that is it. Kings Xi finish it off. Full delivery on middle and leg, Gurkeerat clears his front foot and lofts the ball neatly over mid-on.
MI vs Kings XI, 43rd match at Visakhapatnam, May 13 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Kings XI won by 7 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)
11.20pm A really quality game from Kings XI has just opened up the lower end of this points table. After keeping Mumbai to 124, Kings XI lost Amla early. But Saha and Vijay put on a clinical batting display on a tough surface to show Mumbai's batsmen how it is done. Both hit fifties and helped Kings XI romp home with three overs to spare. A convincing win. Mumbai will have to pick themselves up quickly, they have to win at least one of their last two games.
Marcus Stoinis, Man of the Match: "Wicket suited my bowling. Looked tough to score. used the odd change of pace. Maybe was saying it was a blessing in disguise that we got to chase. Team effort for sure, all bowlers bowled well. great start."
M Vijay: "Was hitting the ball well, now everything falling together. We were missing out on winning moments. Wicket was on a slower side, the first six overs set the tone for us. 140 was defendable. Wanted to cut down on the risk factor while batting."
Rohit Sharma: "Poor execution, wicket wasn't easy to be honest. Was sticky. we should have applied a little bit. Posting 125 is not going to be easy to defend. Kings XI used the conditions really well. We tried some things, it didn't work. Too much talking doesn't help sometimes. We know what to expect, we have played 2 games here. 140 is a winning score here."
135 kph, yorker on off. Squeezed back to the bowler
swatted to long-on. A slow offcutter again from Southee, hitting the middle of the pitch
Good win this for Kings XI, quality performance
nice length. Short on middle, Vijay bails out of his pull quite late.
Sarvesh: "I would be happy if RCB, MI don't qualify for the play-offs. The guys like Virat, Rohit, Bumrah should get some rest before the Int'l season starts for India. On the other hand, guys like Dhawan, Raina, Yuvi who were short of runs can strike some form."
nicely played. Slow offcutter outside off, guided past point for a couple
Sudershan Shivj: "Mumbai's next two opponents are DD and GL. Difficult to beat both of them. They missed a great chance tonight."
131 kph, strays down leg. Clipped off to to fine leg, thudded into the thigh pad I think
Faisal: "Maxwell was my fantasy captain... *facepalm*" Uh oh.
on middle and leg, clipped just in front of leg gully. Evades him to fine leg for one
oh no. That will not do much to Maxwell's confidence. Fullish on off, Maxwell stays in his crease and chips the ball straight to Pollard at mid-on. Pollard cannot believe what Maxwell has done.
137 kph, strays down leg. Maxwell goes after a pick-up heave but misses. The umpire raises his arms late, very late
Maxwell
Time out
Akhil : "Why need M&M when you have V&W"
Gowri: "15.1 Fiffty for Murali"
the same shot costs Saha his wicket this time. Another slowish bouncer on off, Saha goes after the pull but the ball doesn't reach him at the time he is through his pull. Off the inside edge again, this time it clatters into the stumps
inside edged for four. Another short delivery on off, Saha tries to pull but is too early through the shot. A thick inside edge races past the keeper for four
short on middle, pulled on the bounce to deep square leg
good length on off, patted to point for a run. An overthrow is conceded. The ball stays close by the stumps, mcClenaghan runs to the ball and tries to uproot the stump but doesn't have the ball in his hand
McClenaghan
nice end to the over. Fifty for Saha, exceptional innings. Runs to the ball and then lofts over cover comfortably. has made this chase look easy
another slower ball outside off, dabbed off the open face. Another single
Saurabh: "The way these two are batting, MI might be feeling even 15-20 runs would have not made a much difference! Absolutely class batting! KXIP might not even need the "M&Ms" today!"
shortish outside off, glided to third man with a cut
good length down leg, hurriedly nudged to short fine leg
Vijay tries but misses. Good length outside off, some extra bounce helps the ball over Vijay's smear
Kings XI coasting. They could go hard from here to improve their run-rate
Rasa: "If Saha had this form at the start of the tournament, then KXIP would have definitely qualified for eliminators as Punjab bowlers have performed consistently. Maybe sending him down the order contributed to his current unsuccessful ipl season. "
120 kph, slower cutter on off. Steered to third man
nicely played again. Wanted to step out again but since the ball was flatter outside off, Saha improvises a late dab to short third man
Over 17 • KXIP 127/3
Kings XI won by 7 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)