Corey Anderson (95 runs, 44 balls, 9x4, 6x6, SR 250.9)


MI team owner Neeta Ambani hugs Corey Anderson after the game

The Kiwi all-rounder strode away with a major share of the plaudits, and deservedly so for his staggering 44-ball 95 not out. He came in at the fall of opener Lendl Simmons' wicket and hit Shane Watson for a boundary and a six off consecutive deliveries at the start of the third over. Anderson, who had endured an otherwise ordinary season, never looked back and played a knock that will be remembered for a very long time. The important thing that went Anderson's way was that he kept finding the boundaries and sixes regularly, thereby relieving a lot of pressure.

Lendl Simmons (12 runs, 8 balls, 3x4, SR 150)



Simmons is the only centurion in IPL-7 and if MI were to make a fist of the chase, it was important he delivered at the top of the order. The opener got off to a flier, cracking three boundaries off James Faulkner in the first over, but got out on the fifth ball of the second over bowled by Dhawal Kulkarni.