Mumbai Indians registered an unbelievable win towards Chennai Super Kings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi as Kieron Pollard single-handedly annihilated CSK bowlers and powered Mumbai to the second-highest run chase within the historical past of IPL.
The 33-year-old performed a whirlwind innings off 34-ball 87 which consisted of eight sixes and 6 fours as he introduced Mumbai introduced again into the sport out of nowhere. He additionally smashed the season’s quickest fifty, in simply 17balls.
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Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni, nonetheless, at the tip of the match blamed dropped catches and poor bowling as the rationale behind their loss to Mumbai Indians.
“It was a brilliant wicket. The difference was the execution. Not being too tough on bowlers, we dropped catches at crucial intervals. The bowlers would execute better and learn from this,” Dhoni mentioned after the match.
“If you look how it went — we were very off target when it came to execution. It is important to execute well. The wicket was easy to hit,” he added.
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Notably, Kieron Pollard was dropped at long-on by Faf du Plessis when he was on 68 and Mumbai had been 185/3 at 17.5 overs. The Trinidadian then continued the onslaught as he scored 17 runs to take Mumbai throughout the end line.
However, he was assured that his staff would be taught from this shut defeat, “In a tournament like this, you will win and lose a few close games. When you are under the pump, you learn a lot,” Dhoni mentioned.
Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya who acquired the prospect to witness Pollard blow away CSK bowlers from the non-striker’s finish for a number of moments hailed the veteran all-rounder.
“When he (Pollard) does something like this you are genuinely speechless. The best part was he has done it over the years again and again,” Pandya mentioned at the tip of the match.
Later on, he took to Twitter to reward Pollard’s effort. He wrote, “Polly, you’re one of a kind, Inspirational, superstar, legend, Proud of you brother.”
Mumbai Indians now tackle Sundrisers Hyderabad on May 4th at the exact same venue.
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