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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KL Rahul and Mandeep Singh took PKBS to a steady start and added 36 runs for the opening wicket before Mandeep got out to Krunal Pandya, who opened the bowling for MI. He was bowling superbly and was bowling the 6th over of the innings when an interesting incident occurred.
On the last ball of the powerplay, Krunal delivered a yorker to which Chris Gayle tried to jam out. The ball moved towards Rahul at the non-striker’s end and ricocheted to Krunal, who tried to run out Rahul with a direct hit. Rahul, who was hit by the ball, was found unaware and a few inches short of his crease.
However, Krunal Pandya showed an incredible example of sportsmanship and withdrew his appeal of run-out as Rahul was hit by the ball, which didn’t allow him to get back inside the crease. The umpire instantly changed his decision of sending the appeal upstairs.
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KL Rahul scored 21 runs in 22 balls before getting out to Kieron Pollard, who dismissed Chris Gayle in the same over. PKBS managed to put 135 runs on the board after playing 20 overs.
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MI Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult.
PKBS Playing XI: KL Rahul (c & wk), Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh.
