With that we finally come to the end of the coverage of this match. What a dramatic day of cricket in IPL. Two matches. Two tied matches. The first match got settled in one Super Over. The second match was not settled in one Super Over so for the first time we had an IPL match decided in a second Super Over.
Thanks to KKR's win in the Super Over against SRH they remain fourth on the points table. Much needed win for KXIP. With the win they have jumped to sixth on the points tally.
Today in the evening we have CSK taking on RR. Join us for the coverage of that match. Thank you and good night!
KL Rahul: It's not the first time, I'm getting used to it but we'll take the two points however they come. It doesn't always happen so you don't know how to stay balanced in a situation like this. We have put in some really amazing performances even in the games we lost. We're trying to come back harder in each game and wins like these help. After wicket-keeping for 20 overs, batting in the first six is very crucial. We knew it would get slower with their decent spinners, so Mayank and I got a good start over 50 runs. When Chris plays against spinners, I trust them to take down the spinners. Chris coming in helps, he is an experienced player and knows how to carry the team through. You can't prepare for Super Overs, no team prepares for Super Overs. You have to trust your bowling group and it is important you let them believe their instinct and gut. Shami was certain he wanted to go for six yorkers and he has been phenomenal for us. It is important seniour guys put their hands up for us. We still want to take it one game at a time and when you haven't won a lot in the first seven, every victory is sweet. The talk in the dressing room is to focus on the process and stay calm. That is the kind of mood we want to set and everybody is professional and competitive and they want to win games. We know we need to win everything from here, but not at the cost of processes, we need to enjoy ourselves here.
Player of the Match
KL Rahul is the Player of the Match. He made 77 from 51 balls hitting 7 fours and 3 sixes.
Kieron Pollard: It shows that 1 run and 2 runs are very very crucial in T20 cricket. I am sure it was great for viewership. Kings got the better of us and deserved the two points. Around the 11-12 overs, we knew we were a couple of overs behind. Getting 170-odd, that was a good total - above-par on a track that was a on the slower side. With the dimensions, we thought we can defend that. KL again batted beautifully, congratulations to them. 'What's the worse that can happen?' That's how I look at things. It's a game of cricket, you go out there to do your best, you prepare, there's a process and the situation dictates what happens. We should won this I believe deep down. These things happen. We have been playing good cricket, even today we played a very good cricket game. it's a matter of trying to to improve every time. We have a four-day break, enough time to reflect. The guys are confident. I was told that he (Rohit) was not feeling well. We'll see what happens. He's a fighter.
What a match of cricket!!!!!!!!!!!
KXIP's Super Over
Chris Gayle and Mayank Agarwal to bat for KXIP. Trent Boult to bowl the Super Over for MI.
Ball 1 SIX! Full toss outside off. Gayler hammers the ball over long-on for a maximum.
Ball 2 Good short ball. Gayle plays the ball to leg side and takes a single.
Ball 3 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Mayank crunches the ball through extra cover for a boundary.
Ball 4 FOUR! Full toss and Mayanak hammers the ball through midwicket for a boundary!
MI's Super Over
Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard walk out to bat for MI. Chris Jordan to bowl the second Super Over for KXIP.
Ball 1 Good yorker on middle stump. Pollard plays the ball down to long-on for a single.
Ball 2 WIDE! Poor ball from Jordan as he bowls way outside off stump.
Ball 2 Low full toss. Pandya plays the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
Ball 3 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Pollard smashes the ball through extra-cover for a boundary.
Ball 3 WIDE! Poor ball by Jordan as he bowls down the leg side.
Ball 4 WICKET! Low full toss and Pollard plays the ball to deep midwicket. Pollard takes the first run. The throw from the deep is at non striker's end and Pandya is short of his ground.
Suryakumar Yadav is the new batsman. Pollard is on strike.
Ball 5 Fuller delivery wide of the off stump. Pollard goes for swing but misses.
Ball 6 Full toss outside off stump. Pollard plays the ball to deep midwicket. Mayank puts in a dive and stops a certain six. Great effort from him. Pollard takes 2 runs.
MI make 11 runs.
The Super Over has been tied! The match will be decided in another Super Over. The rule is the 6 players of the first Super Over cannot take part in the second Super Over.
MI's Super Over
Mohammed Shami will bowl the Super Over for KXIP. MI need 6 runs. Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock to bat in the over.
Ball 1 de Kock is on strike. Good fuller delivery. de Kock goes for paddle sweep but misses. de Kock takes a single.
Ball 2 Fuller delivery. Rohit hits the ball to sweeper cover and takes a single.
Ball 3 Good fuller delivery. de Kock plays the ball to sweeper cover for a run.
Ball 4 Good fuller delivery. Rohit wants to clear backward point but he cannot.
