Kieron Pollard on Tuesday (September 28) added one more feather to his favorite cap as he change into the foremost participant in T20 cricket ancient previous to mixture 10,000 runs and 300 wickets. The West Indian all-rounder achieved this feat while taking half in for Mumbai Indians of their Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) bump into in opposition to Punjab Kings on the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
Pollard who change into bowling the seventh over of the innings, removed his compatriot Chris Gayle for the 299th T20 wicket. Later within the same over he achieved the 300 wickets stamp in T20 after he brushed aside PBKS captain KL Rahul. Rahul walked attend after scoring 21 runs while Gayle returned on one.
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— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) September 28, 2021
Speaking about the match, Mumbai Indians build up a clinical reward with the ball to ban Punjab Kings to 135/6 in 20 overs. For Mumbai, Jasprit Bumrah and Kieron Pollard took two wickets every while Krunal Pandya and Rahul Chahar had one scalp every.
Electing to bowl first, Krunal had his first wicket of the match and within the UAE leg of the tournament by trapping Mandeep Singh lbw within the final over of energy-play. Singh tried to transfer across to brush but omitted the provision, which looked to hit the stumps.
Punjab misplaced their 2d wicket on the 2d ball after energy-play with Chris Gayle holing out to lengthy-on off Kieron Pollard, who claimed his 300th victim in IPL. Punjab’s troubles elevated as captain KL Rahul followed Gayle to the pavilion within the same over, miscuing a pull to short magnificent leg.
Nicholas Pooran tried to flick but omitted Jasprit Bumrah’s low dipping paunchy toss trapped him lbw. Pooran took the analysis but failed to alternate the final consequence, burning his team’s analysis in direction of, leaving Punjab at 48/4 in 7.3 overs.
Aiden Markram and Deepak Hooda led the fightback for Punjab, including 61 runs for the fifth wicket. Markram change into the extra strokefui of the 2, crunching luscious boundaries by off-facet.
He took a liking to Trent Boult within the 15th over, driving and punching by cowl on consecutive deliveries ahead of Hooda sliced him over backward level. Boult gave Hooda a reprieve on 25, spilling a stressful caught and bowled chance on the final ball of the over.
Rahul Chahar ended the partnership within the 16th over when Markram tried to brush and rattled his off-stump. After Markram’s dismissal, Mumbai saved Punjab on a tight leash by drying the boundaries in a present of immaculate death bowling.
The strategy worked as Hooda tried to interrupt the boundary-less lunge and holed out to lengthy-off off Bumrah within the 19th over, guaranteeing that Punjab were restricted to a beneath-par total.
Brief Ratings: Punjab Kings (Aiden Markram 42, Deepak Hooda 28, Kieron Pollard 2/8, Jasprit Bumrah 2/24) in opposition to Mumbai Indians
