Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings are locking horns in the 42nd match of the Indian Premier League 2021 in Abu Dhabi. Both teams have won four matches out of ten they have played so far and are trying to get another victory under their belt to strengthen their playoff hopes.
Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first. MI brought Saurabh Tiwary and Nathan Coulter-Nile in the playing XI while leaving Ishan Kishan and Adam Milne out. PKBS brought in Mandeep Singh as Mayank Agarwal was injured.
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Mandeep Singh and KL Rahul provided PKBS with a steady start and added 36 runs for the opening wicket before Krunal Pandya dismissed the former. Kieron Pollard, then, came and dismissed Rahul and Chris Gayle in the same over and reduced PKBS to 41/3 in 7 overs.
Nicholas Pooran’s poor form continues in the IPL as Jasprit Bumrah trapped him in front of the wickets. Aiden Markram, then, played a handy knock of 42 runs which came in just 29 balls featuring six fours. Deepak Hooda also contributed with 28 runs in 26 balls and PKBS posted 135/6 in 20 overs.
In response, Quinton de Kock started playing aggressive shots as soon as the chase started. Ravi Bishnoi dismissed Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav in consecutive balls. De Kock got out after scoring 27 runs in 29 balls. Saurabh Tiwary played a handy knock of 45 runs in 37 balls.
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The asking rate for MI shot to 10 runs per over with Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard in the middle. Both played some big shots in the death overs against Mohammed Shami and Arshdeep Singh and took MI over the line within 19 overs. Hardik scored unbeaten 40 runs and guided his team over the line.
See how Twitter reacted to this game;
A champion comeback from a champion team #Mi. As a cricketer I see the hunger in a player! Really impressed with #RaviBishnoi #PlayerForTheFuture #PBKSvsMI #IPL2021
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) September 28, 2021
#MI have allowed a 6.8/over run chase to climb to 10.4. #PunjabKings have done a great job defending this total
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 28, 2021
Hardhik dropped, could be a costly miss for @PunjabKingsIPL @IPL
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) September 28, 2021
Ravi Bishnoi is the best T20 wrist spinner in India https://t.co/zcdKFswlY1
— Ben Jones (@benjonescricket) September 28, 2021
Since the start of last season, only one Indian wrist spinner (Varun Chakravarthy) has a better Average Bowling Impact in IPL than Ravi Bishnoi. #IPL2021 #MIvPBKS
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) September 28, 2021
When Mayank isn’t there today and Gayle is playing you still don’t open with the Universe Boss!! Baffling. The innings did not go anywhere. @mipaltan will be pleased with this.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) September 28, 2021
Is @KieronPollard55 the greatest ever T20 cricketer? The only man with 300 wickets & 10,000 runs in the format! Unbelievable record 🙌🏽 #MI #PBKS #PBKSvMI #MIvsPBKS #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/fOUug3jkGT
— Nikesh Rughani (@NikeshRughani) September 28, 2021
Full list of players with 300 wickets and 10,000 runs in T20 cricket:
Kieron Pollard
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) September 28, 2021
