MI vs PBKS Highlights, IPL 2021: Hardik-Pollard blitzkrieg, bowlers and Saurabh shine in Mumbai's 6-wicket win vs Punjab

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With this season-reviving win, MI have now jumped to 5th in the points table. They now have 10 points, level with KKR, but behind on poorer run-rate. On the other hand, Punjab slip down to 6th.

MUMBAI INDIANS ARE FINALLY OFF THE MARK IN THE UAE! They win by 7 wickets with 6 balls to spare

18.1 — 1 run to Pollard

18.2 — DOT

18.3 — FOUR! To third man! Short and wide from Shami. With third man in, Pandya cuts it over third man for four.

18.4 — 2 runs. Good stop from Nicholas Pooran in the deep

18.5 — FOUR! Hardik's nearly done the job here. Stays deep in his crease and thumps the ball off his back foot past the wide long-on region for four.

18.6- SIX! HARDIK FINSIHES IT OFF IN STYLE! Mumbai Indians are finally off the mark. Pulls the ball over long on for si

FOUR! The extra ball spoils a really good over from Arshdeep. Misses the yorker and Pollard clobbers the ball through extra cover for four. Nobody moved.

SIX! He goes big, does Pollard and this is going to hurt PBKS. He goes for a wide yorker. Pollard shuffles across and tonks the ball over long-off for six. Just effortless

MI are 120/4, need 16 from 12.

FOUR! Hardik Pandya collects four off deep square leg. Short and straight from Shami and Pandya's pull gives him four.

SIX! Hardik Pandya is turning it on here. Overpitched and onto the pads from Shami, Hardik plays his trademark pick-up shot with flair to the send ball into the orbit behind long leg.

What a comeback. MI are 107/4 after 17 overs.

OUT! THAT'S OUT AND THAT'S A TIRED SHOT! A rather ordinary delivery from Ellis. Full, wide and a slower ball. Saurabh was rooted to his crease and only stuck his bat out to bunt the ball. Ended up nicking to Rahul, who does well to dive forward to complete the catch. 

Well played, Saurabh. He's gone for 45 off 37 balls. 

MI are 92-4 after 15.1 overs.

Kieron Pollard is the new man in

SIX! A welcome boundary after 16 balls. Down on one knee and playing with the turn, Tiwari smacks Bishnoi for a massive six of deep mid-wicket.

Only 8 off it. Bishnoi finishes with figures of 2/24 in 4.

MI are 92-3 after 15 overs.

DROPPED! HARDIK HAS BEEN DROPPED BY HARPREET! HAS HE DROPPED THE GAME TOO? Oh, boy! That should have been taken. A slower ball, induces the outside edge and Harpreet, stationed at backward point, fails to hold onto it. 

DROPPED AGAIN? A tough chance there. A full toss and Saurabh middles it back past the bowler. Arshdeep sticks his hand out but can't hold in. The ball, on its way to long-off, almost takes out the umpire.

MI are 84/3 after 14 overs, need 52 to win from 36.

OUCH! That's got to hurt. Arshdeep catches the ball of his own bowling and throws it back at the stumps. Instead, he ends up striking Saurabh Tiwary in the uncomfortable area. He is down but looks fine. Thank Goodness for the box!

FOUR! Well, that's some way to respond. He receives a juicy full toss from Arshdeep and he caresses the ball through extra cover for four. A yorker gone horribly wrong.

MI are 75/3 after 12 overs.

FOUR! That's gone for 4! Well there was luck and poor fielding. Bishnoi's googly comes off Pandya's inside edge and Shami, on the chase, doesn't get to the ball quick enough.

MI are 68/3 after 11 overs, need 68 to win from 54 balls.

OUT! CHOPPED ON! Shami goes short and de Kock went for the pull. But the ball wasn't short enough and Quinton ended up chopping the ball onto his own stumps. 

MI are 62-3 after 10 overs.

SIX! Tiwary goes big and Harpreet Brar is under pressure. He pulls the ball wide of long on for a 94-metre six.

MI are 54/2 after 9 overs.

DROPPED AND FOUR! Oh, boy! Could that have ben the game? De Kock goes inside out and skies the ball wide of long-off. Markram covered good ground to get to the ball. He puts in a full-stretch dive but fails to hang on. The ball rolls to the boundary cushions.

Bishnoi, who had momentarily stepped off the field to receive some treatment, comes back and delivers an 8-run over.

MI are 43/2 after 8 overs.

FOUR! Easy for Saurabh Tiwary. Short and strayed onto the pads. The fine leg is inside the circle so all Tiwary had to was get bat on ball and guide it through the big gap.

5 off it. MI are 30/2 after 6 overs.

FOUR! Markram goes short and straight, Tiwari backs way, makes room and slaps the ball past point for four.

MI are 25/2 after 5 overs.

BOWLED HIM! HE'S GOT 2 IN 2! THAT IS A BEAUTY! A top-notch googly and SKY did not read it AT ALL. He is gone for a golden duck. 

MI are 16/2 after 3.4 overs.

He's on a hat-trick.

Saurabh Tiwary, the new batsman in, takes a single and gets off the mark. 

OUT! It had to be that man, Bishnoi. Rohit fetches a loosener from outside off. Goes down on one knee and looks to slog it over mid-on but ends up finding the fielder there.

MI are 16/1 after 3.3 overs.

Suryakumar Yadav is the new batter in.

A third bowler in as many overs. 

A fantastic over. Just three of it. MI are 15/0 after 3 overs.

FOUR! So elegant! Leans into the drive, opens the face of the bat, and picks up four through the deep backward point region.

MI are 12/0 after 2 overs.

A good beginning from Markram. 

MI are 6/0 after 1 over.

Welcome back for the second innings.

Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock are out to open for MI.

That was an impressive bowling performance. Pollard (2/8 in 1 over) and Bumrah (2/24 in 4 overs) helped MI restrict PBKS to 135/6. 
For PBKS, Markram (41), Hooda (28), and Rahul (21) were the top performers.

Nathan Ellis walks in next as Nathan Coulter-Nile is here to bowl the final over

19.1 - 1 run

19.2 - 1 run

19.3 - 1 run

19.4 - 1 run

19.5 - 2 runs

19.6 - 2 runs

PUNJAB KINGS POST 135/6 IN 20 OVERS

OUT! His long vigil finally comes to an end, does Hooda's. He holes to Kieron Pollard at long off. 2nd wicket for Bumrah. 

PBKS are 123-6 after 18.4 overs.