Mumbai Indians (MI) finally got back to the winning ways as they registering a thrashing win over Punjab Kings (PBKS) by six wickets in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). The match was an entertaining one, fight back from both teams, and also a couple of spirit of play incidents. MI and PBKS have a great rivalry also in the IPL as the head-to-head was just marginally in favor of MI (14) in front of PBKS who had won 13 games.
MI won the game owing to the contributions from Keiron Pollard, Saurabh Tiwary, and Hardik Pandya. But young PBKS fast bowler Arshdeep Singh won hearts after his gesture towards the MI batter Tiwary. While batting in the second innings, the southpaw was hit by a furious Arshdeep on his genitals. But the blow to the batsman was a bit serious than what it looked in the reak-time.
As the ball hit Tiwary, he was down and was on his haunches for few minutes. Arshdeep immediately apologized and PBKS skipper KL Rahul ran to check on the batter. Apart from Rahul and fast bowler, even Mandeep Singh came to enquire about Tiwary’s well-being.
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In the heat of the moment, Arshdeep Singh threw the ball but it was late for him to understand the gravity of the situation when he saw the MI batter going down with some serious pain. Although PBKS may have been docked of few points because of the spirit of play, Arshdeep’s apology and Rahul’s helping of Tiwary might have helped them to get away with a few points from the officials and umpires. Here is the video of the incident:
https://twitter.com/pant_fc/status/1442903316447383554?s=20
The five-time IPL champions MI delivered a dominating performance with their big players like Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya leaving no stone unturned in making sure that the team gets over the line. If Pollard was deadly with the ball in taking the wickets of Rahul and Chris Gayle in one over, then the junior Pandya scored a crucial unbeaten 40 runs.
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MI finally won the match and arrested a three-match losing streak. Pollard’s two game-changing wickets earned him the player match of the award. In the process, he also became the first cricketer to surpass teh tally of 300 wickets and score 10000 runs in T20 cricket.
