That is that, fellas. Many thanks for tuning in. We will be looking forward to your company tomorrow as well. Until then, this is Deivarayan Muthu slithering into the darkness.

Harbhajan Singh, Man of the Match: Especially in the Wankhede you have to slow it up. I am just trying to use my experience and take the chances whatever I can do to the best of my ability. Yuvraj and me have been playing since Under-12 days. I was looking to drag him into a big drive. I need to score a few more runs to count myself as a allrounder. I played a bad shot and I should have given myself some ten balls. I was playing too many shots. Next time, I will do better.

Rohit Sharma: Actually, we kept it very simple and we wanted to concentrate on the process. We want to take every game at a time. We just want to concentrate on what we can do to win the game. Eventually, getting the two points was important. To be honest, it [thundershowers] is quite unusual at this time of the year. I had a piece of paper to see where we stood at that point. We lost four wickets upfront and we had a very good partnership and Polly finished it in the end. Harbhajan was turning the ball to the left-handed batsman and that was the plan. To give away only 11 runs and take two wickets was magical. We should keep moving forward.

JP Duminy: The ball was not that wet. We picked early wickets but they set the game up for Pollard. We did not hit the yorkers as well as we would have liked. There is still four games to go. We have to keep our heads up and keep focussing on the next game. I thought Yuvraj played well and that's a big positive for us. There is still a long way to go. 170-175 would have been par but to take it to the last over with that score was a good effort."

12:25am: Pollard pumps his first and so does Rayudu. Rohit Sharma is pumped in the Mumbai dug out and the Wankhede crowd roars. Good camaraderie as the players exchange handshakes.

Mumbai's chase wobbled either side of the rain break and were behind the Duckworth-Lewis par score but Rayudu combined well with Rohit in a measured 60-run stand setting it up for Pollard, who struck some lusty blows to push the hosts into the top half of the table.

Maulik: "Very well composed innings from Ambati.. !! "

chandujonty: "MI 4th win in a row.jumps to 4 place in the points table.Just like the last season."

Raj: "Everyone talking about Pollard winning it for them, but in that last wicket partnership, Rayadu scored equal amount of runs at a faster pace than Pollard!!! Nice setup earlier and a flourish at the end by Ambati...

Mithun Chakrav: "MI was on bottom of table after their 5 matches, but after 10 matches, they are 4th in table. MI peaking at right time. Hope they make into play off"

19.3
1
Imran Tahir to Pollard, 1 run, Fourth win on the trot for Mumbai Indians.They continue their surge and jump to No.4. Shortish googly, spins in, dabbed behind point with soft hands after backing away
19.2
6
Imran Tahir to Pollard, SIX, Pollard has nailed this! Absolutely nailed this. Pushed through on the leg stump, swung flat and hard over long-on. Beats Coulter-Nile in the deep

chandujonty: "That's 250 runs for Pollard in this IPL.just 2nd MI batsmen after Rohit 343 runs."

19.1
1
Imran Tahir to Rayudu, 1 run, length on middle, nips down the track and swipes to deep midwickey

And it has boiled down to 8 off the last over. Tahir will bowl the final over.

END OF OVER:
19 | 14 Runs | MI: 145/5 (8 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.63, RRR: 8.00)

  • Kieron Pollard19 (12b)
  • Ambati Rayudu48 (39b)
  • Nathan Coulter-Nile4-1-30-2
  • Angelo Mathews4-0-33-1
18.6
2
Coulter-Nile to Pollard, 2 runs, length on the leg stump as Pollard makes some room and swats it wide of deep square leg. They push for two and get it. Coulter-Nile vents his frustration out and smashes the stumps at his end

Zaheer wants fine leg to come in. JPD says no.

Round the stumps.

18.5
1
Coulter-Nile to Rayudu, 1 run, fullish and on off, he backs away and carves it in the air, the lands lands in front of sweeper cover
18.4
4
Coulter-Nile to Rayudu, FOUR, shot! Pitched up and width on offer as well. Rayudu takes full of it as he deliberately slices it through backward point
18.3
1
Coulter-Nile to Pollard, 1 run, might full, drilled ram-rod straight, so much so hit the stumps at the non-strikers'. NCN did not deflect it away. They hustle across for one
18.2
0
Coulter-Nile to Pollard, no run, yorker outside off, Pollard can't squirt it out after making some room
18.1
6
Coulter-Nile to Pollard, SIX, And that's cricket's equivalent of the Hulk smash. Length on the stumps, slowy in pace, Pollard sends it into the orbit over deep midwicket

Coulter-Nile to bowl the 19th. 22 off 12.

