Mumbai Indians Clinch Third IPL Trophy with Thrilling 1-run Win

Mumbai Indians who were ready for their hat trick to lift the cup had to shrug off the determined Pune who looked for their first win in the only second competition.

Mumbai Indians Skipper Rohit Sharma exults after winning the IPL 10 Final match against Rising Pune Supergiants in Hyderabad on Sunday. The right-hander spoke in length about the importance of team performances, death bowling and India captaincy (in T20s) aspirations. This was one of the closely contested IPL Finals till date. In an interview after the win he said, “All the three titles were special”.

Instagram too was abuzz with IPL pictures and videos as those off the pitch also came forward to congratulate the team on their brilliant win. “It has always been a dream for me to play in a Test before I finish off”, said the 32-year-old.

“Everyone who goes there becomes a better player”, said Stokes. We had wickets in hand as well.

Congratulations to Mumbai Indians with their thrilling IPL 2017 win! The team was looking to score some runs and Pune was putting huge pressure on the batsmen.

“I told the boys if we could do it against KKR (105) there was no way we couldn’t do it here”.

“Our target on this wicket was 140 to 160”.

“It was quite a touch wicket to score on”.

“He (Johnson) was bowling against the wind.

“We have got some proven match winners in our squad”. “I am proud of the way the boys played throughout the tournament”.

A first-ball leave from Lendl Simmons set the tone for a cautious start on a slower-than-usual Hyderabad surface, with only seven coming off the first two overs, against Jaydev Unadkat’s back-of-a-length cutters and Washington Sundar’s flat, stump-to-stump offspin.

“We were playing an extra bowler and we were a little mindful of that”. They’ve done it consistently. He (Malinga) has done well for us for a number of years. That’s what experience does. In this campaign, we have had some players stand up from nowhere. We spoke about it in the change room that we wanted to add 20 runs extra with our fielding.

The last three overs (today)… “It comes in healthy when the team requires them the most”, Sharma said. Not just for IPL teams but also for the country. That is what we discussed in the change room during the break. We can talk as much as we want.