This is becoming a common pattern with the Mumbai Indians. Mustafizur Rahman bowled well but couldn’t stop Delhi from getting 11 runs off the final over. Prior to that, the Fizz had bowled three overs to give away only 14 runs, so defending 11 off the last over wasn’t much of a difficult task for him.

Just before he bowled that over, however, he had dropped two catches off Bumrah’s bowling, something might have hampered his confidence. With a four and a six in his first two balls of the final over, he then gave three dot balls in a row to bring up a faint chance of a super-over.

In the end, however, Jason Roy hit him for a single and won his team the game. It might look like Mustafizur Rahman lost Mumbai the game on the outset – which might be true to an extent when considering his fielding – but the brilliance of his bowling can be realized via ESPNCricinfo’s Smart Stats.

According to Smart Stats, that is calculated based on a bowler’s performance in the powerplay and death overs, Mustafizur Rahman had the best smart economy rate in the match with a mere 2.87 runs-per-over.

The second best of the entire match was Jasprit Bumrah with a smart economy rate of 3.73 and was followed by Krunal Pandya and Glenn Maxwell.

These stats are a testament to the fact that Mustafizur is a key cog in Mumbai’s bowling along with Jasprit Bumrah and that Mumbai need a decent pacer who could give the duo the better assistance that they need and deserve.