Gujarat Lions 147 for 7 (Finch 67*, Raina 27, McClenaghan 4-21, Bumrah 2-32) beat Mumbai Indians 143 for 8 (Parthiv 34, Southee 25, Tambe 2-12, Kulkarni 2-19) by three wickets
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Aaron Finch brought up his third half-century of the season and carried his bat through in a tense finish © BCCI
It took one week for IPL 2016 to finally deliver a blockbuster. Gujarat Lions controlled the game for a better part of 35 overs, before slipping in the next four to bring the equation down to 11 off the final over. Aaron Finch, who overcame bouts of cramps and a twitch to his hamstring, was running on empty by then. Fortunately, Dhawal Kulkarni, who returned to the venue he has grown up playing on, channelised his batting potential to pull out a crucial boundary, before Finch biffed a boundary when they needed one off the final ball as Lions eked out a last-ball thriller by three wickets to consolidate their position at the top of the league standings.
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