Kieron Pollard's 83 off 31 seals unlikely Mumbai Indians win
The innings eclipsed KL Rahul's century for Kings XI Punjab, and single-handedly dragged the hosts to victory when they needed 133 off their last 10 overs
The innings eclipsed KL Rahul's century for Kings XI Punjab, and single-handedly dragged the hosts to victory when they needed 133 off their last 10 overs
Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Ankur Dhawan
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Pollard: I went up the order, I enjoy batting at Wankhede, I thought if we could get some sixes off Ashwin in the middle we'd be in the game. I love the ball sailing into the stands. Obviously, Rohit is captain of the team, we have a day game coming up, happy to hand over the captaincy to him
12.18am First game as captain in this league and Pollard produced one of his finest IPL knocks, his highest IPL score, to bring Mumbai within touching distance of a win; a win that looked very unlikely when he had come out to bat, and in the end, Alzarri Joseph, the hero on debut last match held his nerve to take them home. These two teams have made a habit of producing thrillers at this venue but one's got to feel for KL Rahul, who scored his maiden IPL hundred but finished on the wrong side of another cliffhanger between these two teams here in Mumbai
Hardik: Hats off to the legend. One guy who could do this was Kieron Pollard. To be honest, from the situation where we came back from four runs four balls, I thought we had the game
Ashwin: We were a little up and down with out catching. It was a par score, with the dew falling, Shami was excellent but we couldn't get through. Sam was obviously under the pump, it's his first experience in the IPL in such a situation, he'll definitely get richer with the experience. I thought we could have been steelier with resolve, this is a very challenging ground, we are looking forward to getting back home.
KA Pollard c Miller b Rajpoot 83 (81m 31b 3x4 10x6) SR: 267.74
He looked a man every inch in command of the side. When under pressure, he promoted himself and secured a magical win
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Mumbai Indians' stand-in captain scored his runs at a rate of 16 per over while the batsmen at the other end only managed 43 off 40
Plenty of praise for Kieron Pollard after his sensational 83 in Mumbai Indians' last-ball win over Kings XI Punjab
Also, why would you bowl only two overs of Alzarri Joseph?