- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.4 gloved to short fine leg! Looks to pull this short of a length ball on off, but there is the lack of pace again from Pollard, who rolls his fingers over the ball to bowl with scrambled seam. Rahul goes for the shot, but is foxed, as Pollard grabs his 300th wicket in all T20s 41/35.2 huge appeal for leg before by Krunal, and given! Mandeep in some discussion for a review with Rahul, but decides against it. He goes to sweep this full ball on off by going down on his back knee, but seemed to be a little too across off while trying to slog that over the leg side, and missed. The ball struck him on middle and off, and the umpire raised his finger. Replays show the ball would have hit middle 36/16.2 picks out long-on! Gayle goes cheaply. Change of pace from Pollard again - as expected - and he goes on a good length on middle. Gayle clears his front leg to pull, but gets that right down to the fielder, who barely has to move. Another blow for Kings, who have already started slowly 39/215.2 overpitched, and Markram misses the sweep altogether! Full on off stump. Markram looks to play it leg side but the ball goes under the bat, and crashes into off stump. Misjudges the length and pays the price for it. But a crucial contribution from Markram 109/57.3 appeal for leg before, and given! But Pooran reviews. Bumrah nails that yorker to hit Pooran's front pad on middle and leg, as the batter misses his flick off what was a low, dipping full-toss. No inside edge is confirmed by UltraEdge. Replays show the yorker would have landed bang on the base of middle stump, and it is three reds. So the decision stands, and Kings lose their review 48/418.4 miles in the air and taken by Pollard at wide long on. Full, almost in the slot, and he looks to hit a six over extra cover. Timing isn't perfect, has the elevation but not the distance. Pollard takes a reverse-cup catch 123/6Extras6 (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL135/6 (20 Overs, RR: 6.75)Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Mandeep Singh, 5.2 ov), 2-39 (Chris Gayle, 6.2 ov), 3-41 (KL Rahul, 6.4 ov), 4-48 (Nicholas Pooran, 7.3 ov), 5-109 (Aiden Markram, 15.2 ov), 6-123 (Deepak Hooda, 18.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KH Pandya 4 0 24 1 6.00 6 1 0 0 1 TA Boult 3 0 30 0 10.00 7 4 1 1 0 JJ Bumrah 4 0 24 2 6.00 11 2 0 0 0 NM Coulter-Nile 4 0 19 0 4.75 10 1 0 0 0 KA Pollard 1 0 8 2 8.00 2 1 0 1 0 RD Chahar 4 0 27 1 6.75 6 2 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.3 And Rohit slogs it straight to mid-on! Look to sweep this full ball outside off, which is coming in a tad, as he is low on his back knee while playing to slog-sweep slightly away from his body. Early breakthrough for Kings, as the opposition captain departs 16/19.5 inside edge next ball! Again looks to pull, but this ball is not all that short and nor does it get up a lot off the good length just outside off. de Kock gets an inside edge on to his stumps, and Kings strike again. This should be getting interesting if wickets continue to fall 61/33.4 bowled him first ball! Zips the googly through Suryakumar's bat and pad to strike middle stump. Bishnoi on a hat-trick now. Pitches it fullish and just outside off, and gets it to turn into the batter, who looks to drive first ball but is beaten. And the huge gap in between means the ball crashes into his stumps 16/215.1 he's walking! The set batter is gone. Slower ball, full and wide. Tiwary is through his slap too early, and it takes a small edge. Ball pops up but then dips low late. Rahul has to jump forward to pocket the catch. But the umpires have gone to the TV umpire. Clean catch? Clean catch. 92/4Extras2 (w 2)TOTAL137/4 (19 Overs, RR: 7.21)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Rohit Sharma, 3.3 ov), 2-16 (Suryakumar Yadav, 3.4 ov), 3-61 (Quinton de Kock, 9.5 ov), 4-92 (Saurabh Tiwary, 15.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AK Markram 3 0 18 0 6.00 5 1 0 1 0 Mohammed Shami 4 0 42 1 10.50 9 5 2 0 0 Arshdeep Singh 4 0 29 0 7.25 9 2 1 1 0 Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 25 2 6.25 11 2 1 0 0 NT Ellis 3 0 12 1 4.00 10 1 0 0 0 Harpreet Brar 1 0 11 0 11.00 1 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Mumbai Indians , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50-21.20
Match days
28 September 2021 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Mumbai Indians 2, Punjab Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 38 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 7.3: Review by Punjab Kings (Batting), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - N Pooran (Struck down)
- Punjab Kings: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (49 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 50/4 in 8.0 overs (AK Markram 7, DJ Hooda 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 90/4 in 14.0 overs (AK Markram 29, DJ Hooda 19)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (AK Markram 31, DJ Hooda 19, Ex 0)
- Punjab Kings: 100 runs in 14.4 overs (89 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Punjab Kings - 135/6 in 20.0 overs (Harpreet Brar 14, NT Ellis 6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 30 runs, 2 wickets)
- Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 8.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians - 54/2 in 9.0 overs (Q de Kock 22, SS Tiwary 23)
- Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 1
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