MI v KXIP: Jasprit Bumrah's drags Mumbai Indians to thrilling win after sensational spell

Sport360 staff 22:00 16/05/2018
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  • Kings XI Punjab need to recover quickly from their 10-wicket drubbing at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore as they take on Mumbai Indians in the IPL on Wednesday.

    Kings XI skipper Ravichandran Ashwin won the toss and elected bowl first. For the visitors, Mujeeb ur Rahman  missed out for the second match in row as he failed to recover from the injury sustained on his bowling hand. Veteran Yuvraj Singh was reinstated into the line-up as Karun Nair missed out.

    The hosts were given a solid start from openers Suryakumar Yadav and Evin Lewis before Andrew Tye tore through the top-order to reduce Mumbai Indians to 71-4. It took a 22-ball 50 from the returning Kieron Pollard to get Mumbai’s innings back on track as the hosts finished on 186-6 from their 20 overs. Tye was the pick of Kings XI’s bowlers as the Aussie pacer finished with excellent figures of 4-16 from his four overs.

    In reply, Kings XI Punjab looked to be motoring alone to a comfortable win after a 111-run partnership for the second wicket between KL Rahul Aaron Finch. However, an inspired shore of death bowling from Jasprit Bumrah saw the hosts cling on to a three-run win to keep their playoff hopes well and truly alive. Rahul top scored for Punjab with 94 (60) while Bumrah was the star with the ball for Mumbai with figures of 3-15 from his four overs.

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