wicket of Rahane and gives away just 6 runs.

Score: 71/2, 12 overs

10.50 pm: WICKET! Finally Mumbai get one. Rahane does not pick the slower one from Johnson and lobs one up to long-off. Good catch by Pollard, diving forward.

10.45 pm: Seven runs off that over from Krunal Pandya. Runs are coming way too easily for RPS now and Mumbai are letting themselves down in the field.

Score: 65/1, 11 overs

10.40 pm: Good bowling by Johnson, conceding eight runs of the over.

Score: 58/1, 10 overs

10.35 pm: Brilliant bowling by Karn Sharma, giving away just 2 runs in that over. Mumbai really need wickets though.

Score: 50/1, 9 overs

10.31 pm: Only five runs off that Bumrah over but the batsmen are now getting singles easily.

Score: 48/1, 8 overs

10.28 pm: Five runs off that over by Karn Sharma. Mumbai really need to take wickets soon to put Pune in any kind of pressure.

Score: 43/1, 7 overs

10.23 pm: End of an another tight over by Malinga. Six runs off the over, including a boundary. That's the end of the mandatory powerplay.

Score: 38/1, 6 overs

10.19 pm: Nine runs off that over from Karn Sharma, including a boundary.

Score: 32/1, 5 overs

10.15 pm: Excellent over first up by the experienced Malinga, conceding just 2 runs off it. Almost got Rahane out at cover but Krunal Pandya dropped a sitter.

Score: 23/1, 4 overs

10.10 pm: That was a good over for Mumbai, who get their first wicket. 7 runs off the over.

Score: 21/1, 3 overs

10.08 pm: WICKET! Bumrah strikes! Takes Tripathi by surprise and beats him for pace. The ball hits Tripathi's pads before hitting his bat and the umpire thinks it will go on and hit the stumps. Haw-eye shows the ball might be missing the stumps though.

10.05 pm: Eight runs off that over, including four leg byes. RPS openers looking solid.

Score: 14/0, 2 overs

9.59 pm: End of a decent first over by Krunal Pandya. Six runs off it.

Score: 6/0, 1 over

9.56 pm: The RPS openers Ajinkya Rahane and Rahul Tripathi are now making their way to the middle.

9.41 pm: And that's the end of the innings, with Krunal Pandya skying one to Rahane. Good hand from the young man. Mumbai, who lost their way early on, have come back well in the last three overs, thanks to him. But will it be enough to pose a threat to Pune?

Score: 129/8, 20 overs

9.38 pm: SIX! Krunal Pandya goes after it again and sends one sailing over the long-on boundary. Much needed runs these for Mumbai.

9.36 pm: End of a decent over and a fantastic spell by Unadkat. 10 runs off that over.

Score: 115/7, 19 overs

9.35 pm: SIX! Krunal hits that one hard and long over cow corner.

9.31 pm: Good over for Mumbai; score 13 off the over, including a six and a four.

Score: 105/7, 18 overs

9.28 pm: SIX! That's a fantastic shot by Johnson. Picks up a short one outside off stump and sends it over the long-on boundary.

9.26 pm: Fantastic over by Unadkat, an exhibition of how to vary pace while bowling at the death. Six runs off it.

Score: 92/7, 17 overs

9.21 pm: Five runs off that over by Christian. Mumbai should now be looking to get as many as they can in the last four overs.

Score: 86/7, 16 overs.

9.17 pm: Another tight over by Shardul, conceding just 2 runs off it. Mumbai under tremendous pressure now.

Score: 81/7, 15 overs

9.10 pm: WICKET! It's pandemonium out there. Karn Sharma edges one to Christian, who drops it, but manages to run him out anyway. Good work by bowler Shardul Thakur.

9.09 pm: End of an excellent over by Dan Christian. Picks up a crucial wicket and concedes just 3 runs.

Score: 79/6, 14 overs

9.05 pm: WICKET! Christian strikes, finds Hardik Pandya's pads right in front of the stumps. That's plumb!

9.03 pm: End of a decent over by Zampa, who has now finished 3 of his 4 over quota.

Score: 76/5, 13 overs

9.01 pm: SIX! New batsman Hardik Pandya gets one under his bat from Zampa and sends it into the stands.

9.00 pm: Another fantastic over by Washington Sundar, conceding just 1 run off it. Pune in complete control now.

Score: 66/5, 12 overs

8.57 pm: Great over by Zamapa, conceding 9 runs and picking up 2 crucial wickets of Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard.

Score: 65/5, 11 overs

8.56 pm: WICKET! Zampa strikes again and this time it is Pollard. Hoists one towards the long-off boundary but doesn't get the elevation right. Good catch.

