Kieron Pollard blasted 87 not out from 34 balls as Mumbai Indians completed a stunning chase of 219 against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on the final ball in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Saturday.
The West Indian came in with 138 needed from 62 balls and hit eight sixes and six fours for a four-wicket win.
Mumbai needed 16 from the final over - and Pollard, dropped two overs earlier on 68, hit a six, two fours and scampered a two from the last ball. It was the second highest chase in IPL history.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali had earlier hit 58 from 36 balls before Ambati Rayudu blasted a 27-ball 72 to lift top-of-the-table Chennai to 218 for four.
On a flat pitch and small ground in Delhi, Mumbai started well in pursuit through openers Rohit (35) and Quinton de Kock (38), before slipping from 71 for no loss after 7.3 overs to 81 for three in the 10th over.
But Pollard produced a brutal assault, hitting three big sixes in four balls off left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja early in his innings.
He continued to clear the boundary with ease and reached his fifty from just 17 balls. With 34 needed from 14, Faf du Plessis dropped a relatively straightforward chance to dismiss Pollard at long-on which proved crucial.
England all-rounder Sam Curran, who took three for 34, bowled the penultimate over and was hit for two sixes by Hardik Pandya before having the India batsman caught at long-off and Jimmy Neesham caught at fine leg.
Chief scores
Chennai Super Kings: 218/4 in 20 overs (Ambati Rayudu 72 n.o, Moeen Ali 58, Kieron Pollard 2/12)
Mumbai Indians: 219/6 in 20 overs (Kieron Pollard 87 n.o, Quinton de Kock 38, Sam Curran 3/34). (BBC)
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