
Mumbai Indians 'man for all seasons' Kieron Pollard's scintillating strokeplay found its match in maverick Ishan Kishan as they nearly pulled off a Houdini Act before Navdeep Saini's spectacular Super Over saw Royal Challengers Bangalore win an IPL humdinger on Monday. (BCCI/IPL/ANI Photo)

The small built Kishan put up a powerhouse performance scoring 99 off 58 balls with nine sixes while Pollard's 60 off 24 saw them match RCB's total of 201. (BCCI/IPL/ANI Photo)

However, Saini bowled fast and straight in the Super Over conceding only seven runs with Hardik Pandya getting out. Virat Kohli after three bad matches did the needful as Jasprit Bumrah coudn't defend a seven-run target with India captain winning it with a last ball boundary. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

However nothing can be taken away from Kishan and Pollard's superlative batting as they got 89 off the 90 runs required in the last five overs with some breathtaking sixes primarily off leg spinners Adam Zampa and Yuzvendra Chahal. The standout bowler for RCB was Washington Sundar with figures of 1/12 in 4 overs. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

Earlier, AB de Villiers turned the clock back with his magnificent hitting after Aaron Finch and Devdutt Padikkal's stroke-filled half-centuries took RCB to an imposing 201/3 after being put into bat. (BCCI/IPL/ANI Photo)

It was De Villiers, who used all his might during the death overs to smash his way to an unbeaten 55 off 24 balls, taking the score past 200-run mark. His innings had four sixes and as many boundaries as the swift yet brutal assault of Jasprit Bumrah (0/42 in 4 overs) will be remembered for a long time. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

While Aaron Finch scored 52 off 35 balls to get his team off to a flying start, the extremely elegant Padikkal upped the ante in the latter half with some delightful big hits, scoring 54 off 40 balls. The duo added 81 runs for the opening stand. (BCCI/IPL/ANI Photo)

Padikkal's innings was studded with five boundaries and two sixes and a good stand of 62 runs for the third wicket with De Villiers, who then provided the final flourish as he has been doing for years now. (BCCI/IPL/ANI Photo)

This was after Finch took on the MI attack in the Powerplay overs and attacked both Boult and Pattinson with great gusto. When Rahul Chahar was introduced into the attack, Finch hit him for three boundaries as the 50 came off 31 balls. (BCCI/IPL/ANI Photo)

Once De Villiers came in, Padikkal changed gears as both started attacking the bowlers as a square cut off Pollard brought up his half-century. (BCCI/IPL/ANI Photo)