Ball 5 Good fuller delivery. Rohit wants to play the ball to fine leg but he cannot. He darts to the other end for a single.
2 needed from 1 ball.
Ball 6 Fuller delivery. de Kock plays the ball to sweeper cover. de Kock takes the first run. He runs back for the second run. Throw from the deep is flat to KLRahul. Rahul hits the ball onto the stumps. de Kock is short of his ground.
KXIP's Super Over
Nicholas Pooran and KL Rahul walk out to bat for KXIP. Jasprit Bumrah to bowl the Super Over for MI.
Ball 1 KL Rahul on strike. Full toss and Rahul hits the ball to straight to Rohit Sharma at extra cover. Rahul takes a single.
Ball 2 Pooran is on strike. WICKET! Full toss. Pooran goes for big shot. The ball takes the leading edge. The ball lobs in the air and Anukul Roy takes a good catch running backwards.
Deepak Hooda is the new batsman. Rahul is on strike.
Ball 3 Full toss. Rahul plays the ball down to fine leg fora single.
Ball 4 Full toss and Hooda plays the ball to square leg for a single.
Ball 5 Great yorker. Rahul plays the ball to fine leg and takes 2 runs.
Ball 6 WICKET! Yorker. Rahul goes for a reverse hit but misses. The ball hits the pads. Bumrah appeals and the umpire raises his finger.
KXIP make 5 runs in the Super Over.
KXIP 176/6 after 20 overs.
Boult to bowl the last over. Hooda is on strike. 9 needed from 6 balls.
19.1 DROPPED! Fuller delivery on off stump. Hooda moves across and flicks the ball. Coulter-Nile at backward square leg drops a difficult chance. But a boundary has been stopped. Hooda takes a single.
19.2 FOUR! Great yorker but down the leg side. Jordan gets the inside edge on the ball. de Kock fails to stop the ball and it goes to fine leg for a boundary.
19.3 Fuller delivery and Jordan plays the ball down to long-on for a run.
19.4 Great yorker. Hooda moves across his stumps. He misses and the ball goes to the keeper.
19.5 Full toss outside off stump. Hooda hits the ball down to third man for a single.
2 needed from the last ball.
19.6 Jordan run out (Pollard/de Kock) 13(8) ! Jordan run out (Pollard/de Kock) 13(8)
Full toss and Jordan plays the ball down to long on. He takes the first run quickly. He runs back for the second run. Throw from the deep is sharp and to the keeper. de Kock collects the ball and dislodes the bails. Jordan is short of his crease.
KXIP 168/5 after 19 overs.
Coulter-Nile to bowl. Hooda is on strike.
18.1 Slow short ball outside off stump. Hooda plays the ball deep midwicket for 2 runs.
18.2 FOUR! Slow short ball outside off stump. Hooda hits the ball down to third man for a boundary.
18.3 DROPPED! Short ball on middle stump. Hooda hits the ball straight to Rahul Chahal at short fine leg and he makes a royal mess of the opportunity. Hooda gets a single.
18.4 FOUR! Fuller delivery on middle stump. Jordan flicks the ball to fine-leg for a boundary.
18.5 Fuller delivery on leg stump. Jordan hits the ball down to long-on and takes 2 runs.
18.6 Slow short ball outside off. Jordan swings his bat but misses.
KXIP 155/5 after 18 overs.
Bumrah to bowl. Hooda is on strike.
17.1 Full toss outside off stump. Hooda plays the ball to midwicket for a single.
17.2 Full toss outside off stump. Rahul plays the ball to cover. An overthrow by Rohit gifts Rahul an extra run.
17.3 WICKET! Rahul b Bumrah 77(51)
What a peach of yorker!!!!! Fast and aimed on off stump. Rahul has no answer for the delivery. The ball hits the base of the off stumps. Rahul has to walk back.
Chris Jordan is the new batsman.
17.4 Full toss on middle stump. Jordan plays the ball down to mid-on for a single.
17.5 Full toss outside off stump. Hooda plays the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
17.6 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Jordan plays the ball to the fielder at extra cover.
KXIP 150/4 after 17 overs.
Coulter-Nile to bowl. Rahul is on strike.
16.1 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Rahul works the ball down to long-on for 2 runs.
16.2 Short ball outside off stump. Rahul crunches the ball to deep midwicket for 2 runs.
16.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Rahul hammers the ball through cover for a boundary.
16.4 Good length delivery on off stump. Rahul pulls the ball to deep square leg for a run.
16.5 Slow ball outside off stump. Hooda goes for cut but misses.
16.6 Slow ball outside off stump. Hooda works the ball to short third man for a run.
KXIP 134/4 after 16 overs.
