From the 17th over onward in Mumbai Indians’ run-chase on Monday, the only thing that stood between Royal Challengers Bangalore and a second defeat in this Indian Premier League season was Navdeep Saini.
Virat Kohli brought on Adam Zampa to bowl the 17th over. Ishan Kishan was batting on 70 off 48 at that time but more threateningly, Kieron Pollard had settled in at 11 off 10. Mumbai still had a mountain to climb with 80 runs needed to win off 24 balls but with Rahul Tewatia’s Houdini act fresh in everyone’s memory, the game was still very much on.
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Zampa was taken for 27 runs as Pollard jumped into fifth gear, before Yuzvendra Chahal’s figures were ruined as another 22 runs were added in the 18th over.
Kohli knew that with newcomer Isuru Udana left to bowl the final over, it was up to Saini to check the MI…