Mumbai Indians rise above Punjab Kings

Abu Dhabi, September 28

Mumbai Indians won their first game after three defeats as they beat Punjab Kings by six wickets in an IPL encounter here today.

Punjab Kings managed a below-par 135/6, which MI surpassed in 19 overs, with Hardik Pandya scoring an unbeaten 40 off 30 balls while Saurabh Tiwary top-scored with 45.

Earlier, Aiden Markram top-scored with 42 for Punjab while Jasprit Bumrah and Kieron Pollard got two wickets apiece for Mumbai Indians.

KKR beat Capitals

Sharjah: Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Delhi Capitals by three wickets, enhancing their chances of making the play-offs stage.

Skipper Rishabh Pant played a patient knock of 39 runs for the Capitals while Steve Smith, who replaced Prithvi Shaw, also contributed 39 runs. Lockie Feguson, Sunil Narine and Venkatesh Iyer claimed two apiece for KKR.

Nitish Rana had an impactful innings of 36 runs after set batsman Shubhman Gill departed for 30. Sunil Narine made a quick 21 off 10 balls.

Brief scores: PK: 135/6 (Markram 42, Hooda 28; Pollard 2/8, Bumrah 2/24) vs MI 137/4 (Tiwary 45, Pandya 40*); DC: 127/9 (Pant 39, Smith 39; Ferguson 2/10, Narine 2/18) vs KKR: 130/7 in 18.2 overs (Rana 36*, Gill 30; Khan 3/13). — PTI

Warner loses spot in IPL team with World Cup approaching

Australia’s out-of-form opening batsman David Warner will head into next month’s T20 World Cup without much match practice after he was dropped from Sunrisers Hyderabad for Monday’s match. With Hyderabad out of contention for the play-offs, the team’s Australian coach Trevor Bayliss said Warner and a few others were left out to give an opportunity to younger players.