Bumrah to bowl. Hooda is on strike.
15.1 Good length ball on middle stump. Hooda plays the ball to leg side for 2 runs.
15.2 Good length delivey outside off stump. Hooda plays the ball to cover for a run.
Ishan Kishan looks in some pain. He has streched his hamstring muscle while stopping the ball. He is getting aid from MI physio.
15.2 WIDE! Poor ball by Bumrah as he bowls way outside off stump.
15.3 Slow fuller delivery outside off stump. Rahul drives the ball to the fielder at backward point.
15.4 FOUR! Short ball outside off stump. Rahul waits and cuts the ball through point for a boundary.
15.5 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Rahul drives the ball to sweeper cover for a single.
15.6 SIX! Short ball outside off. Hooda pulls and sends the ball over fine leg for a maximum.
KXIP 125/4 after 15 overs.
Krunal Pandya to bowl. Rahul is on strike.
14.1 Short ball and Rahul plays the ball to leg side for 2 runs.
14.2 Fuller delivery and Rahul plays the ball to mid-on.
14.3 Full toss and Rahul flicks the ball to short fine leg.
14.4 FOUR! Full toss outside off. Rahul hammers the ball through cover for a boundary.
14.5 Short ball and Rahul plays the ball to short midwicket for a run.
14.6 Fuller delivery on leg stump. Hooda plays the ball to leg side for a run.
KXIP 117/4 after 14 overs.
13.1 SIX! Short ball on middle stump. Rahul rocks back and hammers the ball over deep square leg for a maximum.
13.2 Fuller delivery and Rahul hits the ball through cover for a single.
13.3 WICKET! Maxwell c Rohit b Rahul Chahar 0(2)
Fuller delivery outside off stump. Maxwell goes for a big hit. The ball takes thick outside edge. Rohit Sharma at first slip takes a good sharp catch.
Deepak Hooda is the new batsman.
13.4 Short ball on middle stump. Hooda blocks.
13.5 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Hooda drives the ball through cover for a single.
13.6 Short ball outside off stump. Rahul cuts the ball to sweeper cover for a single.
KXIP 108/3 after 13 overs.
Bumrah is back in the attack. Rahul is on strike.
12.1 Good length delivery outside off stump. Rahul hits the ball through cover and gets 2 runs.
12.2 Short ball outside off stump. Rahul pulls and sends the ball to square leg for a run.
12.3 Fuller delivery fired on off stump. Pooran plays the ball to off side.
12.4 Fuller delivery on off stump. Pooran pushes the ball back to Bumrah.
12.5 WICKET! Pooran c Coulter-Nile b Bumrah 24(12)
Short ball on off stump. Pooran goes for pull. The shot is not timed well. The ball goes safely into the hands of Nathan Coulter-Nile at fine leg.
Glenn Maxwell is the new batsman.
12.6 Fuller delivery and Maxwell blocks.
12.2
KXIP 105/2 after 12 overs.
Rahul Chahar to KL Rahul.
11.1 Short ball outside off stump. Rahul leaves the ball for the keeper.
11.2 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Rahul pushes the ball down the ground for a single.
11.3 Short ball outside off stump. Pooran cuts the ball through off side for a single.
11.4 Short ball outside off stump. Rahul leaves the ball for the keeper.
11.5 Short ball on middle stump. Rahul plays the ball to leg side for a run.
11.6 Short ball outside off stump. Pooran goes for a reverse hit but misses.
KXIP 102/2 after 11 overs.
Pollard is back in the attack. Rahul ison strike.
10.1 Slow fuller deivery. Rahul pushes the ball and the ball just falls in front of Pollard.
10.2 Short ball outside off stump. Rahul plays the ball to the leg side for 2 runs.
10.2 Short ball outside off stump. Rahul plays the ball to leg side adn takes a single.
10.4 Slow short ball outside off stump. Pooran works the ball through cover for 2 runs.
10.5 FOUR! Short and wide outside off stump. Pooran hammers the ball through cover for a boundary.
10.6 SIX! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Pooran whips the ball over deep midwicket boundary for a maximum.
KXIP 87/2 after 10 overs.
Rahul Chahar to bowl. Gayle is on strike.
9.1 WICKET! Gayle c Boult b Rahul Chahar 24(21)
Short ball outside off stump. Gayle is lured into playing a big shot. He swings his bat and hits the ball to long-off. Boult takes a good catch in deep.
Nicholas Pooran is the new batsman.
9.2 Short ball on leg stump. Pooran plays the ball to leg side for a run.
9.3 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Rahul plays the ball to leg side for a run.
9.4 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Pooran leans forward and blocks the ball.
9.5 SIX! Huge huge huge hit from the bat of Pooran. Fuller delivery and Pooran smahes the ball to send the ball back in the stands.
