JOIN USIPL 2021 Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings highlights: Pollard's blitzkrieg helps MI chase down 219 in a last-ball thriller
With this win MI now have 7 points from 6 games and they remain fourth in the league. CSK with 10 points from 7 games are at the top of the points table. Tomorrow we have two matches. First in match 28, RR take on SRH at Arun Jaitley stadium in Delhi, then in match 29 PBKS face DC at Narendra Modi stadium.
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Player of the Match
MI's Kieron Pollard is the Player of the Match for his 2 wickets and 87 not-out from just 34 balls.
Kieron Pollard:I want to thank god, uncle Steven, for giving me the strength. They just lost Moeen, it was the best tome for a seamer to come and bowl. It worked, I got two wickets and another over. They had four overs of spin to bowl on a small ground, I was trying to hit them. I had to maximize against Jadeja. A couple of sixes were always going to keep us in the game. You have to evolve, lot of practice goes into it. That has helped me. I can't say I'm 360, I am maximising more angles in the field. Dhawal's decent with the bat, but I needed to bat six balls. That's the pressure you need to take as an individual. We have done this time and time again. We got over the line today, fortunately, Faf gave me the chase. Overall, a good wicket. Two wins, hopefully, that gives us the momentum.
Rohit Sharma, MI captain:Probably one of the T20 games that I have ever been part of. I have never seen a chase like that before. One of the best innings from Polly. Brilliant to see from outside. Good pitch, smaller ground, we wanted to stay positive once we finished the 20 overs. We got a decent start and then we saw what happened. We just wanted to go there and express ourselves. A brilliant partnership at the top, the Krunal-Pollard partnership was crucial too. When chasing a high score, you want your power-hitters to bat as many balls as possible. But we back Krunal to do the job as well. It (Delhi) suits our style of play. You want to back your bowlers to get the job done. The bowlers brought us back into the game against Rajasthan. It's all about backing your core group of bowlers and I am sure they'll get the job done more often.
MS Dhoni, CSK captain:It was a brilliant wicket. The difference was the execution. Not being too tough on bowlers, we dropped catches at crucial intervals. The bowlers would execute better and learn from this. If you look how it went. we were very off targetwhen it came to execution. It is important to do that. The wicket was easy to hit. In a tournament like this, you will win and lose a few close games. When you are under the pump, you learn a lot. Irrespective of where we are in the points table, we take one game at a time. We hardly ever focus on where we are standing at the table. That has been our good point along the way.