he's done it! Pollard has ended Mumbai's run of defeats. He's done it by lofting a length ball lean over the long off boundary. The Wankhede erupts, Mumbai did not lose here last season, they have kept that streak going
Kings XI vs MI, 22nd match at Mumbai, IPL, May 03 2014 - Match Result
MI won by 5 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
7.40 pm Kings XI Punjab's campaign has touched earth, their first defeat after five wins. Mumbai have a first victory after five defeats. The upshot from this result is that we have a new table leader, Chennai Super Kings are head of Kings XI on net run rate.
Daniel Alexande: "Lasith Malinga's brilliant death bowling was the difference today "
Nandakiran N: "Pollard is looking as good as he looked in edition 3 of IPL. So Monstrous! Good Games consecutively!"
shantanu: "malinga was not the difference. everybody knows its hard to hit malinga at death so you need to target other bowlers. difference was all the runs lost out due to slow scoring by saha at the start of his innings.maxwell did not get enough strike."
Deepak: "Everybody is talking about pollard and malinga but what about Tare..he was true remarkable his 16 runs just came in 6 balls. unsung Hero "
Kuldeep: "@shantanu: Absolutely. People tend to wrongly associate T20 with just boundaries and big hits. It is the constant rotation of strike in between that actually matters. Both teams will hit boundaries anyway. It is the team takes many 1s and 2s in between and doesn't let panic set in due to many dot balls that wins in the end. Batsmen should learn from Virat Kohli."
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Sandeep Sharma has just five to defend off the final over. Faiz: "How crucial was that last over from Malinga which went for 3 runs , during KXIP innings ?????"
a full toss to complete a shocker from Johnson, Pollard drives it to long on and settles for the single to keep strike
Pollard you beauty! Johnson has been torn apart. Pollard pulled at a slower ball, and made good enough contact to beat the fielder on the square leg boundary.
the yorker, but it's gone for four! Johnson fired in the yorker from round the wicket, Pollard jammed his bat down on it and the ball goes off the inside edge to the fine leg boundary
a slower ball, but Pollard checks his shot and manages to dab it towards square leg, Pollard comes back for the second before the fielder in the deep can rush in to field the ball
he goes full, not short, misses the yorker by a little, Pollard hits the low full toss to deep midwicket and comes back for the second ...
short ball but it's mis-directed down leg side, that's a wide. Will Johnson be able to keep it together? Mumbai seem to be favourites now ...
Surely Johnson needs to bowl short at Pollard? Johnson goes round the wicket and aborts his delivery as he nears his jump.
Pollard's clobbered this! You cannot bowl full to him. Pollard makes room by moving outside leg and launches the ball powerfully over the long-on boundary
Bailey goes to Johnson to defend 25 off 12 balls, and try and take out Pollard.
that's a stunning finish to the over from Tare, he's dragged Mumbai back into this! He charges the final ball, which is a harmless length delivery, and pulls it over the deep midwicket boundary
Tare uses the width outside off stump to cut the ball towards the point boundary, where Akshar Patel fields
full ball outside off stump, driven to long off, Pollard hasn't attempted a big shot yet
short of a length, cramping the batsman for room, Tare mis-times the pull down the ground
that's outstanding placement! Tare latches on to a full ball outside off and lofts inside out to the extra cover boundary, almost went all the way for six
Senthil: "Classic Mumbai, leaving it too late and even late for Pollard. What Pollard will do this time?"
Tare makes room and chips the ball to wide long on, Pollard strides back for the second
Dhawan bowled an outstanding over for KXIP, Mumbai need 13.5 off the last three overs. Balaji to bowl ...
a full ball on middle and leg, Tare stays back and dabs to midwicket to take the strike net over. Kings XI will not mind that
a low full toss on off stump, Pollard can't get under it and ends up hitting it through square leg
Tare is at the non-striker's end.
Anderson fails to see it through! He tries to hit a good length ball over the long-off boundary and doesn't connect properly. Miller is ready and waiting for the catch
very full and rather wide outside off stump, Anderson is too far away from the ball to reach it, I think the bowler is lucky to get away with that
a full ball on middle stump, Pollard chips it over midwicket, falls well short of the man in the deep
full and wide outside off, Anderson reaches for it and hits the ball to long off
Mumbai need 11 an over, it's hotting up. Dhawan, Balaji, Johnson and Sharma will bowl the last four overs. Not necessarily in that order.
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1W | 1W | |||
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
Toss | Kings XI Punjab, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2014 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.25, Interval 17.25-17.45, Second Session 17.45-19.10 |
Match days | 3 May 2014 - daynight (20-over match) |
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Points | Mumbai Indians 2, Kings XI Punjab 0 |
Over 20 • MI 170/5
MI won by 5 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)