9.6 FOUR! Good length delivery on middle and leg stump. Pooran guides the ball down to fine leg for a boundary.
KXIP 75/1 after 9 overs.
Coulter-Nile to bowl. Rahul is on strike.
8.1 Slow fuller delivery on off stump. Rahul works the ball to leg side for a run.
8.2 Good length ball on middle stump. Gayle guides the ball to leg side for a run.
8.3 Slow short ball outside off stump. Rahul makes room and plays the ball with soft hands to backward point.
8.4 Fuller delivery and Rahul gudies the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
8.5 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Gayle plays the ball to sweeper cover for a run.
8.6 Good yorker on leg stump. Rahul plays the ball back to the bowler.
KXIP 71/1 after 8 overs.
Rahul Chahar to bowl to KL Rahul.
7.1 Short delivery outside off stump. Rahul pushes the ball to cover for a single.
7.2 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Gayle pushes the ball to off side.
7.3 Fuller delivery. Gayle sweeps the ball to fine leg for 2 runs.
7.4 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Gayle goes for big shot. The ball takes the outside edge and goes to safe part of the ground as Gayle takes 2 runs.
7.5 FOUR! Fuller delivery. Gayle slogs the ball to square leg for a boundary.
7.6 Short ball. Gayle plays the ball towards the fielder at point.
KXIP 62/1 after 7 overs.
Kieron Pollard to bowl. Rahul is on strike.
6.1 Slow fuller delivery on middle stump. Rahul plays the ball to leg side for a run.
6.2 Slow fuller delivery on middle stump. Gayle blocks the ball.
6.3 WIDE! Fuller delivery way outside off stump.
6.3 Slow fuller deivery on off stump. Gayle hits the ball down to long-on for a run.
6.4 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Rahul hits the ball down the ground. Good work by Boult saves a certain boundary. Rahul gets a single.
6.4 WIDE! Slow fuller delivery way outside off stump.
6.5 SIX! Fuller delivery in Gayle's arc. Gayle launches the ball in the orbit for a monster hit.
6.6 Slower bouncer outside off stump. Gayle goes for pull but misses the ball.
KXIP 51/1 after 6 overs.
Boult is back in the attack. Rahul is on strike.
5.1 Good length delivery on middle and leg stump. Rahul plays the ball to off side.
5.2 Fuller deivery and Rahul drives the ball to backward point.
5.3 SIX! Short ball on off stump. Rahul pulls and sends the ball flying over square leg for a maximum.
5.4 Fuller delivery on off stump. Rahul drives the ball towards the fielder at mid-off.
5.5 FOUR! Slightly short delivery on off stump. Rahul smashes the ball through midwicket for a boundary.
5.6 Short delivery outside off stump. Rahul cuts the ball through backward point for a single.
KXIP 40/1 after 5 overs.
Nathan Coulter-Nile to bowl. Gayle is on strike.
4.1 Good length delivery outside off stump. Gayle leaves the ball for the keeper.
4.2 Good length delivery and Gayle guides the ball to off side.
4.3 SIX! Short ball on leg stump. Gayle makes room and comes down the track. He swings his bat and sends the ball back in the stands for a monster hit.
4.4 Length ball and Gayle plays the ball to off side.
4.5 Slow short delivery. Gayle leaves the ball for the keeper.
4.6 Short ball on middle and leg stump. Gayle tucks the ball down to fine leg for a single.
KXIP 34/1 after 4 overs.
Jasprit Bumrah to bowl. Mayank is on strike.
3.1 Fuller delivery on off stump. Mayank punches the ball to mid-on.
3.2 Good length delivery coming back in. Mayank goes on backfoot and plays the ball to off side.
3.3 WICKET! Agarwal b Bumrah 11(10)
Good length delivery which swings back in. Mayank goes on backfoot to play the ball. The ball takes the inside edge of the bat and clips the bails.
Chris Gayle is the new batsman.
3.4 BEATEN! Fuller delivery which swings back in. The ball beats the outside edge of the bat.
3.5 BEATEN again! A good length delivery which swings back in. The ball flies past the outside edge.
3.6 Fuller delivery and Gayle plays the ball to off side for a single.
KXIP 33/0 after 3 overs.
Boult continues. On strike is Mayank.
2.1 Back of the length delivery on leg stump. Mayank plays the ball to long leg for a single.
2.2 FOUR! Short delivery outside off. Rahul smashes the ball to cover. Misfield by Rahul Chahar at cover gifts Rahul a boundary.
