IPL 2017: Jasprit Bumrah's 'Super Over' sees Mumbai beat Gujarat in thrilling encounter

Mumbai Indians cricketer Krunal Pandya plays a shot during the 2017 Indian Premier League IPL Twenty20 cricket match between Gujarat Lions and Mumbai Indians at The Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot PicAFPExcellent bowling buy Jasprit Bumrah in the Super Over saw Mumbai Indians edge out a brave Gujarat Lions in a thrilling Indian Premier League encounter on Saturday eveningThe win was Mumbai Indians seventh victory this yearChasing a moderate target of 153 runs Mumbai were off to a good start before some excellent bowling by young pacer Basil Thampi and excellent fielding by Gujarat saw then lose six wickets in the last four overs to leave the scores tiedKieron Pollard gave Mumbai a promising start in the Super Over hitting James Faulkner for a boundary to longoff and a six over longon off consecutive ballsBut he hit the very next ball into the hands of the fielder at the longon boundaryJos Buttler also fell when he skied an attempted big hit and Mumbai were restricted to 11 runsIt seemed that the hosts will pull off the win as Bumrah had a poor start to the Super OverBumrah conceded a noball in the first ball but prevented Brendon McCullum from making use of the free hit with a good delivery even as the Kiwi star mistimed his shotThe next ball was wide but Bumrah made a comeback with another good delivery that was dot ball The next ball was full and slightly outside the offstump McCumllum was unable to connect but ran a bye even as the ball travelled to the wicketkeeperBumrah then produced another couple of excellent deliveries to leave Gujarat needing seven runs off the last ballThe last ball only produced a single as the host fell six runs short of the targetEarlier Mumbai were handed a superb start by inform opener Parthiv PatelPatel plundered 70 runs off 44 balls hitting nine boundaries and a six along the wayAn extra bit of bounce from James Faulkner saw him being caught behind but Mumbai were comfortably placed at 1234 after 16 oversNeeding only 31 runs off the last four overs the visitors were seemingly cruising home to a comfortable winBut Thampi helped Gujarat stage a late comeback by taking three wickets in his last two oversKieron Pollard looked promising during his brief stay in the middle but poor timing while attempting to smash a Thampi delivery into the stands did him in as he could only manage to pick out McCullum at the longon boundaryKrunal Pandya got a reprieve in the next over when Gujarat skipper Suresh Raina dropped him at midwicket Krunal celebrated by smashing the last ball of the over for a boundaryBut the visitors could not make use of the chance as Hardik Pandya fell off the first ball of the next overLooking to hit Thampi over the onside Hardik miscued his shot as Ishan Kishan claimed a relatively easy catch at deep midwicketMumbai suffered another jolt off the fifth ball of the over when Thampi trapped Harbhajan Singh leg beforeThe over had another setback in store for the visitors as Mitchell McClenaghan was run out thanks Irfan Pathan who did well to stop a boundary before coming up with an excellent throw that directly hit the stumpsThat seemed shift the momentum decisively in favour of the hosts with Mumbai needing 11 runs off the last overBut Krunal turned things around by hitting Pathan for a six off the first ball of the 20th overBut Gujarat were not ready to gie up just yet Ravindra Jadeja was the man of the moment for the hosts effecting two run outs in the space four balls with his accurate throwsHe pulled the hosts back into the game with a direct hit that sent Bumrah back to the pavilionThe excitement lasted till the last ballNeeding one run off one ball Lasith Malinga attempted to flick an inswinging Ayorker Abut missed The ball hit the pads and travelled to Jadeja at point even as the bowler appealed for an lbwJadeja pulled off another direct hit to run out Krunal who was caught short of the crease despite a desperate diveThat pushed the issue into the Super OverThanpi was the most successful among the Gujarat bowlers with figures of 329 in his four oversFellow pacer Faulkner returned 234Earlier Gujarat Lions recovered from a toporder batting collapse to post 1539 in their 20 oversAt the top of the batting order Gujarat only had young opener Ishan Kishan 48 off 35 deliveries to thank while others perished without troubling the scorers But Ravindra Jadeja 28 Andrew Tye 25 and James Faulkner 21 provided some late resistance to lift the hosts to 1539Sri Lankan pace spearhead Lasith Malinga led the charge for Mumbai as he clean bowled Brendon McCullum 6 and Aaron Finch 0 in his opening spell Fellow pacer Jasprit Bumrah too responded as he got rid of Suresh Raina 1 when the lefthander chipped one to Kieran Pollard at midoffWhen leftarm spinner Krunal Pandya had Dinesh Karthik 2 stumped by Parthiv Patel Gujarat were struggling at 564 in 81 oversAll this while Ishan was impressing one and all with his dynamic strokemaking He braved against a veteran like Malinga hammering the Lankan for two fours and a six over midwicket in the second overThe following over bowled by Mitchell McClanaghan saw Ishan repeat the treatment given to Malinga Offspinner Harbhajan Singh too was milked for two fours in the fourth over as the 19yearold sparkled Out of the 46 runs Gujarat scored after fours overs Ishan contributed 36However the haul of wickets and the disciplined bowling from Mumbai pressurised him and he succumbed being holed out by Kieran Pollard at longoff in the first ball of the 12th over with Gujarat at 835 His 48 included six fours and two sixesTwo overs later allrounder Ravindra Jadeja 28 off 21 too perished giving a return catch to bowler Krunal The spinner than removed Irfan Pathan 2 who was playing his match of the edition