Mumbai Indians (MI) returned to winning ways as they beat Punjab Kings (PBKS) by six wickets in Abu Dhabi to end their three-match losing streak in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL).
Chasing a tricky target of 136, MI top-order struggled to put runs on the board as the reigning champions were reeling at 61 for 3 in the ꧑first ten overs.
But Saurabh Tiwary (45 off 37), Hardik Pandya (40* off 30) and Kieron Pollard (15 not out off 7) held their nerves and fi⛎rst rebuilt the innings before taking on the attack in the death overs to seal a win by the end of the 19th ov🐬er.
Earlier, Jasprit Bumrah and Pollard claimed two wickets each as MI produced a disciplined bowling performance to restrict the KL Rahul-led PBKS to a below-par total.
Aiden Markram (42 off 29) was the top-scorer for Punjab as he shared a 61-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Deepak Hooda (28 off 26) to guide t𓆉heir side to 135/6 after being reduced to 48 for 4 in 7.3 overs.
With today’s win, MI have jumped two places to be placed fifth with 10 points on the IPL 2021 table.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Good win for Heat is on points table.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Back in business.. Superb knocks by Great win guys, let’s c🎀on⭕tinue the good work👏👏
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
Coming back to competitive cricket after long and finis🤪hing🍷 it off in style 💙
Well played, Hardik 👏
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
A champion comeback from a champion te♛am . As a c♓ricketer I see the hunger in a player! Really impressed with
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
🎆 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium 😍
H♏P and Polly sent it to ওall corners to take 🏠 | |
— Hotstar Canada (@hotstarcanada)
Cometh🍬 the hour, cometh the Kung Fu Pandya 🔥
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
Mumbai Indians be like :-
— Himan♌shu Sharma🏴♐ (@Himanshu2534)
Saurabh Tiwary in these second half of
Played 3 games scores
50*(40) aganist CSK
5*(2) aganist KKR
45(37) against PBKSWell played champ 👏💙
— THALA ❤️ MANI (@ThalaMani045)
Crucial two points for Mumbai𝓰 Indians. Scorecard:
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
//twitter.com/wakeup_sid22/status/144291💖1896051466242
There is still hope🀅 for to qualify for the playoffs— 𝗨𝗝𝗝𝗪𝗔𝗟🇮🇳 (@SarcasticUjjwal)
Made a match out of a scanty total! 🙌🏻
Kudos for their efforts!
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