2.3 FOUR! Short delivery outside off stump. Rahul plays the ball to midwicket for a boundary.
2.4 Fuller delivery and Rahul plays the ball to leg side.
2.5 SIX! Short ball outside off stump. Rahul crunches the ball over cover for a flat six.
2.6 WIDE! Short ball way abover Rahul's head. Rahul leaves the ball for the keeper.
2.6 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Rahul hammers the ball down the ground for a boundary.
KXIP 13/0 after 2 overs.
Krunal Pandya to bowl. Rahul is on strike.
1.1 Full and falt delivery outside off. Rahul plays the ball to short third man.
1.2 Short delivery outside off stump. Rahul plays the ball to leg side for a run.
1.3 Fuller delivery and Rahul plays the ball to point for a run.
1.4 Short delivery and Mayank plays the ball to mid-on for 2 runs.
1.5 Short delivery and Mayank plays the ball to deep square leg for a single.
1.6 Flat delivery and Rahul pushes the ball to cover.
KXIP 9/0 after 1 over.
Trent Boult to bowl the first over. On strike is KL Rahul.
0.1 Fuller deivery on middle stump. Rahul works the ball to the leg side for a run.
0.2 FOUR! Short ball outside off stump. Mayank cuts the ball to send it down to third man for a boudary.
0.3 Good length delivery outside off stump. Mayank goes for the ball. The ball goes past the outside edge. There is a loud appeal for caught behind. The umpire gives that as NOT OUT. Rohit is not interested in the review. The replay shows that Mayank had in fact nicked the ball.
0.4 Short ball and Mayank pulls the ball to leg side for a single.
0.5 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Rahul drives the ball through backward point for a single.
0.6 Short ball. Mayank pulls and send the ball to square leg for 2 runs.
KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal walk out to bat. They are followed by the MI players. The two umpires have already made their way to the middle.
MI 176/6 after 20 overs.
Chris Jordan to bowl the last over of the inning. Pollard is on strike.
19.1 SIX! Short ball outside off stump. Pollard swings his bat and deposits the ball way back in the stands.
19.2 Fuller delivery and Pollard plays the ball to long-on for a single.
19.3 Fuller delivery outside off. Coulter-Nile plays the ball to cover for a run.
19.4 Fuller ball outside off. Pollard plays the ball to long-on and takes a single. An overthorw gifts Pollard another run.
19.5 SIX! Good length delivery outside off. Pollard hammers the ball and sends the ball flying in the stands.
19.6 FOUR! Short ball. Pollard pulls. The ball takes the top edge and goes down the ground for a boundary.
MI 156/6 after 19 overs.
Shami to bowl his last over. Coulter-Nile is on strike.
18.1 Yorker angling in. Coulter-Nile plays the ball to short fine for 2 runs.
18.2 Short ball and Coulter-Nile pulls. The ball falls in no-man's land. Coulter-Nile takes 2 runs.
18.3 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Coulter-Nile goes for a big shot but misses.
18.4 FOUR! Slow short ball outside off. Coulter-Nile plays the ball to square leg for a boundary.
18.5 Great yorker and Coulter-Nile plays misses the ball. The ball just misses the off stump.
18.6 FOUR! Short ball and Coulter-Nile smashes the ball for a boundary.
MI 144/6 after 18 overs.
Arshdeep is back in the attack. Pollard is on strike.
17.1 SIX! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Pollard powers the ball over the bowler's head down the ground for a maximum.
17.2 SIX! Low full toss outside off stump. Pollard swings his bat and sends the bal flying over long-on for a maximum.
17.3 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Pollard plays the ball to off side for a single.
17.4 FOUR! Short ball and Coulter-Nile plays the ball to fine leg for a boundary.
17.5 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Coulter-Nile smashes the ball through cover-pont for a boundary.
17.6 Fuller delivery and Coulter-Nile plays the ball to long-off for a single.
MI 122/6 after 17 overs.
Chris Jordan to bowl. On strike is de Kock.
16.1 Good yorker. de Kock plays the ball to long-on for a run.
16.2 Short ball and Pollard plays the ball to cover for a single.
16.3 WICKET! de Kock c Agarwal b Jordan 53(43)
Fuller delivery on middle and leg. de Kock goes for a wild slog. The ball goes to deep midwicket and Mayank Agarwal takes a good catch at deep midwicket.
Nathan Coulter-Nile is the new batsman.
16.4 Short ball and Pollard punches the ball to sweeper cover for a single.
16.5 Skiddy delivery outside off stump. Coulter-Nile plays the ball to cover.
16.6 Fuller delivery and Coulter-Niler plays the ball to backward square leg for 2 runs.
MI 117/5 after 16 overs.
Shami is back in the attack. On strike is Hardik.
