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IPL 12 Match 24 MI vs KXIP at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai: What a thriller we witnessed! Mumbai Indians pulled it off thanks to Pollard’s knock and some smart batting from Alzarri Joseph. He didn’t panic and played the last ball like any other one and ran two. Mumbai maintain their winning run, three in three matches. _Click here to know when and where to watch IPL Live telecast 2019, LIVE streaming on hotstar, MI vs KXIP 2019 Playing XI, LIVE TV on Star Sports_ IPL 2019, MI vs KXIP, Today’s Match Preview: Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians will look to maintain their winning momentum when they face Ravichandran Ashwin’s Kings XI Punjan at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday. Mumbai have won their last two matches, having beaten Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad. It’s Mumbai bowlers who have getting the job done for the team. With the likes of Alzarri Joseph and Jason Behrendorff now playing, Mumbai have started make impact with the ball. In their last match against the Sunrisers, Joseph, who was making his debut, picked six wickets, conceding just 12 runs – the best figures in the IPL history. [caption id=“attachment_6425111” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File images of Kieron Pollard and Ravichandran Ashwin. Sportzpics[/caption] The Kings XI Punjab are also coming into the match with a win. They had defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last match so they would also look to maintain the winning run. KL Rahul has been in tremendous form, scoring three half-centuries already in the tournament while Mayank Agarwal is also showing his abilities with the bat. Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Ashwin will once again be the key when it comes to spin bowling and the team will bank on all-around efforts of Sam Curran. It will be also interesting to see the battle between Punjab batsman Chris Gayle and West Indian cricketer Joseph. Mumbai Indians (MI) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Full Squads: Mumbai Indians Team 2019 Players list: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jason Behrendorff , Mayank Markande , Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah , Alzarri Joseph, Anmolpreet Singh, Siddhesh Lad, Ankul Roy, Evin Lewis, Pankaj Jaiswal, Ben Cutting, Ishan Kishan (wk), Aditya Tare, Rasikh Salam, Barinder Sran, Jayant Yadav. Kings XI Punjab Team 2019 Players list: KL Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle , Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller , Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran , Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Karun Nair, Moises Henriques, Varun Chakravarthi, Harpreet Brar, Simran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Hardus Viljoen, Ankit Rajpoot, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Agnivesh Ayachi. _**For all the latest news, opinions and analysis from IPL 2019, click here**_ For the full schedule, date, time and venue of all the matches of IPL 12, click here Check out the full points table for IPL 2019, including holders of Orange and Purple Caps
MI vs KXIP Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019, Full cricket score: Pollard's heroics take Mumbai to thrilling 3-wicket win
Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Match 24 LIVE Score Updates: What a thriller we witnessed! Mumbai Indians pulled it off thanks to Pollard’s knock and some smart batting from Alzarri Joseph. He didn’t panic and played the last ball like any other one and ran two. Mumbai maintain their winning run, three in three matches.
 "MI vs KXIP Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019, Full cricket score: Pollard's heroics take Mumbai to thrilling 3-wicket win")
Wow! Time to take rest because even for the fans and others, this was a exhausting one. A proper T20 thriller was played at the Wankhede Stadium and at the end, Kieron Pollard takes the honours after playing a blinder of a knock. He single-handedly took the match away from Punjab, and he will remember this for a long time. Tough loss for Punjan to take.
That’s all we have for now. Hope you have enjoyed the coverage of the match. We will be back again for tomorrow’s Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings match. See you then!
Ravichandran Ashwin
“Rajpoot injured his finger in the first over so we knew it will be a problem. We were little up and down with our 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 such a situation so he’ll definitely get richer with the experience.”
Highest targets successfully chased at Wankhede in IPL:
198 – DD v MI, 2018
198 – MI v KXIP, 2019*
190 – MI v RR, 2014
Highest targets successfully chased by MI in IPL:
199 v KXIP Indore, 2017
198 v KXIP, Wankhede, 2019*
190 v RR, Wankhede, 2014
After 20 overs,Mumbai Indians 198/7 ( Alzarri Joseph 15 , Rahul Chahar 1)
What a thriller we witnessed! Mumbai Indians pulled it off thanks to Pollard’s knock and some smart batting from Alzarri Joseph. He didn’t panic and played the last ball like anyother one and ran two. Mumbai maintain their winning run, three in three matches.
