IPL: Smith powers Rising Pune Supergiant to win against Mumbai Indians

Rising Pune Supergiant beat Mumbai Indians by seven wickets, riding on half centuries from captain Steven Smith (84 not out) and Ajinkya Rahane (60), in their IPL match in Pune on Thursday night.
Chasing 185 for a win, Pune overhauled the target with a ball to spare in a tense finish as they reached 187 for 3 in 19.5 overs. Smith smashed seven fours and three sixes from 54 balls for his unbeaten 84 while Rahane hit 60 from 34 balls with the help of six fours and three sixes as the duo raised 58 runs from the second wicket to set up the win.
Earlier, all-rounder Hardik Pandya's last-over heroics helped Mumbai Indians recover from a mediocre position to post a healthy 184/8 against Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) in the second game of the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Thursday.
Bengal medium pacer Ashoke Dinda was the culprit for the home side conceding 30 runs in the final over when Hardik (35 not out) hammered the right-armer for four sixes (including three consecutive) and a four to change the course of the game. Earlier, South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir, who went unsold in the auctions and was a late addition to the Pune squad, brought the hosts back into the game with three quick wickets after the Mumbai opening duo of Jos Buttler (38) and Parthiv Patel (19) added 45 runs for the opening wicket.
Introduced in the fifth over, Tahir struck in his second ball when he bowled Parthiv round his legs before packing Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma (3) and Buttler in his next over to reduce Mumbai to 62/3.
Rohit, who has been out of action for almost five months, was slow on his feet and it was enough for Tahir to break through his defence. One ball later, Tahir trapped the dangerous Buttler in front although television replays later showed that the Englishman had got a thick inside edge. Before his dismissal, Buttler lived up to his billing, milking his English teammate and IPL-10's costliest buy Ben Stokes (Rs 14.5 crore) for two consecutive sixes and then dispatching rookie Rajasthan medium-pacer Deepak Chahar for a four and a six off back-to-back deliveries. - PTI / IANS
SCOREBOARD
Mumbai Indians
Patel b Tahir 19
Buttler lbw Tahir 38
Sharma b Tahir 3
Rana c Bhatia b Zampa 34
Rayudu c & b Bhatia 10
Pandya c Dhoni b Bhatia 3
Pollard c Agarwal b Stokes 27
Pandya not out 35
Southee run out 7
McClenaghan not out 0
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 6) 8
Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 184
Did not bat: Bumrah
Fall of wickets 1-45 (Patel, 4.2 ov), 2-61 (Sharma, 6.3 ov), 3-62 (Buttler, 6.5 ov), 4-92 (Rayudu, 11.1 ov), 5-107 (KH Pandya, 13.2 ov), 6-125 (Rana, 15.3 ov), 7-146 (Pollard, 18.2 ov), 8-183 (Southee, 19.5 ov)
Bowling: Dinda 4-0-57-0, Chahar 2-0-21-0, Stokes 4-0-36-1, Tahir 4-0-28-3, Zampa 3-0-26-1, Bhatia 3-0-14-2.
Rising Pune Supergiant
Rahane c Rana b Southee 60
Agarwal c Sharma b McClenaghan 6
Smith* not out 84
Stokes c Southee b Pandya 21
Dhoni? not out 12
Extras (lb 1, w 3) 4
Total (3 wickets; 19.5 overs) 187 (9.42 runs per over)
To bat: MK Tiwary, R Bhatia, DL Chahar, A Zampa, AB Dinda, Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets 1-35 (Agarwal, 3.1 ov), 2-93 (Rahane, 10.1 ov), 3-143 (Stokes, 15.2 ov)
Bowling: Southee 4-0-34-1, Pandya 4-0-36-1, McClenaghan 4-0-36-1, Bumrah 4-0-29-0, Pandya 2-0-21-0, Pollard 1.5-0-30- 0

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