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Kings XI Punjab post an imposing 177/5 against Mumbai Indians
Mumbai, April 12
Kings XI Punjab rode on a good
start and late fireworks by skipper George Bailey to post an imposing
177/5 against Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at
the Wakhede Stadium here on Sunday.
Put into bat, Kings XI began
on a high with openers Virender Sehwag and Murali Vijay hitting the ball
to all parts of the park with ease.
The very first over of pacer R Vinay Kumar went for 10 runs as Vijay struck two boundaries and sneaked a two.
The duo didn't let the run flow go down as the team's 50 came of just 5.2 overs.
But
a bowling change by skipper Rohit Sharma bringing proved productive as
the experienced Harbhajan Singh dismissed hard-hitting Sehwag (36 of 19
balls, with 6 boundaries and a sixer), with Kieron Pollard taking the
catch at long on.
With Sehwag departing, Australia's Glenn
Maxwell came in, but only for a very brief while. He fell only for six,
failing to middle the ball, and Ambati Rayudu, stationed at deep mid
wicket, took the easy catch. The bowler was debutant Jagadeesha Suchith.
Soon after Maxwell's dismissal, Vijay (35 off 28 balls) also returned.
Miller (24 off 23 balls) also didn't last long as he edged one to wicket-keeper Aditya Tare off the bowling of Lasith Malinga.
Bailey
played a captain's knock of 61 from 32 balls with four boundaries and
three sixes at the end of the innings to give the visitors a commendable
score on the board.
For Mumbai, spinner Harbhajan Singh was
impressive with figures of 4-0-20-2, along with fast bowler Lasith
Malinga with 4-0-34-2.