After guiding Mumbai Indians to a four-wicket victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter on Friday, West Indian power-hitter Kieron Pollard said tough situations make you a champion. McClenaghan gets a big wicket. I think the media underestimated him. Ominous signs for MI as Kohli has marched past fifty.
Chasing RCB's 142/5, Mumbai were staring at an embarrassing defeat after Badree's treble reduced them to 7/4 in the third over.
While the start was slow, their batting in the death overs was uninspiring.
While Kohli has been spotted blowing kisses towards his lady love during the matches, Anushka is regularly spotted supporting Virat fom the stands.
That total included 62 off 47 balls from Kohli, who struck five fours and two sixes on his return after missing RCB's first three matches of IPL 10 as he recovered from a shoulder injury sustained in India's Test series win over Australia.
For RCB, Badree was the star with the ball, though he will be disappointed that his sensational spell wasn't sufficient to take his team to a win.
With Virat Kohli back in the squad, Shane Watson will be relieved from the captaincy job. In a like-for-like replacement, Mumbai may bring in Tim Southee for McClenaghan.
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As the IPL enters its second week the two mighty teams of this year's IPL the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Mumbai Indians take off each other in today's match at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru.
Gayle will be hoping to make a comeback in the team, especially after being dropped in the game against Punjab. Meanwhile, Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, and Kedar Jadhav combined to add 50 off 54 balls. At the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Mumbai have won six of seven games against RCB.
Yet, Krunal dismissed ABD against the run of play.
While MI will want the trio to keep contributing, it will also want Kieron Pollard and Rohit to come up with a better show with the bat.
In the bowling department, Jasprit Bumrah, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga and Mitchell McClenaghan were among wickets in the last match.
All and all, cricket fans will have an exciting battle to look forward to.
The pair stuck to plan well and by the time Pollard went back to the pavilion, skying Yuzvendra Chahal to AB de Villiers at long off, with the scoreboad reading 126/6, the stage was set for Hardik Pandya to apply the finishing touch with his brother. "I am sure my return will strengthen the batting lineup, as AB (de Villiers) has also joined the team in the last game after missing the first two due to back pain", said Kohli.
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