Abu Dhabi, Oct. 25 -- Brilliant half century by Hardik Pandya 60 off 21 not out and Saurabh Tiwary 34 off 25 helped MI post challenging 195/ in 20 overs against RR in the 45th Match of IPL at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Sunday.

Suryakumar and Ishan played a pivotal role bringing up 83 runs for second wicket but it was Tiwary and Hardik 64 run stand for 5th wicket that took MI score to challenging 195.

Hardik was the star performer for MI bringing in 27 runs in the last over hitting Tyagi for 1, 6, 4, 4, 6,6.

Winning the toss MI batting first lost its opener Quinton de Kock early at 6 in first over bowled by Archer. Kock and Ishan had put 7 runs for opening stand.

Ishan was the second victim when bowled by Tyagi in 11th over at 37 off 36 b...