#1 Mumbai Indians vs Rising Pune Supergiant-2017( Mumbai Indians won by 1 run)
Mumbai Indians finally broke their Pune-jinx in a last-ball thriller to defeat Rising Pune Supergiant by a solitary run and lift the Indian Premier League trophy for a record third time.
Winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Mumbai Indians set the tone for a cautious start on a slower Hyderabad pitch.
Lendl Simmons and Patel scored just seven off two overs. In the third over, Jaydev Unadkat dismissed Patel with a short ball and pulling off a return catch of Simmons.
From there, MI never recovered. Adam Zampa removed Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard in the 11th over.
After the end of 11th over, they were 65 for five.
For the eighth wicket, Krunal Pandya and Mitchell Johnson accounted for a strong 50-run partnership to dig Mumbai Indians out of trouble.
Pandya milked three fours and two sixes to take Mumbai to 129/8 at the end of 20 overs.
Chasing 130 to win the title, Rahul Tripathi was trapped leg before in the third over by Bumrah.
However, Ajinkya Rahane and skipper Steven Smith added 54 runs for the second wicket. Due to this slow partnership and slow surface, Pune were left requiring 47 of the last 30 balls.
Johnson held onto his nerves in the final over, brought all his experience to use and restricted Pune from their maiden title.
Off the final delivery, RPS required four runs. Dan Christian pushed it through the deep square and deep midwicket.
Mumbai gave just two runs and clinched the thriller by just one run.
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