Mumbai Indians won over Punjab Kings by 6 wickets in the 42nd Match of the IPL.
The 42nd match of the Indian Premier League 2021 was played yesterday between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, in which Mumbai Indians defeated Punjab Kings by 6 wickets.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and invited Punjab Kings to bat first, Punjab Kings batted first, started the inning not very well, KL Rahul and Mandeep Singh came to start the inning and played well, the first wicket has gone for 36 runs in 5.2 overs, Mandeep Singh dismissed after scoring 15 runs in 14 balls, next batsman Chris Gayle came to bat, and he dismissed just for 1 run as the second wicket in 6.2 over, next batsman Aiden Markram came to bat, after few moments KL Rahul was also dismissed after scoring 21 runs in 22 balls as the third wicket in 6.4 over, followed by Nicholas Pooran came to bat, and he also dismissed just for 2 runs as the fourth wicket in 7.3 over team score was just 48 runs, next batsman Deepak Hooda came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 61 runs with Aiden Markram, the fifth wicket has gone for 109 runs in 15.2 over, Aiden Markram dismissed after playing a brilliant quick inning of 42 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in just 29 balls, next batsman Harpreet Brar came to bat, and played well with Deepak Hooda, the sixth wicket has gone for 123 runs in 18.4 over, Deepak Hooda dismissed after scoring 28 runs in 26 balls, followed by Nathan Ellis came to bat, and he remains unbeaten for 6 runs with Harpreet Brar, and Harpreet Brar played an unbeaten inning of 14 runs in 19 balls. In this way, Punjab Kings batted first after winning the toss scored 135 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 136 runs for Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai Indians bowlers Kieron Pollard took 2 wickets just for 8 runs in 1 over, Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets, Krunal Pandya and Rahul Chahar got 1-1 wicket.
Mumbai Indians chasing 136 runs in the second inning, they achived the target very easly by losing just 4 wickets in 19 over and won the match by 6 wickets, Mumbai Indians also started the inning not very well, Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 16 runs in 3.3 over, Rohit Sharma dismissed just for 8 runs in 10 balls, next batsman Suryakumar Yadav came to bat, and he dismissed just in one ball without scoring as second wicket in the next ball, followed by Saurabh Tiwary came to bat, handled the inning played well with Quinton de Kock, third wicket has gone for 61 runs in 9.5 over, Quinton de Kock dismissed after scoring 27 runs in 29 ball, next batsman Hardik Pandya came to bat, and lead the inning with Saurabh Tiwary, the fourth wicket has gone for 92 runs in 15.1 over, Saurabh Tiwary dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 45 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaries in 37 balls, followed by Kieron Pollard came to bat, and he remians unbeaten after playing a quick victory inning of 15 runs in just 7 balls with Hardik Pandya, and Hardik Pandya played a briiliant unbeaten victory inning of 40 runs with help of 2 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 30 balls. In this way, Mumbai Indians chasing 136 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for the loss of just 4 wickets in 19 over and won the match by 6 wickets.
Punjab Kings bowlers Ravi Bishnoi took 2 wickets, Mohammed Shami and Nathan Ellis got 1-1 wicket.
Mumbai Indians all-rounder batsman Kieron Pollard was selected for the Best Player of the Match, he performed very brilliant bowling as well as batting, took 2 wickets just 1 over, played unbeaten victory inning of 15 runs in just 7 balls.
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