Gujarat Lions beat Mumbai Indians by 3 wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. With this win, Suresh Raina’s team has won all their three matches this season while Mumbai Indians lost two of their three matches.
Chasing 147, Gujarat lost wickets at regular intervals as Krunal Pandya and Mitchell McCenaghan had Mumbai in the hunt. McClenaghan’s 4-wicket haul went in vain as Finch, who was struggling to run, completed his fifty and took his team home with a boundary off the last ball of the match.
After putting Mumbai into bat, Gujarat struck early as Dhawal Kulkarni sent skipper Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya early on in the innings. Jos Buttler and Parthiv Patel tried to steady the ship but Shadab Jakati dismissed Buttler to pile the pressure on hosts.
Wickets kept on falling at regular intervals as Mumbai were looking to get bundled out for around 120. But a late blitz from Krunal Pandya and Tim Southee made sure they reached 146 in their 20 overs.
1- This was the first time when two brothers played together for the same team in IPL.
2- Mumbai Indians have lost their first two matches at home. They also lost their first two matches in IPL 2015 and went on to win the IPL.
3- This is the third last-ball finish in IPL since the start of the 2013 season. In the first five seasons, there were 15 such instances.
3- This is the first time a new team has won their first three matches in IPL.
3- Aaron Finch has won three consecutive Man of the Match awards.
4- This was Mitchell McClenaghan's first 4-wicket haul in IPL
5- This is the fifth time no.8 and no.9 scored 20 or more for a team in an IPL match.
6- Number of fifty-plus scores by Aaron Finch in his last eight innings while chasing.
21.78- Average runs by Mumbai Indians' top-five wickets in this IPL, the second lowest after Kings XI Punjab's 21.60.
25- Parthiv Patel has scored his 25th six in his 93rd IPL game.
31/2- This is Mumbai Indians’ powerplay score this IPL season, the second-lowest powerplay score this season.
44- Runs added by Mumbai Indians in the last three overs, the third highest by a team in the IPL in the last three overs with seven or more wickets down.
