Dream11 IPL 2020, Match 13: KXIP vs MI – Preview. Mumbai Indians Beat Kings XI Punjab.

 IPL 2020 MI vs KXIP Match Report: The 13th match of the 13th season of the Indian Premier League was played between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians at the ground in Abu Dhabi. The Mumbai team won the match in this match. Mumbai defeated Punjab by a margin of 48 runs and with this, the team led by Rohit Sharma won their second match in IPL 2020 and made it to the top 4 in the table.

In this match, Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Captain KL's decision was correct, but 89 runs were scored in the last 5 overs. The Mumbai team, batting first, scored 191 runs, losing 4 wickets in 20 overs, on the basis of Rohit Sharma's half-century. In response, the Punjab team could score 143 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 48 runs.

Mumbai's innings, Rohit's half-century

Mumbai started off to bat first after losing the toss. Quinton Dickock returned to the pavilion without opening an account. The second blow to the team was in the form of Suryakumar Yadav, who was run out after scoring 10 runs in 7 balls. The third shock came in the form of Ishan Kishan, who scored 28 runs in 32 balls. K Gautam got him caught by Karun Nair.

Hitman Rohit Sharma completed his half-century in 40 balls, which included 7 fours and 1 six. However, he was dismissed for 70 runs in 45 balls. For Mumbai Indians, Kieron Pollard was out for 20 from 47 balls and Hardik Pandya was dismissed for 30 from 11 balls. In the last over, Pandya and Pollard scored 25 runs, including four sixes.

There was a change in the Punjab team for this match. Captain KL Rahul said that Murugan Ashwin was not given a chance in this match. Krishnappa Gautam was given a chance in his place. At the same time, Mumbai Indians landed on the field without any change.

Punjab's innings, top batsman not working

The first blow to the Punjab team was given by Mumbai pacer Jasprit Bumrah. He bowled Mayank clean for 25 runs. Karun Nair's flop batting continued and he was bowled by Krunal Pandya's ball without opening the account. At the same time, team captain KL Rahul lost his wicket for 17 runs. Rahul Chahar made him clean bold.

Nicholas Pooran scored a fine 44 off 27 balls, but was caught by James Pattinson at the hands of Dickock. The team's fifth blow came in the form of Glenn Maxwell, who was dismissed for 11 off 18 balls. Punjab's sixth blow came in the form of James Neesham who managed only 7 runs. The team got the seventh blow in the form of Sarfaraz Khan who was able to score seven runs.

Kings XI Punjab got the eighth blow as Ravi Bishnoi who were able to score 1 run. Krishnappa Gautam scored 22 runs and Mohammad Shami was dismissed for 2 runs.

Mumbai Indians playing XI

Rohit Sharma (captain), Quinton Dickock (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kiron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Trent Boult, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar and Jaspreet Bumrah.

Kings XI Punjab playing XI

KL Rahul (captain, wicketkeeper), Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Karun Nair, Glenn Maxwell, Sarfaraz Khan, James Neesham, Sheldon Cottrell, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami and Krishnappa Gautam.