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They needed a further 18 runs off the last five balls and in the third ball, Miller hit a boundary to reduce the deficit. However, Gujarat were in a spot of bother once Harrdik departed in the first ball of the 20th over. GT were chasing a total of 190, and the middle-order did good, with Shubman Gill (96), Sai Sudharshan (35) and Hardik Pandya (27) producing the bulk of the runs. Rahul Tewatia plays a shot against Punjab Kings. Tewatia is synonymous with his Sharjah Storm in IPL 2020, and this time, although it was a brief cameo, he ensured he would not fail his fans or even the team management. The phrase ‘Tewatia does a Tewatia’ came into play once again, this time at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. This was MI’s fifth loss on the trot as they remained winless this season. The very next ball, Mumbai lost Jasprit Bumrah, who hit this over short third man, but Dhawan rushed from backward point to complete the catch to dismiss Bumrah.īy this time, Mumbai’s chances were looking slim, and although Smith did not get a hat-trick he struck again in the last ball of the match, to get rid of Tymal Mills and finish the proceedings. The first of those three wickets was of Jaydev Unadkat, who went for a heave over long-on, but skied it to the extra cover fielder instead. MI were 177/6 in the 19th over, and Odean Smith, who had removed Brevis earlier, was handed the responsibility of winning the game for Punjab.Īnd he delivered! Three wickets in the final over with MI needing 22 runs meant it would change the outcome of the game altogether. However, once this stand was broken, MI were in a spot of bother after wickets at regular intervals hurt their rhythm. Our Top Performer from the second innings is Odean Smith for his bowling figures of 4/30.Ī look at his bowling summary here ?? #TATAIPL /a6cBEKr0uM In MI’s reply, the five-time champions lost Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan inside the powerplay overs before Dewald Brevis and Tilak Varma forged an 84-run stand and put them right back in it. A 97-run stand between Mayank Agarwal (52) and Shikhar Dhawan (70) was pivotal in Kings getting to 198/5. PBKS were on a roll in the early stages of the game after being put in to bat. West Indian Odean Smith was the hero of the Punjab Kings’ match against Mumbai Indians. Suryakumar, though, still managed to save a couple of runs, but that wasn’t enough as Cummins, in the last two balls of the over, sealed the deal with a four and a six. But it was a waist-high no-ball from Cummins’ fellow Australian Sams. He followed it up with two sixes and a four off the next three balls to reduce the deficit, but had it not been for the costly no-ball in the fifth delivery, the script of the game might just have been different.Ĭummins got enough bat on it as he was looking to clear the boundary ropes by going all the way but Suryakumar Yadav at long-off managed to take the catch. Sams was looking to unleash the yorker first up but missed that, and Cummins clobbered one straight down the ground for a six, leaving long-on with no chance of a catch. What followed was arguably Daniel Sams’ worst nightmare.
Tymal Mills was the bowler who delivered the 14th over, and in the second ball that Cummins faced, he cleared the deep square leg fence by smashing it out of the ground.Ĭummins continued his onslaught with another maximum in the 15th over, hitting Bumrah over cow corner for a six. At the end of the 15th over, Venkatesh Iyer had reached his fifty, and Cummins was on 22. Andre Russell had just departed, and in came Cummins. KKR were set 162 to win, and lack of substantial partnership meant they were restricted to 101/5 in the 14th over.
However, for Cummins, his best in the game was yet to come. Although Cummins went for 49 runs in his four overs, the 28-year-old still managed to get the wickets of Ishan Kishan (14) and the dangerous Suryakumar Yadav (52). In this league match against MI in Pune on 6 April, KKR opted to field first after winning the toss. Photo by Pankaj Nangia / Sportzpics for IPL Pat Cummins scored a whopping 56 off 15 balls while clinching a 50 off 14, the fastest fifty this season.