IPL 2020 MI vs KXIP 1st Inning Updates: Captain Rohit's Whirlwind Half Ton Powers MI To Mammoth 191-Run Total; Not So Straight-Forward Chase For Team Rahul

IPL 2020 MI vs KXIP 1st Inning: Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma once again swung his bat to its best against Kings XI Punjab in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. It won't be a straight-forward chase for the toss winning team which has to score

IPL 2020: Kings Eleven Punjab vs Mumbai Indians

Defending champions Mumbai Indians after being put to bat first displayed a decent performance for the cricket buffs in the thirteenth match of the Indian Premier League on Thursday evening with captain Rohit Sharma once again swinging his bat to its best against Kings XI Punjab in Abu Dhabi. Hit contributed tremendously to the team with as many as 8 'four' and 3 'Six', forcing the rivalry Team Punjab to chase a score of 191/4. Early on in the game, the fans eyeing for some outstanding opening partnership between Quinton de Kock and Captain Rohit Sharma were left disappointed as the overseas batsman returned the pavilion bit too soon contributing absolutely none to the team this evening. However, the Mumbai Indian skipper pulled it off quite well till the end. Apart from some beautiful boundaries, captain as soon as given the room within the first over, added another shining feather to the cap becoming only the third Indian Cricketer in the Indian Premier League to scale the 5000-run milestone joining the Virat Kohli And Raina in the elite club. Rohit Sharma achieved the milestone when he struck a boundary of seamer Mohammad Shami in the ongoing thirteenth IPL game against KL Rahul led Kings XI Punjab. With the latest record in his kitty, Sharma joined the RCB skipper Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina in a select club of batsman to have achieved the milestone. Further in the match, fans certainly enjoyed lengths and maximums pull off by the joint effort Hardik Pandya and Indies star Pollard. Speaking of the bowlers and fielders from this evening, Punjab did not give a straight forward game to the opponents. While Shami in his allotted overs hardly let the batsmen play at length, fans were in aww with the joint effort but by Neesham and Maxwell to sweep away Rohit off the field. Mumbai Indians and Kings Eleven Punjab have locked horns against each other 24 times over the past twelve seasons with MI enjoying a slight dominance over KXIP with thirteen wins. The Punjab franchise has won eleven games against the defending champions.