Punjab Kings (PBKS) VS Mumbai Indians (MI) Match Report

Punjab Kings (PBKS) VS Mumbai Indians (MI) Full Details Match Report

 The Punjab Kings (PBKS) are back on track to win the tournament after defeating Mumbai Indian (MI) on March 17 of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday.

After the bowlers blocked MI at 131/6, the captain's knock from KL Rahul guided PBKS to a 9-wicket victory.

Chasing 132, PBKS openers - Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul - appeared on the sidelines after Krunal Pandya was asked to win the second over with a new ball.

The PBKS captain started the second over with two wickets while Agarwal finished it off with an amazing six-piece cover gun. Rahul then pulled Bumrah in the next over by six more than good legs.

Mayank hit 12 runs leaving the fourth over by Trent Boult with four and PBKS were on their way as they raced to 45/0 at the end of Powerplay.

The 50-run partnership was designed to defend the wicket and the chase was going well for the PBKS.

It was Rahul Chahar who also turned out to be the solution to MI’s troubles as leg-spinner knocked out Agarwal after his right hand was caught deep.

The Punjab Kings were 62/1 and the MI took part in the campaign by putting pressure on runners Chahar and Jayant Yadav, who kept things strong from both sides.

Gayle started working for PBKS and was taking the listed risks against MI spinners as he hit three frontiers.

Rahul then attacked a loose delivery from Pollard hitting six flats over nice legs while Gayle hit his first six innings against Jayant Yadav in the next over.

PBKS quiz was a running ball with 9 wickets in hand and four overs to go. Bumrah conceded just seven runs in the next over.

The Punjab Kings captain then extended his centenary and both Gayle and Rahul beat Boult six each in the 17th over. Rahul finished the style chase with four as the PBKS successfully chased the target at 14 ***** to survive.

Previously, MI, which was set to bat first, remained unchanged in their previous game against Delhi Capitals. They had their first problem after Quinton de **** was caught inside the ring with a second over at Deepak Hooda.

PBKS put MI on their feet with a new ball and did not allow them any chances to score until the 5th over before the MI captain put the perfect toss away four times. At the end of the power play, MI was limited to 21/1.

Ravi Bishnoi was informed of the attack and his right-hand spinner pulled out Ishan Kishan googly after the left-hander threatened Rahul behind the post.

The MI captain, who had joined Suryakumar Yadav, then slammed the four fours in Fabian Allen's first two books with an eighth over.

While Bishnoi hit the thick lines from the other end, Rohit continued to attack Allen as he removed the strings too far and MI was 49-2 in the over-10s.

Rohit then took Hooda to produce a similar result. Surya joined the group for four and a half each removing his belt as fifty relationships were between the two.

Rohit collected his first 50th game of the season in style with four and Surya continued to strike freely, MI scored 12 out of 14 overs over by Bishnoi.

The 100 was made for MI, with five overs remaining in the innings and the well-established duo of Rohit-Surya were ready to speed up.

Bishnoi is back from lifting the 17th over of the innings and has broken a dangerous relationship after Surya made a mistake in a direct switch in the hands of Chris Gayle.

PBKS then dumped the MI captain after Rohit was caught deep by Allen off Shami.

Pollard, who was the next man, hit 6 in the first penalty kick played by Arshdeep Singh. However, the pacer left arm found success in the same over after pulling out the wicket of Hardik Pandya, who was sent off in the deep.

Shami pulled a good over in the end, conceding just 6 runs and getting a run on Krunal Pandya's way as MI put 131/6 on the board in the first innings.

Short scores: Punjab Kings 132/1 (KL Rahul 60 *, Chris Gayle 43 *; Rahul Chahar 1/19) beat Mumbai Indians 131/6 (Rohit Sharma 63, Suryakumar Yadav 33; Ravi Bishnoi 2/21, Mohammad Shami 2 / 21) by 9 wickets