Indian Premier League 2017: Teams, summary, winner, most runs and wickets

Mumbai Indians became the first IPL franchise to win three titles, that too in alternate years. In the final they beat Rising Pune Supergiant (who had dropped the ‘s’ from the end of ‘Supergiants’). The top two teams in the league stage, Mumbai and Pune clashed four times in all, of which Pune won the first three, including Qualifier 1.

Mumbai beat Pune in the final by 1 run, the narrowest winning margin in an IPL final. Krunal Pandya first lifted Mumbai from 79/7 to 129/8. At 71/1 in the 12th over, it was Pune’s match to lose. But Mumbai snuck in some tight overs, and Pune were left to chase 11 off the last over, to be bowled by Johnson. They got 9 of these.

However, that did not prevent Ben Stokes of Pune (316 runs at 143, 12 wickets at 7.18 an over) from winning the MVP award of the edition. Unfortunately, like Gujarat Lions, Pune’s two-year contract came to an end this season. The Orange and Purple Caps went to David Warner and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, both of Sunrisers Hyderabad.

BCCI experimented with an opening ceremony before the first match at every venue. But while these were high-profile affairs, they showed symptoms of a diminishing value of return of the concept.

Brief scores

Qualifier 1, Mumbai, May 16: Rising Pune Supergiant 162/4 in 20 overs (Manoj Tiwary 58*, Ajinkya Rahane 56; Lasith Malinga 1/14) beat Mumbai Indians 142/9 in 20 overs (Parthiv Patel 52; Washington Sundar 3/16, Shardul Thakur 3/37) by 20 runs. Player of the Match: Washington Sundar.

Eliminator, Bengaluru, May 17: Sunrisers Hyderabad 128/7 in 20 overs (David Warner 37; Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/20) lost to Kolkata Knight Riders 48/3 in 5.2 overs (Gautam Gambhir 32*; Chris Jordan 1/9) by 7 wickets (DLS Method). Player of the Match: Nathan Coulter-Nile.

Qualifier 2, Bengaluru, May 19: Kolkata Knight Riders 107 in 18.5 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 31; Karn Sharma 4/16, Jasprit Bumrah 3/7) lost to Mumbai Indians 111/4 in 14.3 overs (Krunal Pandya 45*; Piyush Chawla 2/34) by 6 wickets. Player of the Match: Karn Sharma.

Final, Hyderabad, May 21: Mumbai Indians 129/8 in 20 overs (Krunal Pandya 47; Jaydev Unadkat 2/19) beat Rising Pune Supergiant 128/6 in 20 overs (Steven Smith 51; Mitchell Johnson 3/26) by 1 run. Player of the Match: Krunal Pandya.

Orange Cap: David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 641 runs, 14 matches
Purple Cap: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 26 wickets, 14 matches
MVP: Ben Stokes (Pune Warriors India)