MS Dhoni came out and saved the innings for his team yet another time, in the first qualifier of Indian Premier League 2017 (IPL 2017) between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant.
While Mumbai have dominated most of the teams in IPL10, Pune have beaten them in both of the matches played during the group stage.
Rahane has represented Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals and Rising Pune Supergiant in the IPL with the bulk of his runs scored for Rajasthan Royals. The surface may have been slow and Mumbai's variations were effective, but in any case, a score of close to 170 was the best Rising Pune could hope for, which meant Mumbai were never out of the game.
Mumbai leaked 41 runs in the last two overs bowled by Mitchel McClenaghan and Jasprit Bumrah, who went for 26 and 15 respectively.
Tiwary (58, 48b, 4x4, 2x6), actually, started the final two over assault, smashing McClenaghan for a four and a six, before Dhoni finished the over off with a couple more sixes.
Having finished the league stage in the top position, Mumbai May 19 had another chance to enter the final as they faced the victor of the Eliminator match between Kolkata Knight Riders and defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad - who faced-off May 17.
To Mumbai falling short with 142 for nine in Qualifier 1.
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He eventually ran out of partners with Pandya brothers too back in the pavilion leaving Mumbai at 101 for six in the 15th over.
A sharp and full inswinger from McClenaghan ripped through Tripathi's defense while Smith played a loose shot off Lasith Malinga, a mistimed flick that went really high before the ball settled in the safe hands of Hardik. The hosts' seamers struck early and dismissed an in form Rahul Tripathi and Steven Smith in the first two overs. Tiwary and Dhoni scored at 9.95 runs in the 7.2 overs that they batted together.
Earlier, put into bat Pune posted 162 for 4 in stipulated 20 overs. Struggling at 121/3 at the end of the 18th over, RPS needed something special and there could have been no better person in the middle but Dhoni.
"We didn't have enough partnerships, it's crucial to get small partnerships in".
"With Stokesy gone, we got Lockie Ferguson and so we had to be a little conservative with our batting but we timed the run well and to get to 160 was a very good total", Smith added. After that, Dhoni took over and hit the pacer for two sixes as Pune collected 26 runs from the 19th over.
On Tuesday, Rahane proved his mettle with a 43-ball 56 at his home ground to take Rising Pune Supergiant to a solid total.
This was only the second time that they lost three games to the same opponent in the same season.
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