IPL 2016 MI v/s KXIP: Parthiv and Rayudu Partnership helps Mumbai Win an all important contest. Top Moments IPL stats.

Both the teams were eager to win this game and get back to winning track. Mumbai though had an upper hand in this crucial contest. David Miller won the toss and elected to bowl first. Put in to bat Mumbai had a terrible start with Rohit Sharma getting out on a duck of the 2nd ball of the innings. After Rohit's wicket Rayudu and Parthiv held the innings together with a massive 135 runs partnership. Rayudu made 65 of 37 and Parthiv with his career best score of 81 of 58. For Punjab the two Indian pacers Sandeep Sharma and Mohit Sharma bolwed well at the death to restrict Mumbai to a total less than 200. They finished with 1 for 20 and 3 for 38 respectively. In the 2nd innings Kings XI Punjab never had upper hand in the chase. Maxwell and Marsh had a good partnership for the 3rd wicket but it was not enough to take Punjab home. McClanaghan, Jasprit Bumrah and Tim Southee continued there good form with the ball. They finished with 2 for 32, 3 for 26 and 2 for 28.

Here are the top moments from this game:-

 1) Rayudu finds the perfect track: - His brilliance in batting has been restricted to IPL itself as he could not replicate his talent at the international level. Parthiv provided the start for him to pick up and take the teams total to 189.  He smacked his way to 65 in just 37 balls.

2) Parthiv proves himself: - As the in-form Rohit Sharma got out for a duck, he took it upon himself to score as he piled up 81 runs in 58 balls to give his team the start they needed. His innings, which won him the man of the match award, didn’t go in vain as Mumbai won the match by 25 runs.

3) Bowling firing for Mumbai: - Combination of playing three frontline fast bowlers seems to work well for Mumbai. Kiwi duo of Southee and McClanaghan as well as Bumrah are continuing to perform well. In this match too they played a very crucial role in defending the target of 189. Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3 for 26.

 4) Sharma duo's late damage: - Mohit Sharma took his first steps towards a comeback with a brilliant last over that almost made people forget the 34 runs he gave in his first 3 overs.2 2 0 0 W W was how his last over read—stopping Mumbai to override the 200 runs margin with his brilliant last 6 balls. Sandeep Sharma too bowled extremely well taking big wicket of Rohit Sharma early in his spell and then bowling some good overs at the death.

5) Maxwell finding some form: - Punjab were struggling with the early loss of their openers, but stabilized thanks to two Aussies Shaun Marsh and Glenn Maxwell.  Today was one of those days when Maxwell was in the mood of smacking them all over. He faced only 39 balls, but scored 56 runs from them. He might as well have won them the game if would have been there till the end.

 Here are the IPL stats from this game:-

1) This was Maxwell's 2nd IPL fifty on Indian soil. He has total of 5 fifties in IPL cricket.

2) Rayudu crossed the 3000-barrier in his T20 career when he drove Axar Patel through the cover boundary. He became the 15th Indian batsman to reach the landmark.

3) It has been 6 times that Kings XI Punjab has successfully chased targets of 190 plus. It is the most by any team in the league followed by Rajasthan Royals with three such chases.

4) 4 Consecutive matches lost by Kings XI against the Mumbai Indians in Mohali. Their overall record against Mumbai is also pretty dire with only three wins as against seven losses at the venue.

 [Statistics Courtesy;-www.Sportskeeda.com]