An unbeaten 116-run opening wicket stand between Quinton de Kock and Ishan Kishan guided Mumbai Indians to a massive 10-wicket win against Chennai Super Kings in the 41st match of the Indian Premier League match in Sharjah on October 23.

After restricting Chennai to 114 for nine in 20 overs, Mumbai openers Quinton de Kock (46 runs off 37 balls) and Ishan Kishan (68 off 37) reached the target easily.

Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to field first. They were led by Kieron Pollard in the absence of Rohit Sharma, who is injured.

Man of the Match Trent Boult (4-18), pacer Jasprit Bumrah (2-25) and leg-spinner Rahul Chahar wreaked havoc with their excellent spells. Rahul Chahar got CSK skipper MS Dhoni (16) and then Deepak Chahar (0) out in quick succession. Chennai were down to 3/4 in less than three overs and 24/5 in six overs. They had only Sam Curran’s knock of 52 (47 balls) to bank on.

Mumbai are now at the top of the table with 14 points; Chennai’s chances of making it to the playoffs seem low.

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Champions Mumbai Indians posted their third win in three matches on October 4 at the afternoon game in Sharjah Cricket Stadium against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Chasing a target of 209, captain David Warner (60 off 44 balls) did not get enough support from his batsmen in tackling the Mumbai bowlers save for Manish Pandey (30). The 2016 champions ended at 174 for seven after their stipulated 20 overs.

Though Mumbai lost their captain Rohit Sharma early in the match, Quinton de Kock (67 off 39 deliveries) and Ishan Kishan (31) listed a 78-run partnership to gift the team 208 for five wickets. Sunrisers pacemen and Rashid Khan did a good job, but Pandya brothers and Kieron Pollard caused maximum damage in the final four overs.

Trent Boult was declared Player of the Match for his 2/28 spell in 4 overs.

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Mumbai Indians scored a convincing 48-run victory over Kings XI Punjab in Dream 11 IPL’s Match 13 at Abu Dhabi. With this, Mumbai has bounced back to head the points table.
After being sent in to bat first, MI posted 191 for 4. In reply, KXIP could score only 143 for the loss of 8 wickets.
Kings XI Punjab, playing for the first time in Abu Dhabi, had won the toss and captain K.L. Rahul opted to bowl.

Punjab’s heroes in the previous match could not replay their magic with the bat. Nicholas Pooran alone played a handsome 44 while Mayank Agarwal was dismissed for 25 by Jasprit Bumrah and Rahul for 17 by legspinner Chahar.

MI’s Rahul Chahar (2/26), Jasprit Bumrah (2/18) and James Pattinson (2/28) got two wickets each.

MI skipper Rohit Sharma top-scored with 70 (eight boundaries and three sixes), reaching 5,000 runs in IPL. Kieron Pollard (47* off 20, three fours and four sixes) and Hardik Pandya (30* off 11) had a 67-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Pollard was declared Man of the match for his quick-fire shots.

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