Mumbai Indians won a humdinger of a contest when they scrambled home by one wicket against Trinidad & Tobago in their Champions League Twenty20 match on Monday.
Needing to chase a below-100 target, the fancied Indian side were pushed all the way by their opponents in what proved to be a Group A thriller at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Mumbai looked dead and buried after they had slumped to 77-7 by the 16th over. But Ambati Rayudu used all his experience to virtually carry the side over the finish line before he fell for 36 off 47 balls.
When he was sent back Mumbai needed two runs to win and last man Yuzvendra Chahal did just that.
Earlier, Trinidad & Tobago were bundled out for just 98 in 16.2 overs.
The Caribbean team, who won the toss, were found clueless against the guile of Harbhajan Singh. The acting skipper in the absence of Sachin Tendulkar snared three wickets for 22 runs in his mandatory four-over spell.
Lasith Malinga chipped in with two wickets while Abu Nechim, James Franklin and Kieron Pollard each took a wicket apiece for Mumbai, who stunned defending Chennai Super Kings with a three-wicket win in their opening match.
Apart from Jason Mohammed (23), Lendl Simmons (21) and Darren Bravo (18), Trinidad showed little ambition.
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