Mumbai, April 10: KL Rahul made a brilliant unbeaten 100 and Gayle made a forceful fifty to power Punjab to 197/4 against Mumbai Indians. But Kieron Pollard made a 31-ball 83 taking Mumbai home for a three-wicket win.
Having won their last three games at home, Kings XI Punjab will now head to Wankhede Stadium to take on Mumbai Indians in what is expected to be a mouth-watering clash in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019. Both teams have defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last games. While MI thrashed SRH by 40 runs, KXIP won by six wickets.
Playing at home will obviously be an added advantage for Mumbai as they know the ground conditions well. But the boys need to fire in unison against a quality KXIP outfit and skipper Rohit Sharma will look to lead by example. So, who will emerge winner tonight? Follow MyKhel Live Update.
It all boiled down to 2 runs off 1 ball and Alzarri Joseph managed it. 3rd win in a row. MI beat KXIP by 3 wickets
Pollard out and last over drama
Pollard power, hammers Curran for 4, 6, 6, in the 19th over. 15 off the last over to win for Mumbai.
A 6 off Curran brings 50 for MI captain Pollard. Very good innings.
Krunal falls to shami, a little chip ends in the hands of Miller in the circle. 140/6
Hardik wanted to clear shami over the long-on fence but did not get the distance. A simple catch to Miller. 135/5
Pollard 6, 6 off Ashwin. His current strike rate is 271.
Pollard had a 6,4,6 sequence off Curran. But that was spoiled by the run out of Ishan Kishan, who backed up too far ahead and Curran collected the ball and hit the stumps. Brilliant fielding.
Pollard flexes his muscles. A 6 each of Ashwin and Curran.
After 10 overs, Mumbai are 65 for three. Required at this stage is 13.3 .. A huge task.
Peach of catch by David Miller near long off boundary. De Kock hit that hard off Ashwin but Miller took the catch on the run. QDK out for 24. And it's strategic break.
Curran gets Yadav, who wanted to flick the pacer over square leg. But the fielder did a neat job of taking the catch. Out for 21
After 6 PP overs Mumbai Indians are 50 for 1. And Rahul dropped a tough chance off De Kock
Hardus Vilojen into attack
Punjab nearly got their 2nd wicket. Yadav tried to carve Rajpoot over cover but David Miller mistimed his jump and grassed the ball.
shami has bowled a nice little spell. Brilliant yorker to get rid of Lad. He is gone for 15 and MI are 28/1
Couple of fours in a row for QDK off Rajpoot. MI need a big hand from him here.
Mumbai looked full of intent win this chase despite that 198 run target.
Lad's first two scoring shots on his IPL debut have been a 6 and 4. Way to begin Lad!
De Kock and debutante siddesh Lad will begin chase for Mumbai while Ankit Rajpoot will handle new ball and first over Kings XI.
197 for 4 in 20 overs, that's where Kings XI Punjab ended up in their innings.
100 for KL Rahul. off 63 Balls. 4th in IPL 2019 -- sanju samson, Jonny Bairstow, David Warner now KL. Impeccable innings too.
Rahul blasts Hardik for 6 over extra cover and then for 4 thru the same region. Then a hook for 6 over square leg. 6 over long-on now.
Curran gets out while trying to Paddle Bumrah -- an easy catch to De Kock behind the stumps. He's out for 8 and Punjab are 151/4
Curran smashes Bumrah for two fours in a row and Punjab gets to 150
Karun Nair falls. A hoick off Hardik ends with Rahul Chahar. Out for 5
Miller falls to Hardik for 7.
strategic time out after 14 overs. Punjab are 121/1. Good platform for a big final bang
Look at the numbers of KL Rahul against Mumbai Indians. Awesomeness.
KL Rahul certainly loves the MI attack. His last five innings including today read: 68*, 24, 94, 71 and 50*. #IPL2019
— Nitin Naik (@toi_nitinnayak) April 10, 2019
Gaylestorm ends for 63. He wanted to slap Behrendorff over mid-wicket but never timed it good, a fine low catch by Krunal Pandya.