Mumbai Indians (137/4) beat Punjab Kings (135/6) by six wickets at Abu Dhabi

[OMB]

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Time : 2:00 PM GMT, 6:00 PM LOCAL, 7:30 PM IST

Squad :

Punjab Kings Squad: KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Moises Henriques, Adil Rashid, Mandeep Singh, Chris Jordan, Jalaj Saxena, Murugan Ashwin, Sarfaraz Khan, Fabian Allen, Shahrukh Khan, Saurabh Kumar, Ishan Porel, Utkarsh Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Prabhsimran Singh

Mumbai Indians Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Piyush Chawla, Dhawal Kulkarni, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Chris Lynn, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jayant Yadav, Roosh Kalaria, James Neesham, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Arjun Tendulkar, Marco Jansen, Yudhvir Singh

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Current standings

 

[MenInG]

Mumbai Indians have won the toss and have opted to field

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w/c), Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult

 

[Smbhayi]

Krunal saves my Kaaptan Rahul here.. Unnecessary friendly games gesture by Krunal..

 

[Justcrazy]

Punjab needs some big hits here

 

[Justcrazy]

122. 5

12 balls to go.

Need to get 140 here

 

[Justcrazy]

136 is the Target for MI , they should be able to get this , not a par score

 

[Justcrazy]

Rohit Sharma starts the chase

 

[Justcrazy]

12 after 2 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Slow but steady start by MI here

 

[Ab Fan]

Why is Rahul bowling a left armer when there are two left handed batsman?

 

[Justcrazy]

Mum Indians need 60 runs in 45 balls.


Sensible approach required by MI here

 

[Justcrazy]

Mum Indians need 40 runs in 24 balls.

Pollard and Pandya at crease

Both need to hit couple of sixes here

 

[Justcrazy]

Four

Hardik gets that away crucial blow, need to make it a big over

 

[Justcrazy]

SIXXXX

Pandya taking the bowling on here

 

[Ab Fan]

Arshdeep has been amazing bowler for Punjab over last two seasons. He and Avesh Khan are find of this season.

 

[Justcrazy]

Mum Indians won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

 

[OMB]

Mumbai Indians back in the hunt