IPL 2018: Suryakumar, Krunal lead the chase as MI beat KXIP by 6 wickets

In the 34th match of Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL 2018) Mumbai Indians beat Kings XI Punjab by 6 wickets chasing 175. Suryakumar made 57 runs and was declared man of the match

Chasing 175, Mumbai Indians (MI) beat Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 6 wickets in the 34th match of Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL 2018), thanks to Suryakumar Yadav's fifty and brilliant cameos by Krunal Pandya and Rohit Sharma. With this win, Mumbai Indians reach the fifth spot on the Vivo IPL points table. Earlier, batting first, Kings XI Punjab had a roller coaster innings and could not manage to score too many runs in the first 10 overs. However, the strike was well rotated but wickets fell at regular intervals. Chris Gayle made 50 from 40 balls. Marcus Stonnis slogged a few shorts in the death to take the score to a respectable total. he hit Hardik Pandya for 22 runs in the final over to take KXIP to 174-6.

IPL 2018 Match 34 MI vs KXIP SCOREBOARD

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Mumbai Indian innings update: Over by over

Mumbai Indians playing XI for today's match: Suryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis, Ishan Kishan(w), Jean-Paul Duminy, Rohit Sharma(c), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah. Change: Evin Lewis comes in.

Over 1: Evin Lewis to open with Suryakumar Yadav. Ravichandran Ashwin to start off. Single to get off the mark for Lewis. Yadav plays it to the leg side for one. Single to Lewis. Cheeky single, direct hit, appeal. NOT OUT. One more single. Single to end the over. MI: 6-0

Over 2: Ankit Rajpoot comes in, Good ball, single taken. Lewis did not like it. Dot ball. Yadav played the ball down the legside and confident Rahul appealed for caught behind the wicket and Ashwin took the DRS but replay show the ball brushed thigh pad and KXIP lost the review. Another dot ball. No run of the 5th ball. Yadav hit the last ball for six. MI: 13/0

Over 3: Ashwin to continue, Lewis took a single off the first ball followed by 1 run by Yadav. Another single taken. One run taken. Lewis took a double and a single to end the over.

Over 4: Rajpoot to continue, Lewis took a single off the first ball. Yadav lofts the ball for six in the deep square leg region. Dot ball. Another boundary of the over. Single taken. Dot ball to end the over. MI: 32/0

Over 5: Andrew Tye to Yadav, went for four. Dot ball. No run. Another dot ball. A quick single taken. Dot ball to end the over

Over 6: Mujeeb Ur Rahaman to Yadav, Dot ball. Yadav took a single. Another dot ball. Evin Lewis got out while trying to cut the ball outside off, the first breakthrough for KXIP. Ishan Kishan came to the crease. MI: 39/1

Over 7: Aswin is back, dot to start off. Yadav plays it back, dot again. Pulled, just one. Big stride out, no run. Dot again. Just one. MI: 40-1

Over 8: Axar Patel comes in, Yadav pulls him for four. Flicked onto the leg side for one. Ishan Kishan plays it on the leg side for a double. MI: 49-1

Over 9: Stoinis comes to the attack, half-volley smashed for four. Good ball, nice comeback by Stoinis. Onto the pads of Yadav, no run. Glanced for one. Ishan Kishan tried to play the line, misses. Right in the block hole, just one. MI: 55-1

Over 10: Ankit Rajpoot is back, one run. Dot ball. That went very high in the air and goes for six. Wide outside the off stump, races towards for four. 50 for Suryakumar Yadav. Single. MI: 67-1

Over 11: Ashwin continues, One run. Another single. What a swing and miss. Cracking shot for one. SIX. Reverse sweep, no run. MI: 76-1

Over 12: Stoinis is back, full toss on the legs, glanced for four. Just one. Outside the off, missed. Suryakumar Yadav hits high in the air, taken. Hardik Pandya is the new man in. SIX. MI: 87-2

Over 13: Mujeeb is back, one run. Powerfully struck, just one. Hit right in gap, four runs. SIngle, risky. MAXIMUM, amazing hit by Ishan Kishan. BOWLED, Kishan played a careless shot, gone for 25. MI: 100-3

Over 14: Andrew Tye comes to bowl. Rohit Sharma is the new man in. One run. Sloppy fielding, it should have been one, goes for four. Another misfield. Cheely single. MI: 110-3

Over 15: Mujeeb comes, Risky single. Hardik hit a HUGE six. Dot. Decent ball again. Dot again. MI: 118-3. Mumbai need 57 from 30 balls. 