8.52 pm: WICKET! Zampa strikes and that's the end of Rohit Sharma. The skipper was looking good before finding Thakur inches away from the boundary. Good catch.

8.51 pm: Mumbai: First 10

Mumbai Indians failed to make most of winning the toss, losing early wickets to find themselves struggling on 56 for three in 10 overs against Rising Pune Supergiant in the final of IPL-10 in Hyderabad.

Jaydev Unadkat gave Pune a dream start with two wickets in his second over -- that of Parthiv Patel and Lendl Simmons.

Ambati Rayudu (12) was run out by a direct hit from Pune captain Steve Smith as MI struggled to get partnerships going in the first half of their innings.

Unadkat’s vital early strikes!

Jaydev Unadkat struck twice in his second over, using the change of pace to good effect.

The left-arm pacer dismissed both the openers with Parthiv Patel was dismissed for four after he mishit a slower ball to mid-on.

Lendl Simmons (3) caught and bowled courtesy of a brilliant return catch by the left-arm pacer to leave MI shell-shocked.

Unadkat bowled a magnificent spell of two for five in two overs.

MI struggle in Powerplay

Off-spinner Washington Sundar built up the pressure quite well from the other end with a couple of tight overs.

However, MI captain Rohit Sharma hit four boundaries in the sixth over off Lockie Ferguson to inject some life into his team. Just 16 runs came from the first five overs, before Rohit doubled the score in one single to take the score to 32 for two in six overs.

8.50 pm: A boundary off the last ball by Krunal spoils an otherwise great over by Sundar. Six runs off that one.

Score: 56/3, 10 overs

8.44 pm: Another tight over by Mumbai, just 4 from it. Its time for the strategic time-out.

Score: 50/3 9 overs

8.40 pm: End of a good, tight over by Lockie Ferguson, just 5 runs off it.

Score: 46/3, 8 overs

8.37 pm: WICKET! Rayudu hits one to mid-off and looks to steal a quick single, and it doesn't come off the way he would have hoped for. Great direct hit by Pune skipper Steve Smith!

8.33 pm: Good over for the Mumbai Indians, 9 runs off it including a boundary by Rayudu.

Score: 41/2

8.30 pm: That's an expensive over by Lockie Ferguson, given the circumstances. Four boundaries off that over, and all of them by Rohit Sharma, who looks to be great nick. End of the mandatory powerplay.

Score: 32/2

8.28 pm: Last over of the powerplay now and Rohit Sharma is looking to show something for it. 2 back-to-back boundaries for the skipper now.

8.25 pm: End of the 5th over, five runs off it. Tight one by Shardul Thakur first up.

Score: 16/2

8.20 pm: Another fantastic over by young Sundar, gives away just 2 runs. Mumbai Indians under a lot of pressure now.

Score: 11/2

8.16 pm: Just 2 runs off that over and as many wickets. Great start by Pune's opening bowlers, conceding just 9 off the first three overs.

Score: 9/2

8.15 pm: WICKET! Stunning catch by Unadkat off his own bowling, picks it up millimeters from the ground. Both Mumbai openers have now been sent back to the pavilion.

8.12 pm: WICKET! Unadkat strikes and that's the end of Parthiv's scratchy and brief stay at the crease. Lobs one up to mid-on, easy catch.

8.10 pm: This is a very good start by Sundar and Pune. Just 4 runs off the over. Mumbai find themselves under pressure two overs into the match.

Score: 7/0

8.05 pm: A very, very good start by Unadkat, exactly what the skipper would have wanted him to do. Just 3 runs off that first over

Score: 3/0

7.30 pm:

Likely teams:

Mumbai Indians: Lendl Simmons, Parthiv Patel (w/k), Rohit Sharma (captain), Nitish Rana, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah.

Rising Pune Supergiant: Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Tripathi, Steven Smith (captain), Manoj Tiwary, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (w/k), Dan Christian, Washington Sundar, Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Adam Zampa.

7.10 pm:

Team News

Mumbai Indians could bring in Nitish Rana in place of Ambati Rayudu, who failed in the last two games, to strengthen their batting.

If Mitchell McClenaghan recovers in time, he could walk straight into the side in place of Mitchell Johnson.

Pune have a well-settled combination and, barring injury issues, it is highly unlikely that they will make any changes to their winning combination.

6.55 pm:

The key players in today's IPL final are:

Ajinkya Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane has proved to be a thorn in the flesh for Mumbai Indians. He may have not scored many runs in this season’s IPL, but he certainly reserved his best for Mumbai, hitting two half-centuries in the three matches against them.

