Punjab Kings Mumbai Indians
135/6 (20) 137/4 (19)
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
- Match Details (PBKS vs MI):
| Ground | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi |
| Toss | Mumbai Indians, elected to field first |
| Series | Indian Premier League |
| Season | 2021 |
| Player Of The Match | Kieron Pollard (MI) |
| Hours of play (local time) |
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| Match days | 28 September 2021 – day (20-over match) |
| Umpires |
Sundaram Ravi (IND)
Virender Sharma (IND) |
| TV Umpire | Ulhas Gandhe (IND) |
| Reserve Umpire | Tapan Sharma (IND) |
| Match Referee | Narayanan Kutty (IND) |
| Points | Mumbai Indians 2, Punjab Kings 0 |
- Match Summary (PBKS vs MI):
IPL 2021 Abu Dhabi: Punjab vs Mumbai: Saurabh Tiwary’s promising 45-run knock followed by Hardik Pandya and Pollard helped Mumbai win the match. Mumbai Indians have maintained their claim in the play-offs by winning the nail biting match. On the other hand, Punjab’s problems have increased.
Mumbai Indians have moved up to fifth position in the table with a 6-wicket win over Punjab. In the 14th over of the Mumbai Indians’ innings, Arshdeep Singh was caught by Hardik Panda. At that time, Hardik Pandya was playing at just 7 runs. This catch was very expensive for Punjab. Hardik Pandya hit an unbeaten 40 off 30 balls with four fours and two sixes. Kieron Pollard, on the other hand, also played big shots from his bat when needed. He hit an unbeaten 15 off 7 balls with the help of 1 four and 1 six. From Punjab, Bishnoi top-scored with two wickets while Nathan Ellis and Mohammad Shami took one wicket each.
The match between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings was played at Abu Dhabi. Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first. The match was crucial for both the teams to survive the challenge of the tournament. Punjab, who came on the field to bat for the first time, got off to a bad start. Mandeep came back with 36 runs on the scoreboard. Chris Gayle failed again. Pollard took Lokesh Rahul’s wicket with him in the same over. Markram’s 42 off 29 balls and Deepak Hooda’s 28 helped Punjab reach 135 for six in the allotted 20 overs. Pollard-Bumrah took two wickets each while Rahul Chahar and Krunal Pandya took one wicket each.
Kieron Pollard of MI awarded MoM for his all round performance of 15 off 7 balls knock with bat & 2 wickets for 8 runs with ball.
- Scorecard (PBKS vs MI):
- Mumbai Indians inning:
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
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| Rohit Sharma (c) | c Mandeep Singh b Ravi Bishnoi | 8 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | ||
| Quinton de Kock † | b Mohammed Shami | 27 | 29 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 93.10 | ||
| Suryakumar Yadav | b Ravi Bishnoi | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Saurabh Tiwary | c †Rahul b Ellis | 45 | 37 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 121.62 | ||
| Hardik Pandya | not out | 40 | 30 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 133.33 | ||
| Kieron Pollard | not out | 15 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 214.28 | ||
| Extras | (w 2) | 2 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (19 Ov, RR: 7.21) | 137/4 | |||||||
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Did not bat: Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
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Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Rohit Sharma, 3.3 ov), 2-16 (Suryakumar Yadav, 3.4 ov), 3-61 (Quinton de Kock, 9.5 ov), 4-92 (Saurabh Tiwary, 15.1 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiden Markram | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammed Shami | 4 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 10.50 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Arshdeep Singh | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7.25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 6.25 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Ellis | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4.00 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harpreet Brar | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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- Punjab Kings inning:
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KL Rahul (c)† | c Bumrah b Pollard | 21 | 22 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 95.45 | ||
| Mandeep Singh | lbw b KH Pandya | 15 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 107.14 | ||
| Chris Gayle | c HH Pandya b Pollard | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Aiden Markram | b Chahar | 42 | 29 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 144.82 | ||
| Nicholas Pooran | lbw b Bumrah | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | ||
| Deepak Hooda | c Pollard b Bumrah | 28 | 26 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 107.69 | ||
| Harpreet Brar | not out | 14 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 73.68 | ||
| Nathan Ellis | not out | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 150.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 2) | 6 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (20 Ov, RR: 6.75) | 135/6 | |||||||
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Did not bat: Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
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Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Mandeep Singh, 5.2 ov), 2-39 (Chris Gayle, 6.2 ov), 3-41 (KL Rahul, 6.4 ov), 4-48 (Nicholas Pooran, 7.3 ov), 5-109 (Aiden Markram, 15.2 ov), 6-123 (Deepak Hooda, 18.4 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
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| Krunal Pandya | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trent Boult | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 10.00 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 6.00 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kieron Pollard | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rahul Chahar | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 6.75 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |