12:34 AM IST
Alagappan Muthu
Mumbai Indians 176 for 6 (de Kock 53, Pollard 34*, Krunal 34, Shami 2-30) tied with Kings XI Punjab 176 for 6 (Rahul 77, Bumrah 3-24)
Kings XI won the second one of two Super Overs
Approximately three inches. That’s all that stood between the Kings XI Punjab and an outright victory over the Mumbai Indians. But they eventually got there. After two Super Overs.
A see-sawing game came down to the final ball. Chris Jordan dug out a yorker to long-on and sensed the possibility to receive the two runs he needed to end the game. But he turned in a giant circle, adding to the distance he needed to cover. Distance on which this entire game was once riding on. In any case, he was once approximately three inches short.
Jasprit Bumrah allowed only five runs off his bowling to establish a seemingly straightforward Super-Over chase, but Mohammed Shami had other ideas. With a nothing target at the back of him, he nailed yorker after yorker after yorker, to push this obscene match into a second Super Over; and three for the day in complete. A piece of KL Rahul brilliance kept Quinton de Kock from completing the match-winning run.
Then it was once Mayank Agarwal’s turn in the highlight, leaping high on the edge of the midwicket boundary, he saved a definite six to cause down the Kings XI’s target from 16 to 12 in the second one Super Over. As whether he had massive FOMO, he even walked out and helped chase it down – naughty Trent Boult, these tie-breakers never seem to work out for him – as one of the crucial memorable nights in the IPL came to a near. No one – no less than from the Kings XI’s camp – is gonna’ be sleeping much though.
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