Over 16: Tye continues, one run. Rohit flicks for one. BOWLED HIM. Hardik Pandya goes. MI: 120-4. Krunal Pandya is the new man in. Hits a four. MI: 125-4

Over 17: Mujeeb comes in, Rohit hits it for a SIX down the ground. Single. Good yorker, just one. Rohit hits another six. MI: 139-4

Over 18: Stoinis continues, over the bowlers head, for one. Four, glorious shot by Rohit Sharma. One run. Krunal hits a cracking covers drive for four. SIX. 16 needed from 12. MI: 159-4

Over 19: Tye comes in, one run to Rohit. Good sho for four. SIX. What a shot!! Single. 4 off 8. Single to Rohit. Leg-by four runs. Mumbai win by 172-4

Mumbai Indian innings analysis after 20 overs

Chasing the modest target of 175, Evin Lewis and Suryakumar Yadav opened the innings for Mumbai Indians while Ashwin bowled the 1st over and Yadav took a single off the first ball. Lewis too took a single off the first ball he faced. Ashwin conceded 6 singles in his first over. Ankit Rajpoot came to bowl the 2nd over and conceded 7 runs. Ashwin continued from the other end and bowled with great line and length as he conceded 7 runs. Rajpoot came to bowl the 4th over and in-form Yadav hit a four and a six of the 2nd and 4th ball as Rajpoot gave away 12 runs. Andrew Tye came to bowl the 5th ball and started with four but pulled it back beautifully to concede only 1 run in last 5 balls. Mujeeb came to bowl 6th over and gave KXIP their first breakthrough as Lewis got perished while trying to cut the ball outside the off stump. Mujeeb Ur Rahman conceded 2 runs in his first over. Ishan Kishan came to the crease after the wicket of Lewis. Axar Patel came to bowl the 8th over and Yadav greeted him with a four and MI batsmen collected 9 runs of it. Marcus Stonis bowled the 9th over and Yadav again hit the first ball of the over for 4 straight down the ground followed by 2 dot balls and took a single off the 4th ball. Ishan Kishan played 3 dot ball of the over and took single to end the over. 

In 11 overs Mumbai Indians needed 120 runs at a required run-rate of 10.9 runs per over. Ishan Kishan scored 4 runs in 10 balls while the inform Suryakumar Yadav did the bulk of scoring as he scored 40 runs off 31 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes.

Ankit Rajpoot bowled the 10th over and Yadav hit a six and a four to complete his 3rd fifty of IPL 2018. Rajpoot conceded 12 runs in his 3rd over. Ashwin came to bowl the 11th over and gave away 3 runs in 4 balls before Kishan hit a six of the 5th ball. Stonis came to bowl the 12th over and Yadav hit the first ball for four but got perished while tried to bring the second boundary of the over. Kishan hit a six to end the Stonis’ 2nd over as he conceded 11 runs off the over. Mujeeb came to bowl the 13th over and Pandya hit the 3rd ball for four and batted intelligently to took a single Kishan hit a six of the 5th ball and got bowled off the next ball careless batting by a youngster. Ishan Kishan scored 25 runs off 19 balls with a strike rate of 131.57. Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma came to the crease after the wicket of Ishan Kishan. Andrew Tye came to bowl the 14th over and conceded 10 runs as Mumbai Indians needed 65 runs from last 36 balls of the innings. 

