MI vs PBKS: Mumbai Indians stay in playoff fight by defeating Punjab
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PBKS Hardik Pandya and Pollard takes Mumbai Indians victorious over PBKS. Mumbai finally won after a hat-trick of losses. Hardik Pandya gave full runs in Shamir’s over. Hit two boundaries and an over boundary, with one over to spare
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
#Abu Dhabi: Many are identifying him as the Anil Kumble of the future. Like Kumble, he is also a legspinner. There are also similarities in the bowling action. Legspin on the same force. Ravi Bishnoi got the chance to play in IPL under Kumble’s coaching. The legendary Kumble’s bowling has also included much of the Punjab Kings’ young legspinner’s preparation. How? The young leg-spinner continues to watch Kumble’s bowling videos on YouTube whenever he gets time.
Today, after dismissing Rohit Sharma, he bowled Surya at Googly. He took two wickets with 25 runs in four overs. The Cock Shamir bowls by 27. Sourav Tiwary made 45. But Alice’s ball returned. Shami, Arshdeep, Markram kept Mumbai under pressure with the ball. Even Pollard and Hardik were not able to get runs easily. Although later both played shots. 16 runs were needed in the last two overs. Hardik Pandya gave away the entire run in Shamir’s over. Hit two boundaries and an over boundary, with one over to spare. Hardik remained unbeaten on 40 runs.
On Tuesday, the battle for survival of the playoffs was close to two teams. After winning the toss, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma did the right thing by deciding to bowl shortly after the start of the Punjab innings. Rahul and Mandeep did not make a bad start. But Mandeep (15) is lbw to Krunal Pandya. Chris Gayle dropped to number three. It seemed that the Jamaican star would show his usual aggressive game against a big opponent today. He disappointed. Hardik Pandya was caught by the hands of national team-mate Kieron Pollard.
A team’s batting line-up has no end of problems when Chris Gayle scores 1 run. Captain Rahul returned in the same over. Pollard was dismissed over mid-wicket. Another Caribbean, Nicholas Pooran, was disappointed. LBW by Bumrah for 2 runs. Then South African Markram and Deepak Hooda tried to fight back. But on this day, Mumbai bowlers did not give an inch to the opposing batsmen.
Rohit Sharma changed the bowling wisely. But Markram fought as hard as he could. But Rahul Chahar’s ball went back to bowled. His collection is 42. Mumbai Indians again sat on the head by returning the original batsman of Punjab. Champions make comebacks when their backs are against the wall. No matter how difficult the challenge is, they never give up.
Mumbai Indians showed that today, at least in terms of the first innings. Coulter D Neil bowled well in place of Milon. This Australian showed his experience by placing the ball in a great place in the death over. Bumrah got two wickets. Deepak Hooda is out for 28. After that, there was nothing special for Punjab. Mumbai’s death bowling was so good, Punjab could not hit a single boundary in the last four overs. After a hat-trick of defeats, Mumbai finally won.
Sep 28, 2021 11:28 PM IST
