Ipl 2017 News

Rising Pune Supergiant player MS Dhoni has set the record for most IPL finals reached by a player, with the 2017 final against Mumbai Indians being his seventh in ten seasons. This is also his first as a non-captain, after having led Chennai Super Kings in six finals. Dhoni has won the title twice with CSK, in 2010 and 2011.

Rising Pune Supergiant restricted Mumbai Indians to 129/8, the second lowest team total in an IPL final, in the 2017 edition's summit clash on Sunday. Pacers Jaydev Unadkat and Daniel Christian, and spinner Adam Zampa picked up two wickets each while two batsmen got run out. This is Mumbai's fourth and Pune's first IPL final.

Former South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes and his wife Melanie Wolf were blessed with a baby boy on Sunday, the day of the IPL 2017 final. The Mumbai Indians fielding coach shared the baby's picture and tweeted, "The prize before the prize @mipaltan?" Rhodes' first child with Wolf, who was named India, was also born in India two years ago.

Mumbai Indians defeated Rising Pune Supergiant by 1 run on Sunday to win their third Indian Premier League title. This was Mumbai's first victory over Pune in this year's edition, having lost two encounters in the group stage and the Qualifier-1. Rohit Sharma has now won all the four IPL finals he featured in, thrice being captain.

Reacting to the low-scoring IPL final between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant on Sunday, a user tweeted, "All 3 results possible. Mumbai, Pune and Lonavala." David Warner tweeted, "That's 20/20 cricket for you. Two halves of a game...Amazing match, cricket wins." Another tweet read, "Mumbai Indians' scorecard looks as cheaper as Jio data plans. Nice promotional strategy."

Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the first bowler to win the Purple Cap in two successive IPL seasons, ending the 2017 edition as the highest wicket-taker. Bhuvneshwar finished IPL 2017 with 26 wickets from 14 matches, while he had picked up 23 wickets in 17 matches last season. He claimed his first T20 five-wicket haul in this IPL season.

England and Mumbai Indians player Jos Buttler uploaded a video on Instagram which shows him celebrating the team's IPL title victory jumping in a towel. Buttler, who left for England just before the playoffs, is seen watching the final moments while sitting with a towel wrapped around him. As MI won, Buttler jumped, momentarily losing his towel in the process.

Reacting to Rising Pune Supergiant coach Stephen Fleming wearing a suit in the dugout during the IPL final, a user tweeted, "Not sure whether Fleming dressed up for IPL final or Cannes." Other tweets read, "Do we have a football manager on a cricket field," and, "Can we please take a moment to truly appreciate how @SPFleming7, looks and all?"

Twitter users credited "Prayer Aunty" for Mumbai Indians' one-run win over Rising Pune Supergiant in the IPL final on Sunday. In the last over of the match, an old lady was shown on TV praying in the stands, who was later identified to be Nita Ambani's mother by Abhishek Bachchan. Users tweeted her picture with the caption, "Turning Point."

Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja mocked himself on Twitter after not getting even a single game during the four-month India tour. Khawaja was not picked in the Australian side for any of the four tests, and was later a water boy for RPS in the IPL. Khawaja tweeted a picture of Bobby Boucher, the Adam Sandler character from 'The Waterboy'.

The tenth edition of the Indian Premier League saw over 15 records being broken. Mumbai Indians became the first team to win three IPL titles, going past Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings who have two titles each. Gujarat Lions recorded the worst IPL collapse in their last-ever match, while Royal Challengers Bangalore posted the lowest-ever IPL total.

Rising Pune Supergiant all-rounder Ben Stokes was named IPL 2017's Most Valuable Player at the conclusion of the tournament on Sunday. Stokes, bought by RPS for ₹14.5 crore, was the most expensive player in the IPL 2017 auction. He scored 316 runs in 12 matches this season, including a century and a fifty, besides taking 12 wickets.

Chennai Super Kings announced their comeback to the IPL next year, tweeting the news from their official handle on Monday. CSK congratulated newly crowned champions Mumbai Indians on their win in the final and wrote, "Next Summer, we will be there! #ManyHappyReturnsOfCSK." Meanwhile, Gujarat Lions and this year's runners-up Rising Pune Supergiant will not feature in the tournament next season.

Rising Pune Supergiant's official Twitter handle posted a meme on Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma during the IPL final on Sunday, but deleted it later. MI were 41-3 in the eighth over when the RPS Twitter account posted a doodled image of Rohit Sharma crying. They deleted it after facing flak, later tweeting that it was "all in good spirit".

Rising Pune Supergiant owner Sanjiv Goenka's brother Harsh compared the partnership of MS Dhoni and Steve Smith to Sholay's Jai-Veeru in a tweet before the IPL final. Harsh was earlier trolled on Twitter for praising Smith over Dhoni, when he tweeted that the new RPS captain overshadowed Dhoni. He had also said appointing Smith as captain was a "good move".

Cricket Insider, a Twitter user made nine predictions about the IPL final between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant, out of which eight proved to be correct. The user's predictions included Mumbai Indians setting up between 120 and 130 and successfully defending the total. Cricket Insider also predicted Smith being the highest scorer and Rahul Tripathi scoring under ten runs.

Based on data from the recently concluded IPL 10, Twitter India has revealed MS Dhoni's emoji was the most mentioned player emoji during the tournament. Virat Kohli's emoji was next on the list, with Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina also featuring in the top five. Mumbai Indians was the most mentioned team followed by Kolkata Knight Riders.

Commentator Harsha Bhogle picked his IPL Team of the Decade, naming former Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni as skipper. Dhoni has played most IPL finals among individual players, captaining the team in six of them and winning two titles. Bhogle's team consisted of Chris Gayle, Shane Watson, Dwayne Bravo and Lasith Malinga among the foreign players.

IPL 2017 auction's most expensive player Ben Stokes, who was bought for ₹14.5 crore by Rising Pune Supergiant, scored 316 runs in 12 innings, with his each run costing ₹4.58 lakh. Each run scored by Virat Kohli was most expensive, costing ₹4.87 lakh. Gautam Gambhir was least expensive among the highest-paid batsmen, with his each run costing ₹2 lakh.