Call it the innocence of youth or naivete of the young but the 20-year-old is a more attacking bowler with the caveat that the opposition just don’t bother attacking Rashid. The southpaw has the ability to challenge both edges, irrespective of the type of batter he’s bowling to. And he can keep producing these kinds of deliveries on demand.

Off the first ball of his second over, he got one to turn sharply. It missed Tilak Varma’s bat swing and went for four byes as MS Dhoni’s gloves weren’t even in the same postcode. Two balls later, He got one to beat Suryakumar Yadav’s outside edge. The Indian captain had showed some adventure by stepping down. He was on his bike back to the dressing room after Dhoni followed the trajectory of the ball to effect a smart stumping.

Moments later, he welcomed Robin Minz with the one turning into the right-hander. This was the period when an unsexy but steady Mumbai start had gone from solid to iffy; like a block of jenga one turn away from a pre-advertised death.

At 3/72 after 8.1 overs with two set batters at the crease, they had multiple paths in front of them towards targeting a score in excess of 170. Over the next 40 balls, the trio of Ashwin, Jadeja and Ahmad bowled 14 dots and picked up three wickets.

It’s what the hosts hve tended to do at their fortress. Let their spinners hunt prey like a boa constrictor. Cutting off the blood supply. The spinners returned a combined 5/70 off 11 overs (the pacers picked 4/80 in nine).

The visitors, who had their own mystery left-arm spinner in Vignesh Puthur, picked up three wickets to close out a fine game for the tweakers.