15.1 Short delivery. Hardik plays the ball to long-off for a single.
15.2 Short ball. de Kock plays the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
15.3 WICKET! Hardik Pandya c Pooran b Shami 8(4)
Short ball outside off. Hardik jumps and hits the ball over cover. The ball flies to sweeper cover where Pooran takes a good catch.
Kieron Pollard is the new batsman.
15.4 Fuller delivery on leg. de Kock plays the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
15.5 Good short ball outside off. Polllard leaves the ball for the keeper.
15.6 Another good short ball outside off stump. Pollard leaves the ball for the keeper.
MI 114/4 after 15 overs.
M Ashwin to bowl. de Kock is on strike.
14.1 Fuller delivvery fired on the stumps. de Kock plays the ball to back to the bowler.
14.2 FOUR! Googly short of the length. de Kock plays the ball over cover for a boundary.
14.3 SIX! FUller delivery. de Kock comes down the track and plays the ball over long-on for a maximum.
14.4 Googly short of the length. de Kock plays the ball to cover.
14.5 Fuller delivery and de Kock plays the ball to long-off or a single and get to his fifty!
14.6 Fuller delivery and Hardik plays the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
MI 102/4 after 14 overs.
Ravi Bishnoi to bowl. On strike is de Kock.
13.1 Fullish delivery and de drives the ball to long-on for a single.
13.2 Googly on good length. Krunal plays the ball to backward point.
13.3 Another googly and Krunal plays the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
13.4 Slower ball and de Kock plays the ball to short third man for a run.
13.5 WICKET! Krunal Pandya c Hooda b Ravi Bishnoi 34(30)
Flighted delivery pitching outside leg. Krunal slogs the ball. The ball goes straight to long leg where Deepak Hooda takes a good catch.
Hardik Pandya is the new batsman.
13.6 SIX! Fuller delivery and Hardik plays the ball over long-off for a maximum.
MI 93/3 after 13 overs.
M Ashwin is back in the attack. Krunal is on strike.
12.1 Fuller delivery on the stumps. Krunal plays the ball to straight back to the bowler.
12.2 FOUR! Googly and Krunal goes deep in his crease and plays the ball through midwicket for a boundary.
12.3 Good length delivery and Krunal plays the ball to short third man for a run.
12.4 FOUR! Wrong'un from Ashwin and de Kock plays a reverse slog for a boundary.
12.5 Fuller deliveyr and de Kock nudges the ball to midwicket for a single.
12.6 Wrong'un and Krunal plays the ball to extra cover.
MI 83/3 after 12 overs.
Ravi Bishnoi to bowl. On strike is Krunal.
11.1 Googly and Krunal works the ball to cover for a single.
11.2 Fuller delivery and de Kock defends the ball.
11.3 Quicker delivery and de Kock plasy a reverse sweep but gets the timing wrong.
11.4 Fuller delivery and de Kock chops the ball to cover for a single.
11.5 Googly. Krunal goes on backfoot to play a big shot but misses.
11.6 Quicker full delivery. Krunal plays the ball to long-off for a single.
MI 80/3 after 11 overs.
Deepak Hooda to bowl. de Kock is on strike.
10.1 Flat delivery and de Kock plays the ball to midwicket for a run.
10.2 Short delivery and Krunal plays the ball to backward point.
10.3 Short delivery on middle stump. Krunal comes down the trak and plays the ball to leg side for a single.
10.4 SIX! Short ball outside off stump. de Kock rocks back in his crease and pulls the ball to send the ball flying over backward square leg for a maximum.
10.5 Fuller deivery and de Kock plays the ball to sweeper cover for a single.
10.6 Good length delivery and Krunal plays the ball to sweeper covef or another single.
MI 70/3 after 10 overs.
M Ashwin to bowl. Krunal is on strike.
9.1 Short delivery wide outside off stump. Krunal goes for cut but misses. The ball stickes in the keeper's gloves.
9.2 FOUR! Short delivery on off stump. Krunal cuts. The ball just goes wide of Chris Gayle at first slip down to third man for a boundary.
9.3 Fuller delivery and Krunal plays the ball to off side for a single.
9.4 Good length delivery outside off stump. de Kock pushes the ball back to Ashwin.
9.5 Short delivery outside off stump. de Kock plays the ball to the fielder at sweeper cover for a single.
9.6 FOUR! Short delivery on middle and off stump. Krunal plays a late cut to send the ball down to third man for a boundary.
MI 63/3 after 9 overs.
Maxwell to bowl his last over. On strike is Krunal.
8.1 Fuller delivery and Krunal plays the ball to off side.
8.2 FOUR! Short delivery and Krunal lifts the ball over cover for a boundary.
8.3 Fuller delivery and Krunal plays the ball to midwicket for a run.
8.4 Back of the length delivery and de Kock plays the ball through midwicket for a run.
8.5 Fuller delivery drifting down leg. Krunal plays the ball down to long-on for a single.
8.6 Fuller delivery wide outside off stump. de Kock plays the ball to cover point.
MI 53/3 after 8 overs.
