Match – 22nd IPL 2014 – Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab
Date – Sat May 3
Time – 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT
Venue – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Toss – Kings XI Punjab elected to bat
Result – Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets
Man of the match: Corey Anderson
Kings XI Punjab’s dream run in the seventh season of IPL ended as they lost to Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets and thus also lost their first position in points table as Chennai jumped to first place due to high net run rate.
Chasing 169 to win, Mumbai got off to a poor start as they lost Ben Dunk on the fifth ball of the innings when the team score was just 6. Ambati Rayudu was the next to fall leaving Mumbai struggling at 23/2 in 2.5 overs. But then Chidhambaram Gautam and Rohit Sharma took the charge and brought Mumbai back on track. Dhawan then got rid of Gautam which brought Corey Anderson on to the crease. He along with Rohit Sharma made sure that Mumbai inches closer to victory. But both these got out in quick succession leaving Mumbai at 126/5in 16.4 overs. Once again Mumbai were looking to Pollard to take them home and this time he didnt disappoint as he played a superb cameo of 28 in 12 balls to take Mumbai to their first win in this season.
Earlier Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first. Though they got off to a poor start as they lost both their openers when the team score was just 24 but Glen Maxwell and Wriddhiman Saha then steadied the innings. Saha scored a brilliant 47 ball 59 and remained unbeaten till end where as Maxwell’s 27 ball 45 laid a platform for a decent score. Captain Bailey and David Miller also chipped in with useful contributions and thus helped KXIP post a total of 168/5 in 20 overs.
Match – 22nd IPL 2014 – Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab Scorecard