HYDERABAD, India — Mumbai Indians won their third Indian Premier League title after defeating Rising Pune Supergiant by just one run in a cliffhanger final which went to the last ball on Sunday.

Needing seven runs off the last five deliveries, Australian seamer Mitchell Johnson dismissed Manoj Tiwary and Steve Smith off successive deliveries.

Dan Christian was run out off the last ball as Supergiant was restricted to 128-6.

Earlier, after winning the toss and electing to bat first, Mumbai Indians scored 129-8, thanks to Krunal Pandya's 47 off 38 balls. </s> Catch all the live action of the IPL 2017 final between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant through our live blog.

Two-time IPL Champions Mumbai Indians take on Rising Pune Supergiant in the high-voltage final at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium here on Sunday.

Billed as a 'Maharashtra Derby', the summit clash is set to be a bit more than an inter-city battle with huge reputations of big stars at stake.

Even on paper, there is not much to choose, especially with Pune beating MI thrice this season including a comprehensive victory in Qualifier 1. </s> Jos Buttler, who missed the Indian Premier League final due to his international duty could not control his emotions after his team beat Rising Pune Supergiants by 1 run in a thrilling encounter.

Mumbai Indians’ player Jos Buttler, who missed the Indian Premier League final due to his international duty could not control his emotions after his team beat Rising Pune Supergiants by 1 run in a thrilling encounter.

Following the match on TV, Buttler was ecstatic after his team third IP title and unknowingly almost dropped his towel but was quick to realise and kept hold of the piece of cloth.

Mumbai Indians held their nerves to beat Rising Pune Supergiant by 1 run in a nail-biting final to win their third Indian Premier League title at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Defending a modest total of 129 runs – Mumbai bowlers were exceptional as they restricted Steven Smith and Co to 128/6.

Pune needed 11 off the last over to win until Mitchell Johnson found himself on a hat-trick after dismissing Manoj Tiwary and Steven Smith of the second and third ball of the over after being smashed to the boundary of the first ball of the over.

Supergiant then needed four runs to win off the last ball. Australian all-rounder Dan Christian managed to get the ball away on the leg side, but the throw from the deep was accurate enough for Parthiv Patel to break the stumps before Washington Sundar could come back for a third run, which would have led to a super over. </s> Hyderabad, May 21: Mumbai Indians have won the toss and elected to bat against Rising Pune Supergiant in the Grand Finale of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 here on Sunday (May 21).

Both the teams are playing the same side which played in their previous matches in the Qualifiers.

Mumbai Indians are playing in their fourth IPL final while it is maiden, and perhaps the only final for RPS - who were floated for only two IPL seasons.

Billed as a "Maharashtra Derby", the summit clash is set to be a bit more than an inter-city battle with huge reputations of big stars at stake.

Pune might have beaten MI thrice this season including a comprehensive victory in Qualifier 1. But final is a new day and MI can always be fourth time lucky.

Mumbai's performance has been very good so far for they have won two out three finals in the IPL. </s> The tenth season of the Indian Premier League is into its business end as the two-times IPL champions Mumbai Indians are all set to meet Rising Pune Supergiant in the final on May 21. The Steve Smith-led side will have the momentum with them as they come in with a 20-run victory over the same opponents. While Mumbai, who are chasing their third IPL title, will feel the heat as they are yet to register a win against RPS in the on-going season. With opener Ajinkya Rahane and MS Dhoni back among the runs, the Supergiant will be confident of taking charge against the Rohit Sharma’s tight bowling attack.

Both the teams have a well-balanced squad now, however, the absence of all-rounder Ben Stokes and spinner Imran Tahir could hurt RPS. Meanwhile, Mumbai will look to restrict Pune’s deep batting order with their pace attack having Lasith Malinga, Mitchell Johnson, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya.

Meanwhile, the crowd present in Rajiv Gandhi Stadium will be hoping of some fireworks after the eliminator match and the second qualifier witnessed low-scoring games in Bangalore.

When is the IPL Final between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant?

The final of IPL 2017 will be played on May 21, 2017, on Sunday.

What time is the IPL Final between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant?

The IPL Final between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant begins at 8 PM IST (14.30 GMT). The coverage begins at 7 PM with the toss at 7.30 PM.

Which TV channels will do the live broadcast of IPL Qualifier 2 between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant?

The IPL Final between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant will be broadcasted on Sony Network. The HD versions of these channels will also broadcast the match.

How do I watch online live streaming of IPL Qualifier 2 between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders?

You can watch the live streaming on of IPL Qualifier 2 between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant on SonyLiv. You can also follow scores and commentary on Indianexpress.com

For all the latest Sports News, download Indian Express App now </s> The top two teams in the 2018 Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament square off Tuesday with a place in the championship final match on the line.

