Kieron Pollard’s scintillating strokeplay found its match in Ishan Kishan as they nearly pulled off a sensational comeback for Mumbai Indians before Navdeep Saini’s spectacular Super Over saw Royal Challengers Bangalore win an IPL thriller on Monday.
Kishan put up a powerhouse performance scoring 99 off 58 balls with nine sixes, while Pollard’s 60 off 24 saw them match RCB’s total of 201.
However Saini bowled fast and straight in the Super Over, conceding only seven with Hardik Pandya getting out. Virat Kohli did the needful as Jasprit Bumrah couldn’t defend a seven-run target with the India captain winning it with a last ball boundary.
However nothing can be taken away from Kishan and Pollard’s superlative batting as they got 89 off the 90 runs required in the last five overs with some breathtaking sixes primarily off leg-spinners Adam Zampa and Yuzvendra Chahal….