Tonight, Mumbai Indians won the third match of this league by 6 wickets after beating Kings XI Punjab at at the Holkar Stadium of Indore. It was a great win for Mumbai Indians as the team was in very much need of a win after facing one after the other defeats.
Before Mumbai Indians won the match, they won the toss and chose to ball first which resulted out to be a very wise decision. The players of Mumbai Indians did death bowling and exceptional fielding as they didn’t allow free runs to Punjab.
It was a very slow start to the first innings as both the openers, KL Rahul and Chris Gayle took time to get going. Chris Gayle scored a half century in 40 balls, on the other hand, KL Rahul scored 24 runs off 20 balls. Yuvraj Singh was given run-out and was sent back to pavilion after he scored 14 runs in 14 balls. Karun Nair played in a hurry and played beautifully by scored 23 runs off 14 balls.
In the second innings, KXIP tried their best but failed to win the match. The target of 174 runs was very wonderfully chased by the players of Mumbai Indians.
Suryakumar Yadav took time to get on with the runs and scored 57 runs in 42 balls, he smashed 6 fours and 3 sixes. Ishan Kishan, the young keeper-batter scored 25 runs in 19 balls.
The skipper of the team, Rohit Sharma scored 24 runs in 15 balls. Hardik Pandya scored 23 runs in 13 balls. It was a slow and steady performance by Mumbai Indians until Krunal Pandya came in and scored 31 runs in 12 balls, hitting 4 fours and 2 sixes with a strike rate of 258.
Here’s how twitteratis reacted to a great win by Mumbai Indians, have a look:
#KXIP are trying hard to address the middle order woes….but there’s no end in sight right now. Yuvi’s form is critical to their campaign’s fortunes. #KXIPvMI #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 4, 2018
Much needed win for Mumbai Indians, keeps them in the hunt and also hood for the tournament. Rohit Sharma, whenever he is there unbeaten at the end, he invariably takes his side home. Punjab were 15-20 short at this ground #KXIPvsMI
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) May 4, 2018
Oh wow…the day I don’t predict #MI, they win ?? Is that a hint, @mipaltan fans?? ?? #KXIPvMI #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 4, 2018
So, #MI, as the often do, stay alive in the tournament. But considering their batting depth (Cutting is slated to bat at 8), they can surely think of getting another bowler in XI. #KXIPvMI #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 4, 2018
#KXIPvMI with this win MI jumps to 5th position haha LOL people say WWE is a fixed game but now what is IPL called……MI the king of fixing
— Phani putra vihari (@krishna_vihari) May 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/RohitsAvenger/status/992467711664930816
Krunal: The ground is small. You get the confidence as a batsman because your mistimed shots will also clear the boundary.#CricketMeriJaan #MumbaiIndians #KXIPvMI
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 4, 2018
Rohit Sharma has remained not out 17 times while chasing in IPL and his team has gone on to win each match. #KXIPvMI
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) May 4, 2018
That six by @klrahul11 off @Jaspritbumrah93 made my day. OUTSTANDING #KXIPvMI #IPL
— Madhav Sharma (@HashTagCricket) May 4, 2018
#Stoinis Did match fixing.. It is clearly visible to us by his way of attitude in today’s match#KXIPvMI
— Agnikulakshatriyas (@RootsOfVarmas) May 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/asli_ritik04/status/992422109908492288
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