Mumbai Indians continued to repair damage caused by a poor start to the season, winning their third game in a row to add to the mid-table pile-up of teams on eight or nine points
Scorer: S Raju | Commentator: Alagappan Muthu
And that's that. Thanks for your company fellas. But the day's not over yet. Vishal's waiting your company at the Royals-Daredevils scorecard
Lendl Simmons is the Man of the Match "Getting the basics right. Get a start and go on. It's a flat batting wicket and if you're a good player, you get runs. I prefer batting on Indian tracks, back home the wickets are slower. And being an opener helps. It was a team sport, had to wait my turn and when I got it I wanted to use it"
Presentation time "I think the guys have started taking responsibility. Every body wants to be a hero and are putting their hands up. That's what we've been talking about. it's not just one guy winning it for us," Rohit Sharma says, "At the start of the tournament, we were actually confused about going with two seamers and two batters in the overseas players. Finch and Anderson were coming off such a high from the World Cup and we can't rest Pollard and Malinga. But when Finch got injured we put McClenaghan in and he knows his game so well. Simmons and Parthiv played fantastically. We know what happens when you get such a start. For the last three-four games, we've had good opening partnerships. I hope they continue, and hopefully so will our middle order and our bowlers. Lasith has been a magical performer for Mumbai. Whenver I throw the ball at him, I can relax. Makes a captain's job a lot easier"
7.30 pm It was a striking image. George Bailey flinging his bat down onto the turf in anger. It is Kings XI's seventh loss in nine games and are all but out of the tournament now. Mumbai Indians enjoyed a great opening stand, and then their death-over specialists Lasith Malinga and Mitchell McClenghan wrapped it up with a mix of yorkers and slower balls.
Abhi: "Think more than anything its been strategy going bad for KXIP. Vijay goes at run a ball playing in PP. Maxi getting out off spin with unusual shots. Bating misfiring, & though Johnson not impacting enough, still they don't play proper 4 batsman foreign players like CSK does. Same things going wrong every single game"
Saurabh Bhalera: "Saha and Bailey should come at 3&4 . Guide through innings and keep it others to complete the innings."
WP Saha run out 12 (21m 12b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100
Vinay Kumar with the final over, Kings XI needing 33 runs
Mumbai Indians opener Lendl Simmons has said he enjoys batting with Parthiv Patel, after the pair put on a match-winning 111-run stand against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali
Momentum has been lacking from Parthiv Patel's T20 game, but in Mohali, he was able to find it in style against the pace of Mitchell Johnson
Plays of the day from the match between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians in Mohali
Mumbai Indians continued to repair damage caused by a poor start to the season, winning their third game in a row to add to the mid-table pile-up of teams on eight or nine points