Skywalker: "More like.."Hulk...Smash.""

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs | MI: 131/5 (22 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.27, RRR: 11.00)

  • Ambati Rayudu43 (37b)
  • Kieron Pollard10 (8b)
  • Angelo Mathews4-0-33-1
  • Zaheer Khan4-0-32-1
17.6
4
Mathews to Rayudu, FOUR, Mathews misses the yorker, dishes out a full toss outside off, Rayudu makes room and wants to smite it through the covers. Gets a thick outside edge to the right of a diving Jadhav. Rayudu fetches the desired result, though

sachin@Kalvan: "Tips to Polard .... Hit it !"

17.5
1
Mathews to Pollard, 1 run, full and outside off, flat-batted thump to long-off
17.4
0
Mathews to Pollard, no run, short and hurries on off at 140.9ks, pushed back to the bowler. Too quick for Pollard
17.3
0
Mathews to Pollard, no run, bumper from Mathews, boings over to the keeper after beating Pollard on the hook. Jadhav appeals for a catch behind the wicket, Mathews joins, not given. No nick, no glove either
17.2
1
Mathews to Rayudu, 1 run, length on middle, Rayudu runs down the track again and drills it fiercely back at Mathews, who deflects it to long-off off the ankle. Just a single

Zaheer walks up Mathews and passes on more tips..

17.1
4
Mathews to Rayudu, FOUR, length from Mathews, Rayudu races down the track and goes over mid-off, four off the first ball

A mini-conference between Zaheer, Tahir, Mathews and JP Duminy. Mathews comes on.

Srejith: "@Rajeev, considering both these team's performance over the years in IPL, I think MI should stick to their strategy than following RCB... :)"

END OF OVER:
17 | 11 Runs | MI: 121/5 (32 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.11, RRR: 10.66)

  • Ambati Rayudu34 (34b)
  • Kieron Pollard9 (5b)
  • Zaheer Khan4-0-32-1
  • Amit Mishra4-0-25-1
16.6
1
Khan to Rayudu, 1 run, length on middle, Rayudu makes room and flays it to long-off
16.5
1
Khan to Pollard, 1 run, another full toss outside off, punched to the right of long-off
16.4
1
Khan to Rayudu, 1 run, full toss on the leg stump, he clears his front leg and hoicks it over to deep midwicket with a cross bat
16.3
1
Khan to Pollard, 1 run, very full and on off, driven down to long-off for one

JP Duminy and Zaheer discuss plans.

Varad: "pollard an mishra...rivals from match 62 2013... MI vs SRH..""

16.2
1
Khan to Rayudu, 1 run, fired full on off, pushed to the covers for a speedy one
16.1
6
Khan to Rayudu, SIX, clears long-on. Length outside off, Rayudu swings hard, giving it marching orders over long-on. Impressive strike

Zaheer. Round the stumps

Rajeev: "I think MI should take a leaf out of RCB's book and let their best batsmen have most of the strike."

END OF OVER:
16 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 110/5 (43 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 6.87, RRR: 10.75)

  • Ambati Rayudu25 (30b)
  • Kieron Pollard7 (3b)
  • Amit Mishra4-0-25-1
  • Angelo Mathews3-0-23-1
15.6
1
Mishra to Rayudu, 1 run, back of a length, wrong'un. Punched down to long-on off the back foot
15.5
1
Mishra to Pollard, 1 run, pushed through outside off, dabbed with soft hands towards short third man

Failed Promotion

11

Harbhajan Singh's average when batting in the top-7 int he IPL (36 inns), the lowest for any top-7 batsman (min. 25 inns)

Thrifty

16

Dot balls bowled by Harbhajan Singh today, the second-most this IPL after Mitchell Johnson (17 v Mumbai)

Up up and away

201

Number of sixes hit by Yuvraj Singh in T20 cricket. He is the third Indian and 12th player overall to hit 200+ sixes.

The 2000 Club

22

Number of batsmen who have scored 2000+ runs in the IPL - Yuvraj Singh is the 22nd.

Rare Promotion

1

Previous instance where Kedar Jadhav has batted at No. 4 or higher for Delhi in the IPL. He batted at No. 4 against Punjab in 2014.

Failing up Top

4

Scores of 0 or 1 for Mayank Agarwal this IPL. 4 other openers have suffered this fate in an IPL season - Bisla, Sehwag, Gambhir and Gibbs.