When Kieron Pollard took his giant strides to the middle in the ninth over, joining Ambati Rayudu, Mumbai needed 121 runs with a required rate towering towards 12.

To make things worse, half the side was back in the dugout. But both the Mumbai batters turned the game on its heads and put on a scintillating, unbeaten stand of 122 in 10.5 overs to steer the ship home in the last over.