DLF IPL Season 5 - Match 28
Mumbai Indians
Vs Kings XI Punjab at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Troubled by Malinga's absence and motivated by Sachin Tendulkar's
return, Mumbai Indians took on the unpredictable KXIP. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to
bat. James Franklin and Tendulkar
provided a solid start. Tendulkar was
run out for 23 runs off 23 balls. Rohit
Sharma came and went out in a flash.
Dinesh Karthik joined Franklin and took the score to 131 before getting
out for 35 runs. Thereafter Pollard and
Bajji got out for poor scores. Franklin
was the major contributor scoring 79 runs off 51 runs. Mumbai Indians posted a decent score of
163/6. Praveen Kumar and Parvinder Awana
of KXIP took 2 wickets apiece.
Chasing 164, KXIP had a good start from their openers Saini and
Mandeep. Saini fell for 30 and soon
after that Mandeep fell for 24. But
Shaun Marsh and David Hussey played sensibly and took the score to 119. Hussey fell for 21 and Azhar Mahmood could
contribute only 10 runs. But Shaun Marsh
stood like a rock at one end and saw KXIP through. He was unbeaten on 68 off 40 balls. KXIP won by 6 wickets with 3 balls remaining
to make the competition more interesting.
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