Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab - Indian Premier League - 41st match – Live Score and Update
Mumbai Indians 174 v Kings XI Punjab 170 - Mumbai Indians won by 4 runs
Fans at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, witnessed hosts Mumbai Indians win the 41st match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) against Kings XI Punjab by four runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 on nine with the team on only 11 runs.
DR Smith and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KD-Karthik-c1780 then initiated a rebuild phase as the two batsmen countered the bowlers and took the score to 43, before the latter became the second batsman to lose his wicket as he fell against Gony after hitting 25 runs.
With 86 on the board, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DR-Smith-c1401 was then the next batsman to walk off the field as he was dismissed by DR Smith after scoring 33 runs off 32 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754 then led a defiant resistance against the bowlers and denied the fielding side anymore success. The two batsmen stayed unbeaten till the end with Sharma on 79 and KA Pollard on 20 as the batting managed to post a daunting score of
174 on the board.
With a challenging target ahead of them, Kings XI Punjab needed a solid start to their innings to put pressure on their opponents.
However, they lost their first wicket with only 12 runs on the board when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mandeep-Singh-c74122 was dismissed by Malinga after scoring only nine runs.
With Malinga bowling against them, Punjab batsmen needed to be on their toes. With only 16 runs on the board, they then lost their second wicket when M Vohra was removed by Johnson after the batsman had scored only a run.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Hussey-c1380 and with the things not looking good for Punjab, it was imperative for this pair to stay on the wicket long enough to create a chance of winning the match.
The two batsmen took the score to 55, after which it was time http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-James-Marshall-c90362 to find his way back to the pavilion with ten runs to his name.
DJ Hussey’s 34 and DA Miller’s 56 were still not good enough to earn their side a win, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 crumbled after posting 170 runs on the board.
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