Pandya's late assault lifts Mumbai to 184
April 06, 2017  21:47
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Mumbai 184-7 (20 ovs) vs Pune | Scorecard

Tahir comes back into the attack. Pollard takes no time to warm up as he smashes the first ball of the over back over the bowler's head for a four. He looks to defend the first ball but is foxed by the quicker delivery and is very lucky to get away with the leg before wicket appeal. The impact was in line and the ball was going on to hit the stumps and umpire S Ravi errs again after he had given Buttler out LBW off an inside edge.

Mumbai need a few big overs if they are get close to atleast the 175-run mark, they are currently struggling on 120 for five in 15 overs.

Pollard targets Zampa this time and he smashes the first ball of the over straight back past the bowler for a four.

Zampa gets his first wicket two balls later as Rana has a big swing over the leg side but is caught at deep midwicket for 34.

Mumbai are losing steam in the second half of the innings as wickets keep tumbling at regular intervals.

Pollard looks to lift the tempo as he smashes Tahir powerfully for a six over long-off. The tall West Indian is struck on the elbow by a throw from Tahir as he looks for a quick single on the leg side but the bowler does well on his follow through and his throw hits the batsman.

Tahir goes for 10 in his final over as he finishes with good figures of three for 28 in four overs.

Pollard seems to be in a lot of pain following that blow on the elbow by the throw from Tahir and is finding it difficult while he swings his bat.

Pollard, on 22, gets a lifeline as he edges a wide yorker from Dinda but wicketkeeper Dhoni puts down the low catch on his right.

The experience Dinda doing well to bowl wide yorkers as he concedes just four runs from the first five balls. Pollard throws his bat at the last ball but gets a thick outside edge which goes fine on the off-side for a four.

Stokes to bowl the 19th over. Mumbai suffer a huge blow as Pollard is dismissed courtesy of a brilliant diving catch from Mayank Agarwal at long-on. Pollard (27 from 17 balls) was struggling with the injury as he failed to get enough power on it but Agarwal did well to charge in from the boundary and dive forward to take a magnificent catch.

That is the first wicket for Stokes in the IPL. He concedes just three runs from the first five balls before Tim Southee spoils the over as he carts the last ball for a six over long-off.

Hardik Pandya takes Dinda to the cleaners in the next over, hitting him for three back to back sixes. The first ball is wide as Pandya slices it over point before hitting the next two deliveries over long-off and long-on respectively.

Dinda bowls a wide delivery as Hardik Pandya throws his bat but gets a thick outside edge which flies past Dhoni for a four.

Dinda bowls another poor delivery as he drops short and Pandya pulls it over long-on for the fourth six of the over.

It is a never ending over as Dinda bowls a wide but Southee has already reached the other and Pune get a run out. The television umpire takes a while to decide to which batsman is run out with the both of them stranded at the striker's end.

Ultimately it is Southee who is given run out for seven. Dinda finally gets it right off the last ball as Hardik has another go but misses and steals a quick bye.

Pandya finishes unbeaten on a splendid knock of 35 from 15 balls, hitting 30 runs from the last over alone from Dinda.

Mumbai stage a late recovery to post a healthy 184 for eight in their 20 overs.
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