Mujeeb came to bowl the 15th over and Rohit Sharma took a single off the first ball, Hardik hit the 2nd ball for 6 straight down the ground but Rahman pulled it back superbly to concede only 1 run, a class act. Andrew Tye came to bowl the 16th over and got the wicket of Pandya who looked dangerous as he was deceived by a knuckleball. Hardik scored 23 runs off 13 balls with a strike rate of 176.92. Krunal Pandya came to the crease after the wicket of Hardik and hit a four in the leg-side region of the second ball he faced. Andrew Tye gave away 7 runs in his 3rd over as KXIP tightens his grip. Mujeeb Rahman came to bowl the 17th over and Rohit welcomed him with a six straight down the ground but Mujeeb pulled it back but Rohit showed his class and hit a six of the last ball as MI batsmen collected 14 runs off it. Marcus Stonis came to bowl the 18th over and Rohit hit a classy cover drive for four followed by a single intelligent batting by MI skipper. Krunal Pandya hit the second four of the over followed by another boundary as deficit comes down to 22 runs. Krunal Pandya hit a superb six to end the over as the required run-rate came down to 8 runs per over. Andrew Tye came to bowl the penultimate over and Krunal continued his power hitting and brought first four of the over followed by a six as Mumbai needed 5 runs off 9 balls. A leg bye brought the victory for Mumbai Indians.

Kings XI Punjab innings update: Over by over

Kings XI Punjab playing XI for today's match: Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Yuvraj Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Axar Patel, Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Change: Yuvraj Singh, Marcus Stoinis and Axar Patel come in.

Over 1: Chris Gayle and K l Rahul to open for Kings XI Punjab. Mitchell McClenaghan to start it off for Mumbai Indians. Dot to start off with. Single taken. Dot ball to Chris Gayle. Another dot ball. Wide off the off stump, Rahul lifts it over the cover boundary for the first maximum of the match. Single to Rahul. KXIP: 9-0

Over 2: Jasprit Bumrah comes in, K L Rahul just lifts it over long-off for a beautiful six. Pulled, just for one. Gayle taking his time to settle down. Good ball, did not carry to the keeper. CSK: 16-0

Over 3: Mitchell to continue, better line to Rahul. Dot again, learning from the mistakes of previous over. Single. Bouncer, well left. Another dot. Wonderful over for just one. KXIP: 17-0

Over 4: Hardik Pandya comes in, Gayle is now on fire. Four over  Hardik's head, now through covers. WIDE.  Now four oer third man. CSK: 33-0

Over 5: Bumrah continues, one run to Rahul. Beautiful bouncer. Gayle takes a single. Dot ball. Brilliant yorker, just one. Another yorker to Gayle, one run. CSK: 36-0

Over 6: Mitchell continues, dot ball. WIDE. Gayle pulls hard, goes over the roof for SIX. Four over mid-off, welcome back Christopher Gayle. Inside edge for one. Got ball. Dot to finish. KXIP: 49-0

Over 7: Mayank Markande is the new bowler, Gayle takes a single, 50 up for KXIP. Rahu sweeps Markande for a cracking four. Reverse swept for non run. Rahul pulls rashly gets caught in the deep. He goes for 24. Yuvraj Singh is the new man in, two dot balls. KXIP: 54-1

Over 8: Pandya is back and starts off with a wide. Single to Gayle. Good shot for one to Yuvraj. Bouncer to Gayle. Dot ball. One run. KXIP: 58-1

Over 9: Markande continues, Cut for one. beautiful ball, Yuvraj missed the line. Played on the leg side, one run. What a huge six by Gayle. Lifted over the point by Gayle for four. WIDE. One run to end the over. KXIP: 72-1

Over 10: Hardik continues, just one to Gayle. Yuvraj edges, a chance put down by Ishan Kishan, one run. Nicely chipped behind the wicket for four, leg-by. Dot ball. Bouncer to end the over. KXIP: 78-1

Over 11: Jp Duminy is the new bowler, Good drive by Yuvraj for one. Single to Gayle. Yuvraj plays for a dot. Single to Yuvi. Brilliant cut by Gayle for four. Single and Gayle will keep strike. KXIP: 86-1

Over 12: Ben Cuttings comes to the attack, 50 for Gayle, 24th in IPL career. Single to Yuvi. Gayle gets into the position to wack it but lets it go. Gayle hits it high in the air, and is caught on the boundary rope. He goes for 50. Karun Nair is the new man in. Hesitation, yes and no, finally nobody got run out. Single to finish. KXIP: 89-2

Over 13: Krunal Pandya is the new man in, Yuvraj wacks him for six. Takes a single. Hesitation, run out. Yuvraj Singh is run out. Axar Patel is the new man in. KXIP: 99-3.

