On the back of a strong batting performance and all-round bowling performance, Mumbai Indians beat Kings 11 Punjab by 48 runs.
PERFORMERS OF THE DAY
MAN OF THE MATCH– Kieron Pollard
Mumbai Indians: Bat- Rohit Sharma 70(45)Kieron Pollard 47*(20) Bowl- Bumrah 4-0-18-2 Chahar 4-0-26-2
Kings 11 Punjab: Bat- Pooran 44(27) Agarwal 25(18) Bowl- Cottrell 4-1-20-2 Shami 4-0-36-1
AS IT HAPPENED
After losing the toss for the 3rd time in 4 matches, Mumbai Indians were put in to bat first.
DE COCK’S BAD PATCH CONTINUES.
De cock once again failed to give his side a cracking start and was bowled by Cottrell for a duck. Then came Suryakumar Yadav started positively but was, unfortunately, ran out. MI were in deep trouble early in the innings due to these two wickets
HITMAN DELIVERS
While others failing to get going, Rohit looked solid from the beginning and anchored the inning very well. He along with Ishan Kishan, the hero of the previous match stitched a good partnership after two early wickets. But KXIP’s bowlers showed utter discipline and kept the MI’s run rate around 6 up to 12 overs. In the process, Rohit brought up his 38th IPL fifty. He made 45 ball 70.
POLLARD- PANDYA GOES ALL CYLINDERS FIRING IN DEATH OVERS
After departure of Rohit, Pollard took onus on himself and smashed the Punjab bowlers all around the park. Hardik Pandya, who was coming on the back of three consecutive failure with the bat was seen in good touch today and made a quickfire 30 runs. Pollard made 47 runs off 20 balls which included 4 huge sixes, three of which came in the last over. MI smashed 103 runs from there last 6 overs and reached 191/4 in 20 overs.
OPENERS FAILED
In all their previous matches KL and Mayank provided them a good start but this time around they failed to do the same again under the scoreboard pressure. Mayank did started positively and attacked Boult and Pattinson but was failed to a jaffa from Bumrah. KL Rahul was a bit rusty tonight and was bowled by Chahar.
LONE FIGHT FROM POORAN
Among all the Punjab batsmen, only Nicolas Pooran looked promising. But it was too much to do for him as he didn’t get supported from any batsmen. Eventually, he failed to Pattinson’s away swinging delivery after making 44 of 27.
ECXELLENT BOWLING PERFORMACE
Although there was due factor in the latter part of the match, MI bowlers showed great accuracy and discipline. There all bowlers got their name in the wicket column. Rahul Chahar particularly was outstanding and picked two priced wickets of Rahul and Maxwell.
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