06 May 2012 : Mumbai Indians won by 2 wickets.One of the most thrilling last ball finish in this season of Indian Premier League.Dwayne Smith smashed a sixer and two boundaries in the last three balls to pass the target of 174 in 20 overs,which gave Mumbai Indians a fantastic win and valuable 2 points.Mumbai Indians needed 16 runs in the last over and the baller in charge was Ben Hilfenhaus,who bowled extremely well before that over and his first over was a maiden.The Chennai Super Kings had great hopes of winning the match as Hilfenhaus conceded just two runs and took a wicket in the first three balls of the last over.But the last three balls were smashed to the straight boundary by Dwayne Smith which took away the match from the Chennai Super Kings.The Mumbai Indians had a great start,after loosing an early wicket Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma made a solid partnership scoring 126 runs in the second wicket which kept them in track.Tendulkar scored 74 off 44 balls and Rohit Sharma made 60 off 46 balls.And at the end Dwayne Smith scored 24 runs of just 9 deliveries.Earlier in the match Chennai Super Kings scored 173/8 in 20 overs.The Super Kings failed to make use of the flying start provided by Murali Vijay.They must have made a score near to 200,If they had utilised it at the end.Murali Vijay scored 41 off 29,Raina,Bravo and Dhoni contributed to their innings.The scores of both the teams along with importantbatting and bowling performances are given below :
Chennai Super Kings : 173(20 overs)
Murali Vijay 41(29) Dwayne Bravo 40(33) Suresh Raina 36(21) MS Dhoni 25(15)
Malinga and RP Singh took 3 wickets
Mumbai Indians : 174 (20 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 74(44) Rohit Sharma 60(46) Dwayne Smith 24(9)
Jadeja,Bravo and Hilfenhaus took 2 wickets each
Man of the match : Dwayne Smith