PBKS vs MI IPL 2021 match highlights: Rahul, Gayle steer Punjab Kings to 9-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians – After three losses on the trot, Punjab Kings came back to winning ways. With captain KL Rahul leading from the front with a fighting half-century, Punjab Kings cruised to a 9-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians, despite Rohit Sharma hitting a fifty of his own. Asked to bat, MI set a 132-run target for PBKS but Rahul and Chris Gayle made short work of Mumbai bowlers to win the match and move to 5th spot on the points table.
Earlier, Punjab Kings captain KL Rahul won the toss and opted to bowl first against Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday. With Rohit Sharma scoring a fighting half-century, Mumbai Indians set a competitive 132-run target for Punjab Kings. However, KL Rahul smashed a and Chris Gayle helped PBKS to a 9-wicket victory.
PBKS vs MI IPL 2021 match highlights: Sent to bat, Mumbai Indians were in for an early blow with Quinton de Kock dismissed in the 2nd over by Deepak Hooda. The struggle to add runs continued as Mumbai scored only 21 in the powerplay — the fourth lowest in IPL history. Just after the powerplay, Ishan Kishan also departed, leaving Mumbai rattling at 26/2 in 7 overs.
However, Rohit Sharma brought up a fighting 50 to anchor the Mumbai innings. Partnering Suryakumar Yadav, the duo added a 79-run for the third wicket to steady Mumbai. In the end, Mumbai Indians posted 131/6 in 20 overs with Rohit smashing a 52-ball 63.
PBKS vs MI IPL 2021 match highlights: In the tricky 132-chase, Punjab Kings were off to a good start with KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal putting up a 50-run stand. After Agarwal departed off a Rahul Chahar delivery in the 8th over, Rahul and Gayle continued to anchor the innings. While Mumbai spinners with some good overs brought the team back to the game, Gayle and Rahul brought up a 50-run stand to take the game away from Mumbai. In the end, Punjab Kings cruise to a 9-wicket win over Mumbai Indians.
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lokesh Rahul (WK/C) | 60 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 115.38 | |
| Mayank Agarwal | 25 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 125.00 | |
| Chris Gayle | 43 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 122.86 | |
| Extra | 4 (b 0, w 3, nb 1, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 132/1 (17.4) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | DJ Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Fabian Allen, Moises Henriques, M Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Boult | 2.4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 11.25 |
| Krunal Pandya | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 10.33 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Rahul Chahar | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4.75 |
| Jayant Yadav | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Kieron Pollard | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| MA Agarwal | 1-53 | 7.2 |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinton de Kock (WK) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| Rohit Sharma (C) | 63 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 121.15 | |
| Ishan Kishan | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 35.29 | |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 33 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 122.22 | |
| Kieron Pollard | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 133.33 | |
| Hardik Pandya | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Krunal Pandya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Jayant Yadav | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 7 (b 4, w 2, nb 0, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 131/6 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | TA Boult, RD Chahar, JJ Bumrah | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moises Henriques | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Deepak Hooda | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5.00 |
| Mohammed Shami | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 |
| Fabian Allen | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Arshdeep Singh | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 9.33 |
PBKS vs MI LIVE Score in IPL 2021: Playing XI: Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
Punjab Kings: KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Moises Henriques, Shahrukh Khan, Fabian Allen, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh
PBKS vs MI IPL 2021 match highlights: “We’re going to bowl first. I think we lacked cricket smartness in the last game. When we lost early wickets the middle order should have realized that it wasn’t a 170 wicket. We need to learn from that. The pitch does look sticky and damp and it could get better to bat on later. Just one change: Ravi Bishnoi comes in for Murugan Ashwin,” KL Rahul said after the toss.
“We were going to bat first anyway. While batting first in our games we have understood how to bat as a group. We have made mistakes but we hope we can put everything to rest tonight. When we came here we saw some dew so hopefully, there shouldn’t be any dew. It was just a small niggle on my calf and it looks good now. We are unchanged,” Rohit Sharma said.
PBKS vs MI
Highest score:
Punjab Kings- 223
Mumbai Indians- 230
Lowest score:
Punjab Kings- 87
Mumbai Indians- 119
Teams (Form):
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Adam Milne, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Arjun Tendulkar, Chris Lynn, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, James Neesham, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Marco Jansen, Mohsin Khan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, Quinton De Kock (WK), Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Tiwary, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Yudhvir Singh.
Punjab Kings: KL Rahul (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Prabsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar.
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