It was super over Sunday, as we witnessed for a thrilling super over in the match between Kolkata Knight Riders versus Sunrisers Hyderabad. We also witnessed for yet another super over in the second match of the day and that was between Mumbai Indians versus Kings XI Punjab and the match had a historic second super over and Punjab beat the defending Champions to keep their hopes alive for the play-off. So without making any further delay let’s dive into the article to check out the complete details of the match between Mumbai Indians versus Kings XI Punjab.
The defending Champions Mumbai Indians were came out to bat first in the entry stadium of Dubai cricket stadium and the team didn’t have a good start as they got a big blow by losing the captain Rohit Sharma and the key players such as Ishan Kishan and suryakumar Yadav very cheaply. But the South African wicket keeping batsman Quinton de Kock and Krunal Pandiya created a good partnership and the South African batsman also smashed yet another half century of the tournament.
After that, Hardik Pandya and the big man from Caribbean Pollard showcased some Fireworks and that helped Mumbai Indians to finish at 176 runs after 20 overs on the board which also help on the bowlers of the team to fight against the hitting lineup of 11 Punjab.
In reply, Kings XI Punjab lost its opening batsman but the capital of the team Rahul played yet another sensational innings and he also got good support from Deepak Hooda and Chris Jordan but did not able to finish the game as Punjab too scored 176 runs and the match was gone into the super over. It is worth to mention that the fast bowler Bumrah showcased an amazing exhibition of bowling and picked a couple of wickets even in the crucial time of the innings.
Then we witness for the first super over and none of us believe that the match will go into the second super over which is the history of the IPL tournament. Kings XI Punjab came out to bat first in the first super over and they only able to score five runs. Jasprit Bumrah again performed superbly by removing Nicholas Pooran on the second ball and sent back Rahul with a toe crushing yorker.
After that, it was the turn of Mohammed Shami, he gave a lot of runs in the end of the regulation over but came back strongly in the super over as he bowled six great balls and take it the second Super Over.
Chris Gayle and Agarwal came out for the Kings XI Punjab in the second super over, the hard hitting batsman of Caribbean smashed a six on the very first ball and the same put Trent Boult under pressure. Then Gayle took a single to bring Mayank on strike, and did the rest, as he smashed back-to-back boundaries to seal the win.
Apart from his batting, Mayank’s performed superb fielding effort at the fence and saved four runs which restricted the defending champions Mumbai Indians to just 11 runs. With this victory, Kings XI Punjab keeps its hope alive for the play-off of the tournament.
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