Karn Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah picked up their best T20 bowling figures, combining to take 7 for 23 in seven overs to lift Mumbai Indians into their fourth IPL final
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Commentator: Nikhil Kalro
11.02pm Handshakes all around. KKR knew they were sub-par today and you have to be at your best against this Mumbai Indians team. Mumbai won the toss and never looked back. If ever there was a wire-to-wire win. The chase began with a stumble, but Rohit and Krunal settled all that to take Mumbai through in what was quite a simple chase in the end. Done with more than five overs to spare. So that sets up Rising Pune Supergiant v Mumbai Indians in the grand finale of IPL 2017.
Since the playoffs started, teams that finished first and second have played in the finals 5 out of 7 seasons, and the team finishing second have won 6 times.
Presentation time.
Karn Sharma is the Man of the Match: "My bowling is come out well, it wasn't great last year but I have worked hard on it. This was an important game for the team as we had to qualify for the final, so I just tried to get wickets for my team and bowl them out quickly. It's a good thing that I am helping out the team."
Rohit Sharma: "We have been really working hard. We don't shy away from going into the finals the hard way. Today was the perfect day. Gives you a lot of confidence, bowlers set the day for us. Taking wickets at regular intervals and keeping the score under control. That's been the hallmark of this team, we're not dependent on one individual. In the top five, we don't have any batsman. Shows a team effort. It's not me, something we have been talking about. I just go and execute what I've been told. I rely on my gut feeling as well. It's very necessary to keep changing. We've not had a great history against (Rising Pune Supergiant). Just one more hurdle."
Gautam Gambhir: "We discussed after the last game that we couldn't get 160-170, we needed 140. Lost too many wickets early on. 107 is not a great score unless you can get the opposition all out. We had to be up for it. Had we had wickets, we could have targetted one or two bowlers. Proud, because we put everything we could. We had two opportunities, we missed it. We could have had two cracks at the top two. The boys were professional through the season."
1 to win.
Should be the last over of KKR's season. Umesh will bowl it.
Mumbai Indians have won both their matches against Kolkata Knight Riders this season, but their bowling, which has let them down lately, is in need of a lift if they are to qualify for the final
Karn Sharma's figures of 4 for 16 are the joint third-best in a playoff match in the competition
Harbhajan Singh was left out for Karn Sharma, and the legspinner rewarded Mumbai Indians with a spell that took them into the IPL 2017 final
After sitting out the first half of Mumbai's campaign, Karn Sharma showed up when it mattered with his best IPL effort to take Mumbai into their fourth final
Aakash Chopra looks at the team compositions, the bowling and batting opening combinations, and some of the important players from the second qualifier in Bengaluru
