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IPL 2017 FINAL News
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WATCH: Amitabh Bachchan attends Mumbai Indians' party organised by Nita Ambani after third IPL title
Amitabh Bachchan, who has been one of the ardent supporters of Mumbai Indians overs the years, attended the party organised after team's third IPL title victory.
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"IPL is different from international cricket. I spoke before the start of IPL that to give balance to the team I will bat lower down. I don't know why people compare the two (situations)," said Sharma at the Mumbai Indians' media conference here today.
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While some credit the entire bowling unit, others to the clever field set-up, but a lot goes out to Mitchell Johnson, who held onto his nerves in the final over, brought all his experience to use and restricted Pune from their maiden title.
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RPS were up to the task as far as the first half of the deciding encounter is concerned, after their bowlers and fielders did some amazing work to restrict them to a moderate total of 129 runs.
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While Mumbai Indians went ahead to script history, becoming the first team to win three IPL trophies, when they defeated Rising Pune Supergiant in a pulsating Sunday finale at Hyderabad, there was this one Twitterati who made predictions, much ahead of the match and almost all of them were right.
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Australian fast bowler Mitchel Johnson was the most successful for Mumbai with figures of 3/26.
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The Chennai franchise were serving a suspension after the Supreme Court-led Lodha panel recommended a ban for them as well as the Rajasthan Royals from the IPL for two years.
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The aunty whose identity remained anonymous throughout the match was, in fact, Nita Ambani's mother Purnima Dalal.
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When RPS came out to bat, they made a mess out of what could have been a modest chase.
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Despite being removed as the Pune skipper ahead of the tenth edition, Dhoni had a major role to play in terms of decision-making on the field in IPL 2017.
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Mumbai Indians' camp would be relieved after the win as they not only lost to Pune twice in the league stage, but also in Qualifier 1, post which they had to beat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to seal their berth for the final.
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Rising Pune Supergiant were on course to win the title but the MI pace trio of Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah and Mitchell Johnson choked the rivals to script a thrilling win.
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This was Mumbai Indians' third IPL trophy in 10 editions and more special for their skipper Rohit Sharma, who is the only captain to win a hat-trick of titles. Rohit has in fact won four IPL titles (one for Deccan Chargers in 2009).
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As far as the first half of the match is concerned, it all executed as per plans by Steve Smith, with of course some valuable inputs form MS Dhoni.
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The two-time champions were completely off-colour with the willow as they played an astounding 54 dot balls (9 maiden overs) in 20 overs, a testimony to their plight.
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The SRH captain collected the ball from left from mid-off, and then turned unleashed a clinical throw at the bowler's end and Rayudu was caught well short of his crease.
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As the two Maharashtrian franchises, Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant, gear up for the big Sunday Finale, let us take a walk down memory lane to look at past encounters...
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With the match against Mumbai Indians, Rising Pune Supergiant will bring an end to their 2-year stay in the Indian Premier League.
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And it all squares down to one. Six weeks of intense cricketing action equates down to the blockbuster Sunday Finale between the two Maharashtrian cousins, for the fourth time this season. It is Mumbai Indians taking on Rising Pune Supergiant at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
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Rising Pune Supergiant will meet two-time winner Mumbai Indians in the IPL 10 final in Hyderabad tonight.
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