April 20, 2017
VIVO IPL 2017 season 10 22nd encounter between Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore on April 20, 2017 at 8:00 pm. Putting into bat first by Mumbai, Punjab managed to score huge 198 runs in 20 overs with HM Amla's splendid century knock and Maxwell's quick 40 runs. Mumbai in reply bated extra ordinerily and chase the given target in 15.3 over and made superb win over Punjab by huge margins of 8 wickets. J Buttler made 77 runs of 37 balls and daclared man of the match.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to field first. Putting into bat first by Mumbai, home team Kings XI Punjab got good start with SE Marsh and HM Amla initially. Both played quick cricket and grab power play's restrictions well. SE Marsh hitz 5 fours in power play overs but got out in 5.5 over scoring 26 runs of 21 balls. WP Saha joined with Hashim Amla and took the charge in hand for Punjab. Hashim Amla played remarkable inning and smashed his 1st IPL hundred with extra ordinery batting and made 104* runs. Punjab managed to put huge total of 198 runs in 20 overs. GJ Maxwell also played good quick inning of 40 runs for Punjab.
Following huge target of 199 runs, Mumbai opening batsmen started quickly and played super quick innings from the beginning. Both Openers PA Patel and JC Buttler went after Punjab bowlers from the 1st ball and added 81 runs of just 5.5 overs before Parthiv got out scoring quick 37 of just 18 balls. N Rana joined with Buttler and kept the momentum on for Mumbai. Both continued to bat positively and disply great courage in the middle as well. Buttler smashed his half century in no time and contributed well 77 runs of just 37 balls before lost is wicket. N Rana the inform man for Mumbai led his team for a great win and made 62* runs of 34 balls and presented MI excellent win over Punjab by 8 wickets with 27 balls remaining.
Player of the match - JC Buttler (MI)
Points - Mumbai Indians 2, Kings XI Punjab 0
