IPL: Mumbai Indians beat Kings XI Punjab, jump to fifth

NEW DELHI: Late surge via Krunal Pandya (31 no longer out) and Rohit Sharma (24 no longer out) helped Mumbai Indians beat Kings XI Punjab via six wickets as they saved themselves alive within the tournament on Friday. With 3rd victory from 9 video games, Mumbai jumped to 5th within the 2018 Indian Premier League standings with six issues.

Scorecard | As it happened

Mumbai, who had been on the bottom of the pile, chased down the difficult 175-run target with an over to spare. It used to be KXIP's 3rd defeat in eight video games as they remained at fourth within the issues table with 10 issues.

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Mumbai needed 50 off ultimate 4 overs, when Krunal joined his skipper Rohit, however they took just three to take the workforce house. Krunal's magnificent 12-ball cameo used to be studded with two sixes and four fours, whilst Rohit smacked two sixes and a 4 all the way through his 15-ball knock. The duo added unconquered match-winning 56 runs for the 5th wicket.

Suryakumar Yadav and Evin Lewis began the run chase often ahead of the previous scored 12 off Ankit Rajpoot hitting a six and a 4 to take Mumbai to 32/0 in 4 overs. But the introduction of young Mujeeb Ur Rahman within the 6th over gave KXIP their first leap forward because the Afghan spinner disregarded Lewis (10) to reduce Mumbai to 38/1 in five.four overs.

KXIP bowlers tightened the screw with some tidy overs however Suryakumar saved the guests within the hunt. Suryakumar focused Rajpoot again via hitting a six and a 4 in consecutive balls to succeed in his fifty in 34 balls. But ten balls later within the 12th over, Marcus Stoinis scalped Suryakumar to put KXIP within the entrance seat. Suryakumar scored 57 off 42 balls with the assistance of three sixes and six fours.

Ishan, who used to be suffering to get going till then, hit couple of sixes ahead of turning into the second victim of Mujeeb within the next over. Ishan smacked three sixes all the way through his 19-ball 25 innings. Hardik Pandya then hit a six and two fours and scored 23 off 13 balls ahead of falling to Andrew Tye within the 16th over.

Rohit changed gears and hit two sixes to attain 14 runs off Mujeeb's (2/37) ultimate over. Krunal smacked two fours and a six in consecutive balls off Stoinis to modify the equation the wrong way up as MI needed just 16 off ultimate two overs.

Krunal then hit a 4 and a six off Tye within the penultimate over as Mumbai accomplished the objective simply.

Earlier, Chris Gayle persevered his explosive run within the IPL with a 50 off 40 balls, propelling KXIP to 174/6.

Gayle amassed just one run off the primary eight balls he confronted ahead of racing to his half century, his fourth fifty-plus ranking in five innings this season. He alongwith KL Rahul (24 off 20) gave KXIP some other cracking start because the harmful duo shared a 54-run stand in 6.four overs.

Rahul too used to be in sublime touch and appeared set for a big ranking. Gayle got going via smashing Hardik for three fours within the fourth over.

Two overs later, Gayle pulled a brief ball off Mitchel McClenaghan out of the Holkar stadium. Mumbai heaved a sigh of relief when the big-hitting Rahul used to be disregarded via young spinner Mayank Markande within the 7th over.

Gayle and Yuvraj Singh took the home aspect to 78/1 on the halfway mark. Gayle then reached his fifty off 38 balls, which incorporated two sixes and six fours, however three balls later fell to Ben Cutting within the 12th over.


Yuvraj (14 off 14) made a disappointing comeback after being dropped within the earlier game. This time the good fortune used to be also no longer on Yuvraj's aspect as he got run out within the 13th over after a mix-up with Karun Nair (23 off 12).


KXIP lost their means within the center overs with Nair and Axar Patel (13 off 12) getting out after promising starts. Jasprit Bumrah and Co had been ready to tighten issues up. Bumrah particularly used to be brilliant conceding just 19 runs in 4 overs, whilst taking the wicket of Axar.


If it used to be no longer for Stoinis, KXIP would have ended up means wanting the predicted mark. His unbeaten 15-ball 29 ensured his workforce reached with reference to 180. The 22-run last over from Hardik made all the distinction with Stoinis smashing him for 2 sixes and as many fours.


Brief Score: Mumbai Indians 176/four in 19 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 57; Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/37) beat Kings XI Punjab 174/6 (Chris Gayle 50; Jasprit Bumrah 1/19) via six wickets
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