Mumbai Indians (MI) won the third of the five Indian Premier League (IPL) titles they have won so far in 2017. The final was a nail-biter, with MI emerging victorious by a single run.
MI topped the eight-team table at the end of the 56-match group phase. They won 10 of their 14 league encounters, topping the table with 20 points.
Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) finished second, third and fourth in the table with 18, 17 and 16 points respectively.
In the play-offs, RPS won the Qualier 1 against MI by 20 runs, progressing to the finals in the process. KKR won the rain-affected Eliminator against SRH, making their way to Qualifier 2 against MI.
MI bowled out KKR for just 107 runs in that match and chased down the target with 33 balls and 6 wickets remaining. This earned them a rematch against RPS in the final and a chance to win the title.
The final too was a low-scoring affair. MI put on just 129 for eight batting first. Despite defending a below-par target, MI came out on top by a single run as RPS ended their 20 overs at 128 for six. Having already won the title in 2013 and 2015 as well, MI lifted the IPL trophy for a third time.
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Ben Stokes, who played for losing finalists Rising Pune Supergiant, was declared as the player of the series. Stokes scored 316 runs and picked up 12 wickets in the tournament.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) David Wamer, who topped the run scorers chart in the season with 641 runs, won the Orange Cap. SRH also had the Purple Cap winner as Bhuvneshwar
Kumar topped the wickets chart, picking up 26 wickets in the season.
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