IPL KXIP vs MI: Mumbai defeats Punjab due to Pandya's stormy innings

Hero of Mumbai's opener Suryakumar Yadav (57) and Krupal Pandya remained. When Mumbai was in trouble, Pandya gave the team victory in just 12 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes, making 31 not out.

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Indore: Mumbai Indians have kept the Kings XI Punjab in their 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday, hoping to make their playoffs alive by defeating them by six wickets in the exciting cricket match played at the Cricket Stadium. In the first innings on the invitation of batting, Punjab had scored 174 runs in the 20th match of the 20th over in the IPL by Chris Gayle (50) in the 20th over. Mumbai achieved this target by losing four wickets in one over.

Hero of Mumbai's opener Suryakumar Yadav (57) and Krupal Pandya remained. When Mumbai was in trouble, Pandya gave the team victory in just 12 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes, making 31 not out. In it Captain Rohit Sharma bestowed his best. The captain scored two sixes and a four in the 15 balls, useful 24 runs and convincing the team to return to the unbeaten pavilion.

Going to chase the target of 175 runs, Mumbai needed a good start. Suryakumar is in the form in this IPL and he played a fine innings from the bat in this match also, with half-century offensive in the 42 balls with the help of six fours and three sixes, but his opening partner Ewan Luis scored 10 runs for Mujib ur Rehman Return the pavilion on the ball. Mumbai's first wicket fell to a total of 38 on the second ball of the sixth over.

Shortly after completing the half-century, Suryakumar became a victim of Marcus Stoney's. Suryakumar's wicket dropped on total score of 80. Mumbai's innings shattered after the in-form batsman was out Eishan Kishan became the bowler on the total score of 100 on Mujib's ball in an attempt to hit big shot.

Expectations were from Hardik Pandya (23), but once again this star all-rounder could not give anything to his team except disappointment. Andrew missed the hard line in an attempt to play a big shot on Tie's ball and did not expect Mumbai to bowl.

From here the captain and the kunalal took the front and started the showers and six-sixs of rain. Both shared a 56-run partnership for the fifth wicket in just 21 deliveries to give the team a third win of the season.

Earlier, Mumbai captain Rohit won the toss and chose to bowl. Their bowlers managed to keep Gayle calm in a manner. Gayle did not appear in the style that he had shown before this match. Gayle faced 40 balls and hit two sixes and four fours.

Punjab got a good start as expected. Gayle and Lokesh Rahul's pair added 54 runs in 6.4 overs for the first wicket. However, this opening pair added a little slow run against temperament.

After failing Mitchell McClenaghan, Jaspreet Bumrah and Hardik, Rohit gave the ball to leg-spinner Mayank Markandey. Rahul, a Goyal from Mayank sitting on the deep midwicket, played in the hands of Jean Paul Duminy. Rahul made 20 runs in 20 balls with the help of one four and two sixes.

Gayle completed his 25th half-century in the IPL with a run on the first ball of the 12th over, thrown by Ben Cutting but after three balls he was caught by Surim Kumar in an attempt to hit the ball on the cutting edge. Gayle's wicket dropped to a total score of 88.

Yuvraj Singh scored 14 runs in 14 balls. He returned to the pavilion with a run out on the total of 96 runs. Karun Nayar was batting well They also studied two fantastic sixes. His attempt at McLegan's ball was to play another big shot, but before the boundary line, the ball capacitance was already in the hands of Hardik. Nayar scored 23 runs in 12 balls.

Akshar Patel became the victim of Bumrahah on the personal score of 13 runs. Mayank Agarwal's bat could only put 11 runs in Punjab's account. In the end, Marcus Stoneynas made 29 runs in 15 balls with two fours and two sixes to help the team reach a total of 174. McLegan, Bumrah, Hardik, Mayank, Cutting took one wicket each for Mumbai.