Mumbai suffered a dramatic collapse, falling from 127/3 to 163 all-out in chase of Kerala’s 178/5. Fast bowler KM Asif triggered it, finishing with figures of 5/24 in 3.4 overs. Earlier, Kerala were powered by Sanju Samson, who smashed 46 off 28 opening the batting while Vishnu Vinod (43 off 40), Mohammed Azharuddeen (32 off 25) and Sharafuddeen (35* off 15) consolidated well to push the team to a good total. Mumbai lost Ayush Mhatre early in chase but were propped up by an 80-run stand between Ajinkya Rahane and Sarfaraz Khan, with the latter scoring a half-century. Once Rahane was dismissed, Suryakumar Yadav walked in and made 32 off 25. Even after Sarfaraz fell, Suryakumar and Shivam Dube kick-started a stand worth 28 runs. But once that was broken, a middle-order procession followed. Asif bowled a triple-wicket 18th over to see the back of Sairaj Patil, Suryakumar and Shardul Thakur to leave the side struggling at 149/7. Asif then capped off his fifer in the final over to earn his team a 15-run victory
