Tonight, the big match between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians is being hosted at the Holkar Stadium of Indore. It’s a must win game for Mumbai Indians as before this match the team has already lost 6 off 8 matches. On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab has won 5 off 7 matches.
The first innings was opened by the Universe Boss, Chris Gayle and KL Rahul, as KXIP was invited to bat first after they lost the toss to Mumbai Indians, who chose to bowl first. However, it was a very slow start as both of them 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.
The players of Mumbai Indians did death bowling and exceptional fielding as they didn’t allow free runs to Punjab.
Here’s how twitteratis reacted to the performance of KXIP in the first innings, have a look:
Kings XI Punjab’s innings today saw……
500th six hit in #IPL2018
7000th six hit in #IPL#KXIPvMI #MIvKXIP— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) May 4, 2018
The big question is, can Yuvraj Singh score as many runs in this IPL as his weight in Kgs is?
— Ra_Bies 2.0 (@Ra_Bies) May 4, 2018
why is Yuvraj Singh in the team.. Give chance to a young cricketer.. so that he can showcase his talent.. he was a great player not now
— Vaseem Khan (@Vaseem044) May 4, 2018
The clock is ticking on Yuvraj Singh. #KXIPvMI
— Mayuresh Patil (@pmayuresh016) May 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/NeecheSeTopper/status/992434463886868480
https://twitter.com/NeecheSeTopper/status/992431212231778305
Yuvraj Singh – This is the right time to take a call on your career. Enough of playing for your pride. #KXIPvMI
— M (@HeyitisM) May 4, 2018
Even Axar can clear the boundary but not Yuvraj Singh #KXIPvMI
— Sankaari Baba ?? (@kr_sanu) May 4, 2018
Yuvraj singh can score boundaries only in Kent RO advertised #KXIPvMI
— Rameez Shaikh (@IamRameezS) May 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/Marvellous_Capt/status/992431216501673985
Yuvraj Singh already dropped by wicketkeeper before and now poor running..he has done great for India but time to choose some other field
— Anuppam Mathur (@AnuppamMathur) May 4, 2018
Waterboys have been on the ground for more time than Yuvraj Singh in the IPL.#KXIPvMI
— Vishcomical (@vishcomical) May 4, 2018
Even Axar can clear the boundary but not Yuvraj Singh #KXIPvMI
— Sankaari Baba ?? (@kr_sanu) May 4, 2018
Nobody took Yuvraj Singh in Dream 11 and Ashwin Ravi choose him in playing 11..!!#KXIPvMI #Yuvi
— Aagam Shah (@aagamgshah) May 4, 2018
Waterboys have been on the ground for more time than Yuvraj Singh in the IPL.#KXIPvMI
— Vishcomical (@vishcomical) May 4, 2018
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