IPL  2017 | Rising Pune Supergiant vs Mumbai Indians - Player Ratings

Mumbai Indians

Parthiv Patel - (7/10)

Patel got the Mumbai innings off to a positive start with boundaries in the first two overs and looked to take the game to the opponents. He welcomed Imran Tahir with a boundary in the fifth over, before becoming the South African’s first victim in the IPL.

Jos Buttler - (7/10)

Buttler ably supported Patel as the opening pair put Pune under pressure in the powerplay overs. He even hit compatriot Ben Stokes for 2 consecutive sixes in the fourth over but he, too, fell to Tahir in the 7th over after making 38 off 19 balls, although he would be well within his rights to consider himself unlucky as he had clearly edged the ball onto his pads.

Rohit Sharma - (3/10)

The captain demoted himself down the order but his decision backfired as he was dismissed following an lbw from Tahir for just 3 runs. A day to forget for the talented batsman who will need to start firing soon if MI want to win a third title.

Nitish Rana - (5/10)

Rana did well to stitch partnerships with Ambati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard and looked good for his 34 before falling to Adam Zampa. Dropped the all important catch of Smith which could have turned the game in Mumbai's favor.

Krunal Pandya - (4/10)

Pandaya Jr. could not last too long in the middle, top-edging a Rajat Bhatia delivery straight into the hands of MS Dhoni for a score of 3 runs.

Kieron Pollard - (6/10)

Pollard displayed his power hitting in a brief cameo of 27 off 17 balls which included 3 fours and one six and set the stage for Hardik Pandya to finish with a flourish. With the ball, however, he struggled to find any sort of control and ended up conceding 30 runs in 1.5 overs.

Hardik Pandya - (8/10)

Pandya single-handedly turned the Mumbai innings around as he tore into Ashok Dinda with four sixes and one four in the final over, scoring 28 runs in the process and ending with 35 runs from just 15 balls. He also finished with figures of 1/36 with the ball and was inarguably Mumbai’s best player on the day.

Tim Southee - (7/10)

The Kiwi came in and smoked a six in the penultimate final over as Mumbai finished in the best possible way. He then picked up 1/34 in his four overs with the ball but, it didn’t stop the Rising Pune Supergiant from comfortably reaching their target.

Mitchell McClenaghan - (6/10)

The Kiwi pacer labored on without too much success as he finished with figures of 1/36. However, had Rana taken the Smith catch at deep square leg off is bowling, who knows how he would have finished.

Jasprit Bumrah - (6/10)

Mumbai were looking at Bumrah to act as the primary strike bowler and he didn’t disappoint. Even though he didn’t pick up a wicket on the day, he was instrumental in bringing the game to a nail-biting finish and had Southee not spilled a sitter at long-on in the 19th over, it could have been a very different result

Rising Pune Supergiant

Ajinkya Rahane - (8/10)

The Indian vice-captain continued from where he left off in the series against Australia as he got Pune off to a flyer scoring 60 runs off just 34 balls and setting the tone for the Pune run chase. A job well done by the Mumbai-born player who looks like he is back to his very best. 

Mayank Agarwal - (3/10)

Agarwal wasn’t half as impressive as his opening partner as he departed for just 6 runs off the bowling of Mitchell  McClenaghan after being caught by Rohit Sharma. 

Steve Smith - (9/10)

The Australian skipper can seemingly do no wrong at the moment as he continued his purple patch of run scoring, guiding Pune home with a typical captain’s innings of 84*. Even when Mumbai brought the game close, it was Smith who finished off in Dhoni-style with two big hits.

Ben Stokes - (8/10)

The most expensive foreign player in IPL history made a decent debut with both bat and ball as he picked up the all-important wicket of Kieron Pollard during the Mumbai innings and also played a brief cameo of 21 off 14 balls to help Pune on their way to victory. 

MS Dhoni - (8/10)

The former Pune captain and the world’s best finisher was at hand once again at the end of Pune’s run chase as he finished with a run a ball 12. Earlier, in the Mumbai innings, he pouched  Krunal Pandya off the bowling of Ashok Dinda and also accounted for Tim Southee’s run out. 

Manoj Tiwary - (5/10)

Not much for the Pune player to do as the top order took care of most of the runs. He will have a big part to play in the games to come but for now, he can put his feet up and enjoy the victory.

Rajat Bhatia - (7/10)

Bhatia was at his street-smart best as he outfoxed the Mumbai batsmen with his change of pace and got the scalps of Ambati Rayudu and Krunal Pandya.

Deepak Chahar - (3/10)

Chahar was taken for a few runs in the opening stages of Mumbai’s innings as Jos Buttler and Parthiv Patel targeted him. He would have been happy about the fact that he had to bowl just two out of his allotted four overs. 

Adam Zampa - (7/10)

Zampa did a really good job of stemming the run flow in the middle overs of Mumbai’s innings and was rewarded with the wicket of Nitish Rana, before finishing with figures of 1/26 in his three overs.

Imran Tahir - (8/10)

After being unsold at the player auction, Tahir ought to be the story of the match. He was welcomed by Parthiv Patel with a boundary, but the South African got his revenge when he cleaned up the southpaw in the same over. He also went on to dismiss Rohit Sharma and Jos Buttler soon after and it appears Pune won’t regret signing him. 

Ashok Dinda - (3/10)

Dinda was unlucky to run into an in-form Hardik Pandya during the final over of the Mumbai innings. Having said that, he kept bowling into Pandya’s hitting zone and surely will have to improve his bowling in the death overs as the tournament progresses if he wants to stay in the Pune side.