Veteran Kieron Pollard complemented Suryakumar Yadav’s brisk half-century by amassing 23 runs within the final over to raise Mumbai Indians to 161 for 4 after Kolkata Knight Riders stored issues tight for a significant a part of their innings within the IPL right here on Wednesday.
After an 83-run fourth-wicket stand between Suryakumar Yadav (52) and Tilak Varma (38 not out), Pollard (22 not out) smashed the world’s premier quick bowler Pat Cummins for 3 sixes to finish MI’s innings on a excessive.
Opting to bowl first on a recent pitch with loads of grass, KKR’s opening bowlers used the circumstances to perfection as pacer Umesh Yadav (1/25) and debutant Rasikh Salam (0/18) relied on again of size deliveries to bother MI’s opening duo of skipper Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan.
Umesh and Cummins (2/49) picked up early wickets to cut back MI to 55 for 3.
Umesh regarded extra threatening of the 2 as he persistently examined the high-profile MI opening batters together with his probing size, producing a improbable first over which yielded only one run.
Salam tried to match his senior professional.
Umesh struck first blood within the third over with a back-of-length supply to get Rohit for the fifth time in IPL, with the MI skipper failing to regulate a pull.
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Then got here one other debutant Dewald Brevis (29), often called ‘Baby AB’ for his 360 diploma shot-making skills, and he tried to assault the KKR bowlers.
He succeeded in his endeavour for a short interval, hitting two fours and as many sixes, however fell to Varun Chakravarthy (1/32).
All this whereas, MI’s man-in-form Ishan Kishan (14 off 21) was a quiet spectator on the different finish.
Unlike his final two innings, Kishan gave the impression to be struggling from the onset and a poor begin didn’t assist his trigger both.
Kishan’s battle got here to an finish within the eleventh over when he miscued a pull off Cummins to KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer.
Varma obtained a reprieve within the thirteenth over when Ajinkya Rahane spooned him after a confusion with Billings.
Yadav struck a 4 and an enormous six within the remaining two deliveries of the identical over to present MI’s innings some momentum.
Varma grabbed the missed probability with each hand and scooped Cummins over wonderful leg for a most after which adopted it with a slash over mid-wicket for a boundary off Chakravarthy.
Yadav, however, regarded in ominous type after getting back from damage, dealing largely in fours and sixes to notch up his fifty in 34 balls.
Brief scores:
Mumbai Indians: 161/4 in 20 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 52, Tilak Varma ; Pat Cummins 2/49, Umesh Yadav 1/25).
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