On a difficult wicket in Bengaluru in Qualifer 1, he rallied Pune after the loss of a couple of early wickets. His solid knock of 56 in that outing should give him a lot of confidence going into the title clash.

Steve Smith

Steven Smith’s captaincy was critical to Pune’s revival in the second half of the tournament. It saw them storm into the final by winning six of their last seven games.

The Aussie smashed a match-winning 84 from 54 balls in Pune’s first game against Mumbai, but hit a lean patch thereafter. Without a fifty in his last seven innings, he will be itching to get back among the runs.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

He will be playing his seventh IPL final and eyeing his third crown in the competition. No one knows more about performing in big finals than the ever-reliable Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He led India to two World Cup titles and Chennai Super Kings to successive IPL title triumphs in 2010 and 2011.

He may have been dropped as captain, but he’s played an active role out in the field, taking the lead in setting fields, often discussing with the bowlers and captain Smith on how to bowl and contain the opposition.

He played a match-turning knock in the Qualifier 1 match against Mumbai, hitting a quickfire 40 from 26 balls, which proved crucial in the final analysis. He is keen on adding another major title to his kitty.

Jaydev Unadkat

Jaydev Unadkat’s stock rose rapidly as the IPL progressed. Currently second in the wicket-taking list with 22 wickets in 11 games, at a strike rate of 11, he is the bowler to watch out in this battle between the teams from Maharashtra.

Not only does he pick wickets with the new ball, but is also is very good with the older one with his deadly change of pace. He has claimed 16 wickets in the end overs, second only to Sunrisers Hyderabad's Bhuvneshwar Kumar this season, at an average 8.68.

Parthiv Patel

Mumbai Indians will be relying on Parthiv Patel to give them another rollicking start in the early overs. Once he gets going, he is capable of taking apart any attack. He’s been consistent this season, scoring 391 runs in 15 matches.

Jasprit Bumrah

He is easily the best bowler in T20 cricket, capable of doing damage at any stage of the innings, be it at the start or death. In the Qualifier 2 match, he sent KKR tumbling as he registered sensational figures of three for seven in three overs, including a maiden.

Pune will need to come up with a strategy to counter the threat of Bumrah if they are to challenge Mumbai with the bat.

This year he has already taken 18 wickets from 15 games and is the player to watch out for in the final.

Karn Sharma

Karn Sharma has grown in confidence in the last couple of weeks. The pressure of keeping out Harbhajan Singh hasn’t bothered the leg-spinner who bowled a match-winning spell of four for 16 against KKR in Qualifier 2.

With Pune having all right-handers in their top six, Karn has a huge role to play with the ball in the final.

6.46 pm: Face to face:

Pune are the only team to have completed a double over Mumbai in the league this year. In fact, they went a step further by outclassing the two-time champions in the Qualifier 1 match to advance to the final.

In the first meeting between the two teams in Pune, the hosts chased down a huge 185 for victory, while in the next, at the Wankhede, Pune did well to defend 160 in a thrilling finish.

In the Qualifier 1 match, Pune’s bowlers again rose to the occasion as Mumbai finished with 142 for nine, after being set 163 for victory.

6.23 pm: The odds for today's MI vs RPS match are:

Rising Pune Supergiant 6/5; Mumbai Indians 4/6

6.20 pm: Face to face:

Pune are the only team to have completed a double over Mumbai in the league this year. In fact, they went a step further by outclassing the two-time champions in the Qualifier 1 match to advance to the final.

In the first meeting between the two teams in Pune, the hosts chased down a huge 185 for victory, while in the next, at the Wankhede, Pune did well to defend 160 in a thrilling finish.

In the Qualifier 1 match, Pune’s bowlers again rose to the occasion as Mumbai finished with 142 for nine, after being set 163 for victory.

6.16 pm: The match starts at 8 pm IST.

6.10 pm: The Supergiant go into the final with much confidence, having been the only team to outclass David Warner’s Sunrisers Hyderabad at their home venue -- the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium in Hyderabad, which is also the venue for the final.

Mumbai Indians were beaten by the Sunrisers by seven wickets at the same venue.

Interestingly, in both the games, the teams did not cross the 150-run mark, with the pacers doing well to check the flow of runs.

Another point to note is: teams batting first won five out of seven games at the venue this year, which should make the outcome of the toss interesting.

6.06 pm: For Pune, this could well be their last appearance as their IPL contract is only for two years, and Steve Smith’s boys would be keen to sign off as champions of the world’s biggest T20 competition.

6.00 pm: The formidable Mumbai Indians have their task cut out against a side they have lost thrice to in this tournament. But Mumbai have history on their side – they made the final four times, in 2010, 2013 and 2015, all against Chennai Super Kings, and have won it in 2013 and 2015.