Over 14: Cutting to continue, Nair Swings and gets a four. SIX to Karun Nair. Brilliantly cut but won't go to four. Nair pulls for one. KXIP: 113-3

Over 15: Markande continues, Single, Huge six. Single to end the over. KXIP: 123-3

Over 16: Mitchell to continue, In the air, did not carry. Nair pulls it for a huge six. Single to Nair, Inside edge, chance of a run out on bowler's end, Mitchell misses. One run. Karun Nair hits it over the cover, Hardik takes a brilliant running catch. 

Over 17: Bumrah continues. Single, opportunity for a run out missed. Another single. Good shot in the air, Pandya takes it at the ropes. Axar goes for 13. Mayank Agarwal comes in. KXIP: 135-5

Over 18: Cutting comes in, run out missed again. One run to Stoinis. Single. Just one for Stoinis. Mayank hits it over the fence for six. Just one. KXIP: 146-5

Over 19: Bumrah continues, Just one. Swing and a miss. Chipped for one. Powerful shot for one. Just six from the over. KXIP: 152-5

Over 20: Pandya to bowl the final, starts off with WIDE. SIX, good start. Four. 

Kings XI Punjab innings analysis after 20 overs

Kings Xi Punjab skipper R Aswhin won the toss and asked Mumbai Indians to bat and Lokesh Rahul and Chris Gayle opened the innings for Kings XI Punjab while Mitchell McClenaghan came to bowl the 1st over and gave away 9 runs as Rahul hit the 5th ball for 6 over the mid-off fielder. Bumarah bowled brilliantly and didn’t allow Gayle to hit any big shots. But Rahul hit the first ball for six, a class act as he collected 7 runs. McClenaghan continued from the other end and deprived Rahul of a single run of the first 3 balls. McClenaghan gave away 1 run in his 2nd over as Gayle looked sceptical. 

Hardik Pandya came to bowl the 4th over and gave away 3 runs in first 3 balls before Gayle unleashed his wrath and hit 3 consecutive four of the last 3 balls as KXIP collected 16 runs of it. Bumrah came to bowl the 5th over and bowled brilliantly yorkers to concede only 4 runs. McClenaghan came to bowl the 6th over and Gayle hit a brilliant six of the 2nd ball as McClenaghan misses the length. Gayle hit the 3rd ball for 4 over the mid-off fielder and took a single off the next ball, an intelligent batting. McClenaghan conceded 12 runs in his 3rd over.

After the end of the powerplay Kings XI Punjab scored 49 runs with Lokesh Rahul (20 runs off 17 balls) and Chris Gayle (27 runs off 19 balls) at the crease.

Mayank markande came to bowl the 7th over and Gayle took a single of the first ball followed by brilliant sweep shot for four in the square leg region. Markande bowled a dot ball which made Rahul anxious as he hit the short ball in air and Duminy completes the catch which brought first wicket for Mumbai Indians. Yuvraj Singh came to the crease and played 2 balls to end the over. Hardik Pandya came to bowl the 8th over and started off with a wide. But bowled brilliantly to concede only 4 runs as Gayle played 3 dot balls. Markande continued from the other end and gave away only 2 runs in the first 3 balls before Gayle hit 4 ball for 6 followed by a four of the 5th balls. Markande conceded 14 runs  in his 2nd over. 

