Sidelights:
At last the Mumbai Indians can show the world few points against their name on the points table. It seems that they were missing the home crowd support in the UAE and once they are back to Wankhede, they not only won a game but also kept their winning streak at the home ground, going. KXIP could have make 15-20 runs more as their batsmen failed to build on what Wriddhiman Saha and Maxwell gave them the platform. The last couple of overs bowled by MI bowlers were just brilliant. MI had a not so good start but then their middle order came in to the play this time and hold the innings to gather. Pollard and Tare did what was needed from them and gave their team a late but important and a special win.
IPL 7 | Match 22 | MI Vs KXIP
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Toss: KXIP and elected to bat first
Playing XIs:
KXIP: Cheteshwar Pujara, Virender Sehwag, Wriddhiman Saha, Glenn Maxwell, George Bailey, David Miller, Mitchell Johnson, Rishi Dhawan, Akshar Patel, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Sandeep Sharma
MI: Ben Dunk, CM Gautam, Ambaty Rayudu, Rohit Sharma, Corey Anderson, Kieron Pollard, Aditya Tare, Harbhajan Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Zaheer Khan, Lasith Malinga
Mini Score Card:
KXIP 168/5 (20) Run rate 8.40
Wriddhiman Saha 59* (47) | Harbhajan Singh 2/34
Glenn Maxwell 45 (27) | Lasith Malinga 1/25 (4)
MI 170/5 (19.1) Run rate: 8.86
Rohit Sharma 39 (34) | Rishi Dhawan 2/23 (4)
Corey Anderson 35 (25) | Sandeep Sharma 2/29 (3.1)
Result: MI won by 5 wickets
Points: MI 2 (Total 2) | KXIP 0 (Total 10)
Man of the match: Corey Anderson (MI)
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford | C Shamsuddin | Rajesh Deshpande (3rd) | Rohan Pandit (Reserve)
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle
How they played the game
Powerplay: KXIP 36 runs, 2 wickets | MI 49 runs, 2 wickets
First 50 runs: KXIP 48 balls | MI 37 balls
50-100 runs: KXIP 30 balls | MI 39 balls
100-150 runs: KXIP 32 balls | MI 33 balls
Extras: MI 13 (1 B, 6 LB, 5 Wd, 1 NB) | KXIP 6 (3 LB, 3 Wd)
Best Partnership
KXIP: 3rd wicket – 69 runs off 51 balls between Maxwell 45 (27) and Saha 18* (24)
MI: 4th wicket – 53 runs off 35 balls between Anderson 33 (21) and Sharma 19 (14)
Fours and SIXES
KXIP: 16 Fours (5 by Maxwell, 4 each by Pujara and Saha, 2 by Bailey and 1 by Miller) | 6 SIXES (3 by Saha, 2 by Maxwell and 1 by Miller)
MI: 15 Fours (4 by Sharma, 3 by Anderson, 2 each by Gautam, Rayudu and Pollard and 1 each by Dunk and Tare) | 9 SIXES (2 each by Gautam, Sharma, Anderson and Pollard and 1 by Tare)
Important fact about the match
- This is MI’s first ever win in this season of IPL
- This is MI’s 8th win on the trot at Wankhede Stadium since IPL 6
In the PIC: Captain Rohit Sharma played important part in MI’s win
Picture Courtesy: ESPN-Cricinfo
