New Delhi: Rising Pune Supergiant booked a spot in the last of the Indian Premier League 2017 with persuading victory over Mumbai Indians on Tuesday, on account of a brilliant all-round show from young off-spinner Washington Sundar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the Wankhede stadium.
While Ajinkya Rahane and Manoj Tiwary steadied a sinking RPS dispatch after Rahul Tripathi and captain Steve Smith left in the initial two overs, Dhoni produced late fireworks to help his side post a focused aggregate of 162 on board.
Not long after Pune's innings finished up, proprietor Sanjeev Goenka and his sibling Harsh were seen praising the execution.
Pursuing an objective of 163, the Rohit Sharma-drove side could just oversee 142/9 in their stipulated portion of 20 overs.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel was the solitary batsman who could remain at the wrinkle and gave the host a look at triumph. Be that as it may, his 52-run knock off 40 balls vent futile as none of the other Mumbai batsmen remained long at the wrinkle.
17-year-old Sundar was pick of the bowlers for Supergiant as he got three vital wickets giving without end only 16 keeps running in his four overs.
Unforgiving, in his post-coordinate tweet, praised the exhibitions of Dhoni and Shardul while additionally giving Smith acknowledgment for his captaincy.
"Explosive batting by Dhoni, deceitful bowling by Sundar and great captaincy by Smith takes #RPS to the #IPL finals," tweeted Harsh Goenka.
The victory helped the Supergiant keep up their 100% cent percent win record against Mumbai Indians in this release of the IPL, packing a victory in each of the three experiences.