Hardik Pandya came to bowl the 10th over and Ishan Kishan dropped Yuvraj of 3 runs, might be a costly miss for Mumbai Indians. Hardik conceded 6 runs in his 3rd over as he deceived Gayle most of the occasions. Duminy came bowl the 11th over and conceded 3 runs of first 3 balls before Gayle hit the 5th ball for 4 in the point region followed by single to finish the over. Mumbai Indians bowlers kept the run-rate in check as KXIP were scoring at 7.81 runs per over. Ben Cutting came to bowl the 12 over and Gayle took a single to complete another fifty of IPL 2018. Cutting bowled a brilliantly to take the wicket of mighty Gayle who scored 50 runs off 40 balls with a strike rate of 125.00. Karun Nair came to the crease after the wicket of Gayle. Cutting gave away 3 runs and took the wicket of Gayle in his first over

After the end of the 12th over Kings Xi Punjab scored 89 for 2 with two Yuvraj Singh and Karun Nair on the crease.

Krunal Pandya came to bowl the 13th over and Yuvraj greeted him with a six and took a single the next ball. But Yuvraj got run-out while stealing a quick single as he scored 14 runs of 14 balls. Axar Patel came to the crease after the fall of a 3rd wicket. Krunal conceded 10 runs in his first over as MI bowlers were taking wickets at regular intervals which kept the run-rate in check. Ben Cutting came to bowl the 14th over and top edge of Karun Nair’s bat went for four followed by a brilliant pull shot for 6 as Cutting conceded 14 runs in his 2nd over. Mayank Markande came to bowl the 15th over and Patel hit a six of the 2nd ball as Markande conceded 10 runs on his 3rd over. Mitchell McClenaghan came to bowl the 16th over and nair pulled the 2nd ball for 6 in the deep square leg region. But McClenaghan pulled it back superbly to get the wicket of Karun Nair.

Jasprit Bumrah came to bowl the 17th over of the innings and conceded 3 runs before he took the wicket of Axar of the 5th ball and finished the over with a dot ball. Mayank Agrawal, an opener, came to the crease after the fall of 5th wicket. Ben Cutting bowled the 18th over and conceded 4 runs in the first 4 balls before Agrawal hit the 5th ball for six just over the long-off fielder. 

Bumrah came to bowl the 19th over and conceded 6 runs. Hardik Pandya came to bowl the 20th over and started off with a wide. Hardik missed the Yorker and ball went for 6 over the long off boundary followed by a four in the mid-wicket region and took a single. Mayank Agrawal deceived of the slower ball and third man fielder took a skier. Marcus Stonis hit a six and a four to end the KXIP innings on a high note.

 

Here are a few things to know about Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab (MI vs KXIP) match to be played at Holkar Stadium in Indore, the two teams' players who could prove handy, and who has said what before the clash:
 

Optimistic Bond says Mumbai can still turn things around: Defending champions Mumbai Indians are standing at the threshold of an early exit from the ongoing IPL, but an optimistic bowling coach Shane Bond feels the team has enough arsenal at its disposal to turn things turnaround in its must-win remaining six games. "We have six games left and we have to win them all. That is what we have to do. I still believe when you look at our squad, we have key players who can win us six games in a row. We have done it in the past (in 2015) and I believe we can do it again," Bond said.
 
Ashwin's leadership is helping Mujeeb evolve, says KXIP coach Hodge: Leadership plays an important role in a player's development and young Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb ur Rahman's improved performance has a lot to do with playing under the wings of Ravichandran Ashwin, Kings XI Punjab chief coach Brad Hodge insisted. All of 17, Mujeeb has played in KXIP's all seven games with seven wickets at an economy rate of 6.51. Ashwin, in fact, wanted the teenager to defend 17 runs against Delhi Daredevils at Kotla and he responded to his captain's call by restricting the opposition to 12 runs. "Mujeeb has shown a great level of composure. At such young age, he has confidence in his abilities. I would also give credit to Ashwin's leadership skills. He has been very encouraging. Good leaders help talented players get to the next level," Hodge said.
 

Team Head to Head ahead of today’s match Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab (MI vs KXIP)
Overall:
Matches – 21, Kings XI Punjab won – 10, Mumbai Indians won – 11