Mumbai Indians leaped Kings XI Punjab into the fourth position of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 table after notching their sixth victory of the season. A three-run victory helped\u00a0MI stay alive after overcoming KXIP in a thriller. KXIP slipped to fifth in the table and could not chase down 187-run target despite a classy 94 scored by their talisman KL Rahul.
\nTill Rahul was there at the crease, there was hope for Kings XI, but an excellent 19th over by Jasprit Bumrah (3\/15) won the game for the hosts. KXIP finished at 183\/5 in 20 overs and suffered another blow with their middle order failing to step up yet again in the tourney.
\nMomentum is a key in this format and KXIP’s waywardness is becoming their enemy especially after the side got off to a stellar start this season. What’s strange is the side have both the Orange and Purple Cap holders, yet its the team effort that have let them down.<\/p>\n
15 runs in three overs that saw him get the wickets of Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch and KL Rahul was the winning moments of the match. It all started with FInch’s wicket at a time when both he and Rahul were in command. And the significant blow was served when he got Rahul with a slower delivery to finish with figures of 3-0-15-3.
\nHe notched his 15th wicket of IPL 2018 and his economy rate of 6.86 speaks volumes. Time and time again its been the MI bowlers, who have come out strongly and Bumrah once again showed why he is a genuine match winner.<\/p>\n
KL Rahul has been involved in 11 of the 13 fifty-plus partnerships for KXIP in this IPL. This shows how much he has enjoyed batting and the form he has made the most out of. He was aiming to win the game and could have got to his first hundred, but a slower ball from Jasprit Bumrah in the 19th over foxed him. From there on, KXIP faltered.
\nRahul was a class act once again and match by match he is becoming so dangerous with the bat. Be hit his reverse-hit fours off Ben Cutting, or the straight lofted sixes of Mayank Markande, Rahul defined the art of batting in a classy manner once again. He has taken his game to another level this season and has everybody in awe of him.
\nHe notched many records along the way but was left in tatters after being dismissed and the reaction in the dugout said it all. Earlier, he added a 134-run stand with Aaron Finch (46) for the second wicket.<\/p>\n
Highest scores in unsuccessful chases in IPL:<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n He is definitely one of the leading bowlers in this format. Andrew Tye has been a revelation this season and has continued to put in the work every time he has walked on the pitch. A third four-wicket haul in four games tells a story that how much he has come forward in making his impressions felt. Mumbai Indians leaped Kings XI Punjab into the fourth position of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 table after notching their sixth victory of the season. A three-run victory helped\u00a0MI stay alive after overcoming KXIP in a thriller. KXIP slipped to fifth in the table and could not chase down 187-run target despite a classy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,175,576,568],"tags":[220,239,243,176,146,259,74,694,177],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Australia’s Andrew Tye a hero of this format<\/h2>\n
\nKXIP have been too dependant on him and Rahul this season and the statistics tells one why. Tye was exceptional in the power-play overs, before coming back strong at the death too. The Aussie international is the leader of the pack in the national team in this format and for KXIP too, he showed his leadership skills with the ball.<\/p>\nTye’s Stat Box<\/h2>\n
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