Mumbai Indians defeated Punjab Kings by 6 wickets in the 42nd match of the IPL 2021. After the win, MI captain Rohit Sharma said, “Important not to lose the guard. The way Hardik understood the situation was very crucial from a team's perspective, it's important for him to spend the time in the middle as he's coming back from an injury. It's a tough call to leave out Ishan Kishan and he seems very confident and the reply you get from him was very boosting as well.”

"Saurabh has played the perfect role today and he's done well to nudge around in the middle overs. We are gonna back him as he's a very important player for us. The ball was coming off when we started off and the grass is coming off the surface in the middle overs and we need to adjust to the conditions. He (Pollard) is one of our key players. Crucial part of MI for so many years."

Brief Score:

Punjab Kings - 135/6 in 20 overs. (Markram - 42(29), Bumrah - 2/24, Pollard - 2/8)

Mumbai Indians - 137/4 in 19 overs. (Tiwary - 45(37), Hardik - 40(30), Bishnoi - 2/25)
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