Chris Jordan to bowl. Krunal is on strike.
7.1 Back of length delivery and Krunal plays the ball to on-side.
7.2 Fuller delivery fired on the pads. Krunal goes on the backfoot and pushes the balll to cover.
7.3 SIX! Short delivery outside off stump. Krunal smashes the ball over cover for a maximum.
7.4 Short delivery. Krunal pulls and the ball goes to mid-on as Krunal takes a single.
7.5 Good length delivery outside off stump. de Kock plays the ball to off side.
7.6 Good length dellivery outside off stump. de Kock drives the ball to off side.
MI 46/3 after 7 overs.
Maxwell to bowl. On strike is Krunal.
6.1 Fuller delivery and Krunal plays the ball to point for a run.
6.2 Loopy delivery around off stump. de Kock plays the ball to long-off for a run.
6.3 Good length delivery angling in. Krunal plays the ball to off the front foot.
6.4 Fuller delivery and Krunal comes on the front foot to block the ball.
6.5 Length ball and Krunal plays the ball to point for a run.
6.6 Fuller delivery and de Kock plays the ball to off-side.
MI 43/3 after 6 overs.
Arshdeep is back in the attack. Kishan is on strike.
5.1 WICKET! Ishan Kishan c Murugan Ashwin b Arshdeep Singh 7(7)
Short delivery outside off stump. Kishan cuts the ball. The ball flies straight to M Ashwin who is straing at third-man.
Krunal Pandya is the new batsman.
5.2 Fuller delivery just outside off stump. Krunal plays the ball down to third-man for a run.
5.3 Good length delivery and de Kock plays the ball to point.
5.4 Fuller delivery outside off stump. de Kock plays the ball to cover.
5.5 FOUR! Fuller deivery outside off stump. de Kock smashes the bll through cover for a boundary.
5.6 Fuller delivery on middle stump. de Kock goes on the backfoot and plays the ball to off side.
MI 38/2 after 5 overs.
Maxwell back in the attack. On strike is de Kock.
4.1 Fuller delivery and de Kock drives the ball to long-off for a run.
4.2 Flighted delivery and Kishan plays the ball to long-off for a run.
4.3 Fuller delivery outside off stump. de Kock drives the ball down to long-off for a run.
4.4 FOUR! Short delivery and Kishan works the ball through midwicket for a boundary.
4.5 Good length delivery on middle stump. The ball turns a bit. The ball takes the outside edge of the bat and goes to off side.
4.6 Good length delivery and Kishan plays the ball to leg side for a single.
MI 30/2 after 4 overs.
Shami to bowl. Suryakumar is on strike.
3.1 Length delivery and Suryakumar plays the ball to gully area.
3.2 Fuller length ball on middle and leg stump. Suryakkumar plays the ball to mid-on.
3.3 WICKET! Suryakumar Yadav c Murugan Ashwin b Shami 0(4)
Fuller delivery on off and middle stump. Suryakumar flicks the ball. The ball goes straight to M Ashwin at short midwicket.
Ishan Kishan is the new batsman.
3.4 Good length delivery on middle stump. The ball hits the batsman high on the pads.
3.5 Short delivery outside off stump. Kishan plays the ball to the leg side for a run.
3.6 Fuller delivery on middle stump. de Kock plays the ball to backward point and takes a quick single. Throw from Pooran is poor and the ball goes to boundary. 4 extra runs.
MI 24/1 after 3 overs.
Arshdeep Singh to bowl. de Kock is on strike.
2.1 Fuller delivery on middle stump. de Kock blocks the ball with a straight bat.
2.1 WIDE! Short ball going down the leg side.
2.2 Good length delivery on off stump. de Kock defends.
2.3 SIX! Short ball from Arshdeep. de Kock swings his bat and sends the ball way back in the stands on the fine-leg side.
2.4 Good length delivery on middle stump. de Kock plays the ball to off side for a single.
2.5 WICKET! Rohit b Arshdeep Singh 9(8)
Good delivery from Arshdeep. Cramped Rohit for room. Good length delivery which comes back in. Rohit wanted to play the ball to third-man. The ball takes the inside edge and goes to hit the stumps.
Suryakumar Yadav is the new batsman.
2.6 Good delivery which hits Suryakumar on the pads. There is loud appeal for LBW but the umpire is not interested. The batsman takes a single.
MI 15/0 after 2 overs.
Mohammed Shami to bowl from the other end. Quinton de Kock is on strike.
