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Patna : Mumbai Indians (MI) beat Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 48 runs in the 13th match of IPL 2020 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE, on October 1, 2020, late, night,with fast bowlers : Jasprit Bumrah and James Pattinson, and spinner Rahul Chahar taking two wickets each and Trent Boult and Krunal Pandya taking one wicket each. This MI’s 2nd win in four matches. KXIP have now lost three of their four matches. KXIP had won the toss and opted to bowl. One reason for the success of MI was that Pandya brothers came good in the match. Keiron Pollard was declared Player Of The Match.

Replying to MI’s 191/4 in 20 overs, KXIP could score only 143/8 in 20 overs with Nicholas Pooran scoring 44 in 27 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes and opener Mayank Agarwal scoring 25 in 18 balls with 3 fours. Agarwal fell to Jasprit Bumrah and it was 38/1. Karun Nair fell to spinner Krunal Pandya for zero and it was 39/2. Captain Lokesh Rahul fell to spinner Rahul Chahar for 17 making it 60/3. Nicholas Pooran fell to Pattinson and it was 101/4. Glenn Maxwell fell to Rahul Chahar for 11 and it was 107/5. James Neesham fell to Bumrah for 7 and it was 112/6. Sarfaraz Khan fell to Pattinson for 7 making it 121/7. Ravi Bishnoi fell to Trent Boult for 1 making it 124/8. Krishnappa Gowtham remained unbeaten on 22 in 13 balls with 2 fours and a six.

Batting first, MI scored 191/4 with opener Rohit Sharma (captain) scoring 70 in 45 balls hitting 8 fours and 3 sixes while all-rounder Keiron Pollard scored an unbeaten 47 in 20 balls hitting 3 fours and 4 sixes. All-rounder Hardik Pandya remained unbeaten on 30 in 11 balls hitting 3 fours and 2 sixes. Ishan Kishan scored 28 in 32 balls hitting a four and a six. MI had lost their first wicket that of opener Quinton de Kock with no run on board.