MI vs KXIP: With Pollard Power, Mumbai set a target of 187 runs against Punjab

Due to the swirling innings of Kierpal Pollard returned to his familiar style, Mumbai Indians kept the target of 187 runs against Kings XI Punjab. Pollard scored 50 off 23 balls, including five fours and three fine sixes.

After getting the announcement of batting, the hosts continued to lose wickets in the face of 'Superlap Dhari' Andrew Tie's excellent bowling despite a good start. But Pollard and Kunal Pandya (32 runs, 23 fours and two sixes in 23 balls) added 65 runs for the fifth wicket, bringing the team to 186 for 8 wickets.

Tie ka Jalwa in Powerplay

Suryakumar Yadav (27 runs) got a good start. He scored 21 runs in two balls with two fours and two sixes in the third over. Mumbai got the first blow as Evin Lewis (09), who became bold on the beautiful 'Knuckleball' of Tie (4/14 in four overs).

Ishaan Kishan (20 runs) tried to get runs quickly as soon as they came. In the fifth over, Mohit Sharma hit a scintillating six in backward square leg and then forwarded the ball to six runs on deep point. In this way, two sixes and a fours were added to 18 runs in the score.

But Kishan's 12-ball innings also ended soon after Marcus Stoney's (a wicket by 43 runs in three overs) at Tie's 'Knucklebill' caught his catch on mid-on. And Suryakumar Pavilion returned to the next ball, Tie again made his mark with his "Naklabol", which was absorbed in the hands of wicketkeeper Lokesh Rahul, who was touched by the Mumbai batsman's trusted batsman.

Thus, Mumbai lost two crucial wickets on 59 runs and in 60 overs of powerplay 60 runs on three wickets. Tie bowled brilliantly, with just five runs in his two overs in the Powerplay, he took three wickets in his name. After that the run speed has slowed down

Do not leave Rohit Sharma

Now Captain Rohit Sharma (06) landed on the crease, the audience was expecting him much. Rohit could not stand too long, Rajput (46 off one wicket) did not have time to give the ball to Yuvraj Singh standing on the mid-on, caught his easy cat. The team lost four wickets for 71 runs.

Despite the arrival of Krupal and JP Duminy in place of Pollard's crease, the fastest runs were not scored. In the first five overs where the nine boundaries were lost on one wicket, only one boundary in the next five overs, with Pollard's bat in the 10th over and three wickets fell.

After this, the power of two 'light towers' of the Wankhede stadium got lost due to which the game stopped for some time.

Team faltered after Pollard Power

Twenty-two overs brought some relief in which Kurnool made two consecutive sixes and a four by striking Stuinis, which made 19 runs.

Pollard also put his first six in deep midwicket on the ball of Patel, while opening his hand. Pollard then started adding quick runs. In this way, he and Kurnool added 65 runs in 36 balls for the fifth wicket. But Stonis did get the wicket of a krunal in an off cutter ball.

But as soon as Pollard completed his fifties, he became the victim of Punjab's captain R Ashwin. Then Ashwin got the second wicket in the form of BJ Cutting. Hardik Pandya (09) became the fourth victim of tie.