1.1 FOUR! Short ball outside off stump. de Kock gets on the top of the bounce and cuts the ball through point for a boundary.
1.2 Length delivery and de Kock plays the ball to cover point.
1.3 Straight delivery on the pads. de Kock plays the ball to deep square leg for a single.
1.4 FOUR! Short ball on leg stump. Rohit tucks the ball down to fine-leg for a boundary.
1.5 Short delivery outside off stump. Rohit plays the ball to cover.
1.6 Good length delivery on off. The ball nips back in and hits the pads. There is a slight appeal but nothing that would concern Rohit.
MI 6/0 after 1 over.
Glenn Maxwell to bwol the first over for KXIP. Rohit Sharma is on strike.
0.1 Fuller delivery and Rohit pushes the ball to cover.
0.2 Tossed up delivery outside off and de Kock plays the ball to cover.
0.3 Fuller delivery an de Kock plays the ball to mid-on for a run.
0.4 Short delivery and Rohit plays the ball back to Maxwell.
0.5 FOUR! Short delivery and Rohit makes room and smashes the ball through cover for a boundary.
0.6 Good length delivery on leg stump. Rohit hits the ball to cover.
Right then. the action is about to begin. The MI openers are out in the middle as are the two umpires and the KXIP players
KXIP Playing XI
KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh
MI Playing XI
Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
KL Rahul: We're at that stage where the toss doesn't matter. We need to show energy and try to win everything from here. Last game was too close for comfort but we needed a win like that to get over the line. We're also going in with the same team.
Rohit Sharma: We're having a bat first. We want to put runs on the board, the team has done well doing that. We don't need to change that. It is an important game for us and putting runs on the board would be ideal. The team has looked balanced. Guys have put their hands up in different situations. Bumrah is an important cog and him doing well reflects the team performance. We're going in with the same team.
Toss
MI captain Rohit Sharma wins the toss and opts to bat.
Deccan Herald’s Dream XI
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (c), Chris Gayle, Quinton de Kock (wk), Nicholas Pooran, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Ravi Bishnoi, Rahul Chahar, Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
Impact player for KXIP
Chris Gayle: He hit a fifty in his first match of the season. Gayle gives much-needed weight to KXIP’s batting. He must rack up more substantial scores to lift the fortunes of the team.
Impact player for MI
Jasprit Bumrah: The speedster has got 12 wickets, which is the most for his side. He will be important for Rohit to deal with the threat of KXIP’s top four batsmen.
KXIP Threats: Is the fight for a play-off spot still possible? Winning six out of six is their only viable path.
KXIP Opportunities: They will be more confident after a win over RCB. They are last in the table but they are actually not far from the next team. They will need to be at their best to tackle the no. 1 team in the league.
KXIP Weaknesses: The bowling is weak and unsettled. Rahul has used 11 bowlers so far. Only Mohammad Shami and Ravi Bishnoi have proved to be genuine wicket-takers. Sheldon Cottrell and Chris Jordan have gone for too many runs. Should someone else on the bench be tried out or does the attack instead need consistency?
KXIP Strengths: The batting is in better shape with the return of Chris Gayle. KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Gayle and Nicholas Pooran as the top four are formidable and each has the ability to get quick runs. Glenn Maxwell needs to join the party.
The SWOT for KXIP
MI Threats: Do the bowlers warming the bench need to be tried out? Rohit Sharma hasn’t felt the need to make many changes to the bowling. Like Coulter-Nile, others may need to match time in the league phase.
MI Opportunities: Nathan Coulter-Nile could not impress in his first outing. He should get another game to get match practice and find his rhythm. That will also give James Pattinson a break.
MI Weaknesses: There are no obvious chinks in MI’s armour. They have all the bases covered. MI look good to feature in second successive final.
MI Strengths: The batting is in superb form. Quinton de Kock has three fifties, Rohit Sharma has two and Suryakumar Yadav has two. Ishan Kishan and Kieron Pollard have also notched a fifty each. The bowlers are also on song.
The SWOT for MI
Form Guide (last five matches)
Mumbai Indians: W-W-W-W-W
Kings XI Punjab: W-L-L-L-L
Head to Head
Matches Played: 25
Mumbai Indians: 14
Kings XI Punjab: 11
What happened in the reverse fixture?
Batting first MI posted 191/4 in 20 overs thanks to Rohit Sharma’s 70. Nicholas Pooran made a fighting 44 from 27 balls but KXIP were never in the chase and could manage only 143/8 in 20 overs handing MI a win by 48 runs.
On paper the contest between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab appear to be a fight of unequals. Mumbai Indians have won 6 of the 8 matches they have played. While Kings XI Punjab have managed 2 wins from the 8 matches that they have played. MI are second on the points table and KXIP are at the bottom.
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