IPL9 - Mumbai beat Kolkata - Pollard hits an unbeaten 50 in just 17 balls

It was yet another exciting T20 match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai when the home team beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 wickets with 2 overs to spare. Keiron Pollard hit the third fastest IPL fifty, off just 17 balls, while Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma carried his bat through the innings. Thus, Mumbai Indians successfully chased down the 175-run target set by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 24th match of IPL9.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 28 April 2016.

Mumbai won the toss and sent in KKR to bat first. Its captain Gautam Gambhir scored third fifty of the season and put on 69 runs for the opening wicket with Robin Uthappa to help KKR post a competitive 174/5.
However, it was not enough when there are hard hitters like Keiron Pollard in the MI team. He hit six huge sixes and two fours to score an unbeaten 51 off just 17 balls. Rohit Sharma playe through the innings to remain not out on 68 off 49 balls, which included two sixes and eight fours.
The two of them added 72 runs for the fifth wicket in just five overs as they finished off with six wickets and two overs to spare.
Rohit Sharma was adjudged the Man of the Match.


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IPL8 – poor bowling by CSK leads to loss against MI who enter the finals

#IPL8 #MIvsCSK #LendlSimmons #KeironPollard Winning the toss, Mumbai Indians did not hesitate to opt for batting at the Wankhede Stadium and, in front of the home crowd, they played havoc with the bowling attack of Chennai Super Kings. Mumbai posted an imposing total of 187 for 6 and, it turned out to be an insurmountable total for CSK.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 19 May 2015.

This was the 3rdtime that MI has entered the finals after 2010 and 2013, and the scoring was mainly thanks to the hard hitting duo of Kieron Pollard who smashed a 17-ball-41 on the platform laid by Lendl Simmons who smashed 65 off 51 balls. Both of them hit 5 sixes each.
Chasing 188 to win, CSK were all out for 162 runs in the 19th over – they could not even play out the full quota of 20 overs!! Dwayne Smith and M S Dhoni could not open their accounts and Faf du Plessis top scored with 45.
And, for this loss, Chennai only have their bowlers to blame. They sent down a total of 8 wides and six of these were in the 19th over bowled by Mohit Sharma and 20th over bowled by Dwayne Bravo. MI jumped from 164 for 5 in the 18.5 ove185 for 6 in 19.4 overs – which means within a span of six balls, MI scored 21 runs.
The experiment with Pawan Negi failed – he went for 46 runs in his 4 overs.
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IPL8 – Mumbai Indians lose yet again, this time to Rajasthan Royals at Ahmedabad

#IPL8 #RRvMI #Ahmedabad #KeironPollard #RohitSharma Nothing seems to be going right with the Mumbai Indians since they lost their third consecutive game at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad while Rajasthan Royals won their third one.
The Mumbai Indians had posted a score of 164 thanks to some hard hitting by Kieron Pollard but the Rajasthan Royals chased it down in the 20th over with 5 balls to spare as reported in zeenews.india.com dated 15 April 2015.

Obviously, the decision to bat first did not pay dividends for MI as they struggled to score only 45 runs in the first 10 overs – captain Rohit Sharma went out for a zero. Subsequently, a century-plus stand between Kieron Pollard (70 off 34 balls) and Corey Anderson (50 off 38 balls) helped the team to put up a respectable 164 for five.
The score appeared to be chicken feed for the RR and Captain Steve Smith scored an unbeaten 79 from 53 balls and he had for company Ajinkya Rahane (46) as they raised a 64-run stand for the second wicket.
It is obvious that in spite of having big names of cricket associated with the team in the form of mentor and coaches, Mumbai Indians are struggling to come to terms with the reality of T20 cricket and finding the winning combination.

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