MUMBAI INDIANS WIN!
Alzarri Joseph pushes the ball to long-on and runs two. What a game! They did it only because of one man – Kieron Pollard!
19.5: One run again!
Joseph will bat for the final ball. Two needed from one.
Most sixes for MI in an IPL innings:
11 – Sanath Jayasuriya v CSK, Mumbai, 2008
10 – Kieron Pollard v KXIP, Mumbai, 2019*
8 – Kieron Pollard v SRH, Mumbai, 2013
19.4: One run!
Mumbai need three runs from two balls.
19.3: A dot ball!
Alzarri Joseph doesn’t take the advantage of another full-toss.
Highest individual scores on IPL captaincy debut:
93 – Shreyas Iyer, Delhi
83 – Kieron Pollard, MI*
64 – Aaron Finch, PW
55 – Murali Vijay, KXIP
54 – Adam Gilchrist, Chargers
19.2: OUT! GONE!
My goodness! A short-ball from Rajpoot. Pollard sends this one straight to the deep mid-wicket fieldder. 4 needed from 4 balls.
19.1: FOUR
A free-hit. A full toss and a four from Pollard on the leg-side!
19.1: SIX! AND A NO-BALL!
That’s it! That’s the end of Punjab. A low full-toss and Pollard sends the ball over deep square-leg.
After 19 overs,Mumbai Indians 183/6 ( Kieron Pollard (C) 73 , Alzarri Joseph 12)
Pollard, you genius! He knew he could take his team home and with that confidence, he smashed 17 runs off the penultimate over. THey need 15 from the last six balls.
BOOOOM!
What a player! This time he goes over long-on and that’s huge one. I mean, massive!
BANG!
Sam Curran looks out of sorts today or maybe Pollard is just too much for him. Length ball and another six over long-off.
After 18 overs,Mumbai Indians 166/6 ( Kieron Pollard (C) 56 , Alzarri Joseph 12)
Two overs remaining and Mumbai need 32 runs. It’s not impossible because Kieron Pollard is still there for them. Shami finishes his quota of four overs and he gives away just 21 runs and picks three wickets. Sam Curran to bowl the next over.
After 17 overs,Mumbai Indians 158/6 ( Kieron Pollard (C) 55 , Alzarri Joseph 5)
Sam Curran comes back well after conceding a six in the first ball but then spoils it by bowling a full-toss to Pollard in the finall ball. That one goes for a six as well. Mumbai are still in the match thanks to their captain.
Fastest fifties for Kieron Pollard in IPL : (By balls)
17 v KKR, Wankhede, 2016
20 v SRH, Wankhede, 2013
21 v CSK, Wankhede, 2015
22 v KXIP, Wankhede, 2018
22 v KXIP, Wankhede, 2019*
50 for Pollard!
A juicy full toss and Pollard sends it over deep square-leg boundary. The game’s not done yet.
WOW!
No feet movement at all but that’s not a problem for Pollard. He targets straight and gets the distance.
After 16 overs,Mumbai Indians 144/6 ( Kieron Pollard (C) 42 , Alzarri Joseph 4)
What a match Shami is having! He gives away just four runs from his first spell and now comes back to take two big wickets. Hopes are fading for Mumbai, but they still have Pollard in the middle. He needs to do a Andre Russell here.
OUT!
Shami is doing it for his team. A slower one and Krunal Pandya hands a simple catch to covers fielder. Krunal Pandya c Miller b Shami 1(2)
Shami strikes in his second spell!
Not-so-great shot from Hardik Pandya as David Miller takes an easy catch at long-on. Hardik Pandya c Miller b Shami 19(13)
After 15 overs,Mumbai Indians 135/4 ( Kieron Pollard (C) 41 , Hardik Pandya 19)
Good over considering the situation of the match. Hardus Viljoen is getting his yorkers spot on. Just seven runs from the first five balls and dot to end the over. The required run is 12.6.
After 14 overs,Mumbai Indians 128/4 ( Kieron Pollard (C) 40 , Hardik Pandya 13)
Pollard and Hardik punish Ashwin! Not a great one from the captain who first concedes a four and then suffers against Pollard who smashes two huge sixes over the long-on. 19 off the over and Mumbai need 70 from 36 balls.
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