Defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) beat Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 48 runs at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi and registered their second win of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 while Kings XI Punjab suffered their third loss.
Earlier, Kings XI Punjab won the toss and decided to bowl first. Sheldon Cottrell started with a maiden-wicket over as he dismissed de Kock for a five-ball duck. Suryakumar Yadav too got run out for 10 runs and Ishan Kishan also struggled but Rohit Sharma was rock solid at his end and his fifty took Mumbai past 80 runs in 13 overs. After crossing 50 runs mark he changed his gears and smashed Jimmy Neesham for 20 runs in an over but Shami sent him back to dressing room for 70 runs. In the end Kieron Pollard's 47* off 20 balls and Hardik Pandya's 30* off 11 balls helped Mumbai to post a good total of 191/4 on the board.
In reply, Kings XI Punjab's openers gave a decent start by scoring 30 runs in 3 overs but Jasprit Bumrah broke this stand by removing Mayank Agarwal and after his wicket KL Rahul also got out in Rahul Chahar's over. Nicholas Pooran who scored 44 runs fought well but the likes of Glenn Maxwell, Karun Nair, Sarfaraz Khan and Jimmy Neesham disappointed and Punjab could only make 143 runs for the loss of 8 wickets and lost the match. For Mumbai, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar and Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets each.
All the major stats and facts from the 13th match between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians in Abu Dhabi :
14 - This was Mumbai Indians' 14th win in 25 matches against Kings XI Punjab in IPL.
Most wins for MI in IPL -
20 vs KKR
17 vs CSK
16 vs RCB
14 vs KXIP
12 vs DC
39 - Number of fifty plus scores Rohit Sharma has made in IPL - the joint third most by any batsman.
Most fifty plus scores in IPL -
48 - David Warner
41 - Virat Kohli
39 - Rohit Sharma / Suresh Raina
38 - AB de Villiers
37 - Shikhar Dhawan
48 - Runs win is the biggest win for Mumbai Indians against Kings XI Punjab in terms of runs in Indian Premier League.
503 - Runs KL Rahul has scored against Mumbai Indians in IPL - the 11th batsman to score 500 or more runs against Mumbai Indians in IPL.
5000 - Rohit Sharma when on 2, completed 5000 runs in IPL - only the third batsman to achieve this milestone after Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina.
Most Runs in IPL -
5430 - Virat Kohli
5368 - Suresh Raina
5068 - Rohit Sharma
4793 - David Warner
4648 - Shikhar Dhawan