The 2018 Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament wrapped up its round-robin stage on Sunday, with 2016 titlists Sunrisers Hyderabad barely nipping two-time champs Chennai Super Kings by a slim net-run-rate margin to finish top of the table. Now, these two teams will clash in the first playoff match of the 2018 IPL, a game that will live stream, from Mumbai, India, on Tuesday with the winner advancing straight to next Sunday’s championship final match.

The loser of the qualifier match will face the winner of Wednesday’s first eliminator in the second and final elimination match on Friday. The first eliminator pits third-place Kolkata Knight Riders against Rajasthan Royals, who slipped into the playoff round with a win over Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday — a win which also eliminated defending champs Mumbai Indians from contention this year.

To find out how to watch a live stream of the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Chennai Super Kings first 2018 IPL qualifier match, see the streaming information at the bottom of this article. The first ball is scheduled to be bowled at 7 p.m. Indian Standard Time at 33,000-seat Wankhede Cricket Stadium in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, May 22. In the United Kingdom, that start time will be 2:30 p.m. British Summer Time, while in the United States, the playoff match gets underway at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 6:30 a.m. Pacific.

Though Sunrisers and the Super Kings were favored to take the top two spots in this year’s IPL by cricket experts from before the season got underway, and that prediction proved accurate, both teams enter the playoffs playing less than championship-level cricket. Led by New Zealand Captain Kane Williamson, the Hyderabad side comes into the qualifier match riding a three-game losing streak.

Indian cricket legend MS Dhoni has also seen his Super Kings team falter, failing to win two straight matches throughout the entire month of May. But CSK appears to have an edge in the qualifier match, having defeated Williamson’s Sunrisers twice in their two matches in the round-robin stage. Those defeats account for two of only five matches dropped by Sunrisers in the 2018 campaign.

Here are the expected teams for the first IPL qualifier match.

To watch a live stream of the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Chennai Super Kings first 2018 IPL qualifier match from Mumbai, India, in the United States, the only source is the U.S. affiliate of India streaming site Hotstar at this link. The service charges a $7.99 per month fee, but also offers a one-month free trial, allowing cricket fans to watch the IPL qualifier match for free simply by canceling the subscription before the one-month trial period concludes. The U.S. Hotstar service is also available on mobile phones and the Roku set-top streaming box by downloading the Hotstar app.

India’s Hotstar service will also live stream the match in that country. Access the Indian Hotstar site at this link.

The Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs. Chennai Super Kings IPL playoff qualifier match will be broadcast by Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland, which means that to access a live stream, fans in the U.K. and in Ireland require a Sky Sports subscription. Subscribers then need to register for the satellite network’s Sky Go streaming service, which is free, but fans must fill out some basic information at this link to obtain a Sky Go login.

Once registration is complete, Sky Go Sports’ login page can be found at this link. Then, at last, cricket viewers can stream the Sunrisers vs. Super Kings match live from Mumbai. Sky Go is also available on most mobile devices by downloading the Sky Go app. A full list of compatible devices can be found by clicking here. </s> beat Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) in the tenth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) to grab their third title on Sunday. Pune lost the match by 1 run. 

 

 The nail-bitting match stretched till the last ball as Mitchell Johnson took two wickets in the penultimate over. Pune captain Steven Smith hit 51 off 50 balls. However, he also played an irrersponsive shot and was caught by Ambati Rayudu in the third ball of the last over.

Earlier in the day, Pune restricted to 129 for eight in 20 overs. Pune bowlers made the Mumbai top- and middle-order batsmen struggle as they were left reeling at 79/7 in the 15th over.

Krunal Pandya's 47 and Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma's 24 helped the team put a total of 129 on the board.



 As Pune started chasing the total cautiously, the Mumbai Indian bowlers put up a brilliant show. Jasprit Bumrah took MS Dhoni's wicket in the seventeenth over which turned the match for his team. 

 

 Pune needed 11 runs from six balls to win the match. The experienced Johnson left the Pune batsmen struggling as he took Manoj Tiwary's wicket in the second ball and knocked off Smith in the next. Pune scored 128/6 in 20 overs. </s> • Rising Pune Supergiant: beat Mumbai by 20 runs; beat Kings XI by 9 wickets; lost to Daredevils by 7 runs.
• Mumbai Indians: beat KKR by six wickets; lost to Rising Pune by 20 runs; beat KKR by 9 runs.

Overall: It's 4-1 to Rising Pune Supergiant. Mumbai Indians' most recent win against their opponents in the final came last year.

