Punjab Kings’ skipper KL Rahul was a relieved man after his workforce snapped their 3-match profitable streak in IPL 2021 beating 5-time champions Mumbai Indians by 9 wickets on the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Friday.
After opting to bowl first, PBKS bowlers backed their skipper and saved MI at bay within the early going and finally managed to limit the highly effective batting line-up of Mumbai to 131/6. Rahul then led from the entrance with a Player of the Match efficiency, remaining unbeaten on 60 off 52 balls. The win additionally helped PBKS notch up their second win of the match after enduring three straight losses.
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“We don’t wanna get too ahead of ourselves, we’re slowly coming together as a team,” stated Rahul through the publish-match presentation. He went on to laud the newer gamers within the workforce who stepped up. PBKS handed younger leggie Ravi Bishnoi his first sport of the season and returned 2/21 from this 4 over. Mohammad Shami too received two wickets in his 4 overs whereas Deepak Hooda and Arshdeep claimed one wicket apiece.
“We add new names every year and we’ve to be patient. Hooda has been playing really well, Shahrukh’s taken his opportunities, and Bishnoi today. Ravi’s been working real hard with Anil bhai, there were a few things he had to correct, and he’s worked really hard and he’s held his composure against a solid batting line-up,” stated Rahul.
On a tough Chepauk monitor Mumbai didn’t get going and by no means actually recovered from a sluggish begin that had them crawling to 26/2 in seven overs. Skipper Rohit Sharma held one find yourself and made 63 off 52, however fell within the 18th over, attempting to speed up. Hardik Pandya endured his fifth straight low rating, managing only one whereas Kieron Pollard and Krunal Pandya too didn’t have any substantial affect with the bat.
However, PBKS’ chase was in stark distinction to MI’s struggling innings with Rahul and opener Mayank Agarwal racing to 53 by the eighth over. Agarwal fell to Rahul Chahar for 25, however Chris Gayle and Rahul then added 79 runs for the second wicket to steer their workforce dwelling.
“Me and coach did have a long chat about batting second, I felt that the wicket was sticky and the first few games we’ve batted and felt that the bowlers were always under pressure. I felt it was important that bowlers get to bowl in those conditions and we heard that there was a lot of dew. So I felt like it can ease up and come on better – that didn’t happen, but we knew what to chase and that helped. The dry ball did play a big part, it just started ripping. When that happens it gets real hard to even get singles. But it was good of Chris, he figured out who to target, that’s the benefit of having someone like him,” added Rahul.
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