On a high-scoring, field-first ground, fighting considerable amount of dew, Kolkata Knight Riders nearly won with an under-par 178 but failed to defend 59 in the last 23 balls
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12.10am That concludes our coverage from tonight. Hope you've had a good weekend. Just one game tomorrow - Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore. We'll see you there. Good night.
And after running away with the game, Rana runs away from the presentation too. Show me a better example of letting the bat do the talking.
Nitish Rana is the Man of the Match.
Rohit Sharma: Winning the game was important. We're known for this - we keep people on their toes. Very happy with this win. Here at Wankhede, we back our players to get the runs with the dew coming in and the flat pitch. We were hoping Rana and Hardik would finish it off and they did. It's important for any team to have young players come in like that and finish the job. I hope they repeat it. There's still room for improvement. We don't want to be in the back seat. We know the things we didn't do well today and we'll go back to the drawing board before our next game.
Gautam Gambhir: "We put a good score on the board in the last three overs. But Hardik and Rana played unbelieavable innings. If we'd taken Hardik's catch, anything might have happened. We back our bowlers to do the job. Woakes and Boult are experienced too. It's just a matter of keeping our nerves calm. We panicked a little in the end with the misfield and the dropped catch. It's a good chasing ground - you could chase anything. There was a bit of dew on the ground that didn't make it easy for spinners either, but we needed to hold our nerves in the end. I have no update on Lynn, haven't heard from the physio yet."
11.49pm You'll have to feel for Knight Riders, who had to deal with the dramatic onset of dew late in the match. But then again, Mumbai had plenty of bad luck to overcome, with two of their best batsmen out to poor lbw decisions. In the end, Mumbai sneak this with some terrific late hitting from Rana and Hardik Pandya.
Rajpoot went for 19. Boult went for 19 in his third over. He will now try and defend 11.
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On a high-scoring, field-first ground, fighting considerable amount of dew, Kolkata Knight Riders nearly won with an under-par 178 but failed to defend 59 in the last 23 balls