This season: Rising Pune won home and away in the league stage, and then shocked Mumbai again at the Wankhede in the first qualifier.

It's groundhog day in the IPL, and Mumbai have gone to great lengths to make it happen. Now all they have to do is figure out a way to end the loop and get the girl. But if not that, then at least the trophy.

Who will win the IPL title?

Twice in the league, and again in the first qualifier earlier this week, Rohit Sharma and his men have come up against Rising Pune, done everything they can, only to wake up and see its still February 2. Bill Murray's character - spoiler alert - eventually escaped his fate by accepting his curse. While that makes rom-com fans go "aww", those that frequent the Wankhede would go "&^%$*". Mumbai are two-time champions. Rising Pune won't even exist in the IPL after Sunday. They want a win before this rivalry ends.

Krunal Pandya was seen receiving treatment to his groin during the second qualifier but Rohit has said he should be okay to play. Mitchell McClenaghan, who did not play that game, will be assessed on the morning of the final in Hyderabad.

There are statistics to suggest the legspinner Karn Sharma, Mumbai's unexpected trump card, and left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya, should be saved for the Rising Pune middle order. They have been hit for 20 runs off nine balls by Rahul Tripathi and 25 runs off 13 balls by Steven Smith. But they have managed five dots in nine balls to MS Dhoni and 11 dots in 22 balls to Manoj Tiwary, at an economy rate of six or less.
• Rising Pune have kept a lid on Mumbai's power players. Rohit and Kieron Pollard average 20.66 and 14.33 against them this season.
• In three matches, Rising Pune have only allowed Mumbai to hit 23 sixes and 35 fours. In comparison, Mumbai thrashed 29 sixes against Kings XI after only two meetings, and 47 fours after three rounds against Knight Riders.
• One of Rising Pune's biggest strengths is their ability to strangle teams in the middle overs. They have taken the most wickets - 41 - established the lowest run-rate - 7.16 - and accumulated the most dots - 321 - between overs seven and 15 this IPL.
• Mumbai, with 10, have the record for the most fifty-plus scores from the middle order in 2017. But only one of them has come against Rising Pune. Rohit's batsmen from No. 3 to No. 7 average only 13.86 and strike at 113 against Smith's bowlers.
• Dhoni, who will be playing his seventh final in ten IPLs, averages 64.66 and strikes at 161.66 against Mumbai in IPL playoff and knockout matches.
• Among those who have bowled at least six overs against Mumbai in this IPL, offspinner Washington Sundar's economy-rate of 5.25 is the second best, behind Rashid Khan's 5.12.
• Ajinkya Rahane has struggled all season, but he has contributed two of the four fifties Rising Pune have against Mumbai. No other team has managed more than two 50-plus scores against Mumbai.
• These statistics indicate how Rising Pune have kept the head-to-head in their favour so far, but Mumbai are big-match specialists. Lendl Simmons had three successive fifties in IPL play-off and knockout games before this year.
• Jasprit Bumrah has bowled more deliveries (152) in the last five overs than anyone else, and was resplendent when he bowled the first Super Over of his career earlier this season. He will go into the final on the high of recording his best figures in T20s - 3-1-7-3 - in the second qualifier against KKR on Friday.
• Pollard has faced 273 balls in the 2017 season - his second-highest tally in 10 IPLs. Nine more and he'll eclipse his personal best. But here's the kicker: Mumbai have won the title in two out of three previous seasons that he has batted more than 200 balls.
• In 12 innings this season, Krunal has conceded runs at only 6.72 per over. Here are the strike-rates of batsmen who have faced at least 10 balls from him. Tiwary (83), Manish Pandey (117), AB de Villiers (118), Hashim Amla (133), Rahane (135) and Suryakumar Yadav (161). </s> Chennai Super Kings thrash Hyderabad to take third IPL title

MUMBAI: Shane Watson smashed an unbeaten 117 as Chennai Super Kings thrashed Sunrisers Hyderabad to win their third Indian Premier League title in a spectacular return from a two-year corruption ban.

The 36-year-old Australian hit eight sixes and 11 fours in his stunning 57 ball innings as Chennai took just 18.3 overs to overcome Hyderabad´s 178-6 off 20 overs.

Chennai finished on 181-2 to crush their opponents by eight wickets. Ambati Rayudu was also unbeaten at the end on 16 in Mumbai´s Wankhede Stadium which was packed with more than 33,000 people.

Chennai, IPL winners in 2010 and 2011, were banned for two seasons in 2015 along with Rajasthan Royals after team officials were found guilty of involvement in illegal gambling.
In cricket, Mumbai Indians win the Indian Premier League, defeating Rising Pune Supergiant by one run in the final.