LSG vs MI, 67th Match at Mumbai, IPL, May 17 2024 - Match Result

12.45am That's all from us tonight, Vishal Dikshit and Karthik Krishnaswamy, who brought you this dead rubber right till the dying moments of this Friday night. Forty-five minutes in Saturday I'm going to head home, and so will MI and LSG. Tomorrow, sorry today is a much more exciting game: RCB vs CSK, almost a knockout (almost because a small win won't be enough for RCB), rain looming large over it, and plenty of rivalry packed in there. For now, it's goodnight and good luck from us all. Ciao!

Pooran is the Player of the Match: Personally, I just had to do my job which is find a way in the situation and finish. Coming into the season I knew what my game would be. I have been inconsistent as well, I'd be fair to myself, so wanted to get some experience and make it count. (His ideal batting number) I batted from Nos. 3 to 7 but if I had to choose, I like the powerplay as well. I can't be selfish and choose. I can bat at any position and that's my strength. I'm just happy that I can do that. I'm just blessed, really grateful to have a second chance to play this game. Eight years ago when I had that accident, I thought I want to enjoy every game and every chance I get. Cricket and sport is really difficult, it takes time. I'm just happy teams are backing me and giving me a chance to play. All the fans of the world who support me as well, I'm just happy I can go out there and entertain. The World Cup is there now, it's back home and we're all looking forward to all playing together and doing something great for the people of Caribbean.

KL Rahul: Very disappointing. At the start of the season, I felt we had a very strong season and most basis covered. Couple of injuries happen to every season and team but the guys who went away dented us a little bit. We didn't play well enough collectively and couldn't come together as much as we wanted to. Today was the kind of game we wanted to play more when the bowlers and batters both come together. Really happy for them (the youngsters), we spent a lot of time and energy with the squad, the support staff and we had sent Mayank and Yudhvir to South Africa to train with Morkel. They got good facilities to train with. (Will he continute to open in T20s?) Maybe, maybe not, there's not much T20 cricket coming up [for me] now. It depends on where I stand and what I need to do to get back in the team, I'll think about what the team needs. (Was Pooran batting too low down the order?) Not really, we'd have ideally wanted him to bat higher but how the teams line up is how the international players slot to absorb the pressure. Once Stoinins was at No. 3, we couldn't have had Pooran after him to have them bat in the 8th or 9th over together.

Sanjiv Goenka is back out there, but this time in a different kind of animated conversation with Rohit Sharma, who is laughing away, along with Amit Mishra. Krunal and Hardik are having a chat together after the TV interviews and mingling with some of the other players and team officials. A lot to reflect on for both teams, both captains and team managements. We'll get you the presentation soon.

Sampath, meanwhile, chimes in: MI finish this auction cycle with a win-loss record of 17-27, the worst record among the ten teams. Nine of those 17 wins came in the 2023 edition alone. They finished bottom of the table in two seasons - in 2022 and 2024 - which they never done before.

Hardik Pandya: Quite difficult, this season we didn't play good quality cricket and it cost us the whole season. It's a professional world, sometimes there'll be good and sometimes bad days. As a group we didn't play quality and smart cricket and it showed in the results. Too early to exactly point out what went wrong tonight. We can pass on this game and look forward to the next season.

Krunal Pandya: It's been a tough season for us, good to end the season with a win. Obviously the aim was to make the knockouts but good to end the season with a high. (On his spectacular save at the boundary) Fielding is more related to fitness, the hard work you put in in off-season reflect on the field and I was able to do it.

12.17am Nearly five hours after this game began, it ends with LSG picking up a consolation win, courtesy a brilliant, 29-ball 75 from Nicholas Pooran and some excellent bowling from their spinners. Rohit Sharma gave his adoring fans something to cheer, and Naman Dhir a glimpse of a serious talent, but another disappointing defeat for Mumbai in a season of disappointing defeats. Vishal will be here with you soon to bring you the post-match reactions.

Here, belatedly, is Romario Shepherd.

Right, then. This is all but over, but Dhir is hitting the ball beautifully, and it's still mathematically possible. First up, he's on 49. Naveen-ul-Haq to bowl the last over. Only four fielders outside the circle - deep third, long-off, long-on, deep midwicket. LSG having over-rate issues too.

36 off 8. A couple of hits now could make this interesting.

Fifty-two off 12 balls. Still within the realms of possibility. Here's Mohsin. Left-arm over.

Continues from over the wicket to the left-hander.

Free-hit.