Mumbai managed to get rid of him in the 18th over and then prevented Punjab from getting the 25 runs they still needed but they knew they'd won by the skin of their teeth.

"[Ashutosh was] unbelievable. Coming and playing like that and hitting almost every ball off the middle of the bat and at ease, knowing what he wants to do. It's wonderful. Very happy for him, just for his future."

"There's no question we've lost quite a lot of early wickets throughout the tournament. That's been quite frustrating. But I guess the way the guys have managed to take the game close constantly like that... It's obviously heartbreaking for them to get that close but it's pretty special from some of those younger guys in the middle order.

"It's been a little bit of a rollercoaster ride. Winning a game and a couple of last-over finishes. There's a lot of positive things. I've got full belief in the team that we can turn this around. We'll keep moving forward. We'll keep the smiles."

"You see a guy like Ashutosh being able to have that power and that skill as well to go down and sweep pace bowlers. He's just an incredible talent. The team's incredibly lucky to have those guys playing really well. Hopefully in the next few games, we can win those close ones and you never know, we're the team that might get that momentum."

Mumbai, too, are in the bottom half of the table, and only the climb upwards matters to them. Not the way they do it. "We did speak in the timeout," Hardik said, "That you know what it does not matter how good we look, we'll make sure that we keep scrapping and we keep fighting in this game. Yes, there are a lot of areas which in the bowling we can look at and make sure that we don't bowl those soft balls, which we gave as well. Yes, the batters kind of played really good shots but, at the same point of time, we were quite soft in certain departments and certain overs, and that kind of cost us [taking it] this far in the game but nevertheless, a win is a win."