A big innings from Pollard today gets things going in the right direction for him and a much needed win for the Mumbai Indians.
yeah .....not too shabby with a 300 SR
may be too little too late....
looking at the points table !
IPL 2016
Kings XI have dropped David Miller as captain for the remainder of the 2016 IPL season and appointed M Vijay in his place. The decision came after Kings XI lost five of their first six games of the tournament, with Miller making 76 runs in six innings at a strike-rate of 129.
"David Miller continues to be an integral part of the team and is a very strong player of the squad," Kings XI, last in the league at the moment, said in a statement on the eve of their match against Gujarat Lions in Rajkot.
Miller's appointment as George Bailey's successor in February was a surprise because he had no significant captaincy experience in South African domestic cricket, having only led KwaZulu Natal in three Africa T20 Cup games in 2015-16 and their Under-19 side once in 2007-08. He has been with Kings XI since 2011, when he joined them as a replacement for England allrounder Dimitri Mascarenhas, and was one of four players retained by the franchise ahead of the 2016 player auction.
Australia batsman George Bailey has been called in by Rising Pune Supergiants as the replacement for Faf du Plessis, who was ruled out of the IPL with a finger injury.
Supergiants will be Bailey's third IPL franchise: he has already represented Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab, where he was the captain in 2015 before the franchise decided to release him. At the auction in February, Bailey, who had listed his base price as Rs 1 crore (USD 148,000 approx), did not find any buyers despite his name coming up twice.
Supergiants will be Bailey's third IPL franchise: he has already represented Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab, where he was the captain in 2015 before the franchise decided to release him. At the auction in February, Bailey, who had listed his base price as Rs 1 crore (USD 148,000 approx), did not find any buyers despite his name coming up twice.
HYDERABAD, India, CMC - Dwayne Smith failed with the bat and Dwayne Bravo picked up two wickets as their franchise Gujarat Lions lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad by five wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday.
Smith struggled to settle down before he was dismissed for one while Bravo scored 18 from 20 balls as Hyderabad’s seamers restricted Lions to 126 for six from 20 overs at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
Aaron Flinch top scored with 51 not out as the lions batsmen were bogged down by the skill of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra and Mustafizur.
Smith, the West Indies opener, failed to connect with the first four balls of the match.
Three were outswingers which narrowly missed his outside edge while one inswinger struck him on the front pad before he was caught after facing nine balls.
His opening partner Brendon McCullum had an uncomfortable stay at the crease until he departed in the eighth over for seven.
Lions lost wickets regularly and slumped to 34 for four until a recovery was mounted by Trinidadian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo and Aaron Finch who scrambled to put on 45 for the fifth wicket.
“We have to give credit where credit is due I think the way Bhuvneshwar bowled his first over. We all know when conditions are in his favour it’s very difficult to play him. He is one of the best swing bowler in the world and you have to give credit,†said Bravo during the post match news conference.
“It was very difficult to score and to contain Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum, two of the most dangerous players; you have to be doing something good. The conditions were very challenging for batting and we just as international players we did not adopt quickly enoughâ€.
Shikhar Dhawan gave the chase early momentum and batted through out to be unbeaten on 47 as Sunrisers surpassed the target with six balls remaining.
However Bravo was instrumental in pushing them to the 19th over with figures of two for 14 off three overs while Dhawal Kulkarni also grabbed two wickets.
Smith struggled to settle down before he was dismissed for one while Bravo scored 18 from 20 balls as Hyderabad’s seamers restricted Lions to 126 for six from 20 overs at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
Aaron Flinch top scored with 51 not out as the lions batsmen were bogged down by the skill of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra and Mustafizur.
Smith, the West Indies opener, failed to connect with the first four balls of the match.
Three were outswingers which narrowly missed his outside edge while one inswinger struck him on the front pad before he was caught after facing nine balls.
His opening partner Brendon McCullum had an uncomfortable stay at the crease until he departed in the eighth over for seven.
Lions lost wickets regularly and slumped to 34 for four until a recovery was mounted by Trinidadian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo and Aaron Finch who scrambled to put on 45 for the fifth wicket.
“We have to give credit where credit is due I think the way Bhuvneshwar bowled his first over. We all know when conditions are in his favour it’s very difficult to play him. He is one of the best swing bowler in the world and you have to give credit,†said Bravo during the post match news conference.
“It was very difficult to score and to contain Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum, two of the most dangerous players; you have to be doing something good. The conditions were very challenging for batting and we just as international players we did not adopt quickly enoughâ€.
Shikhar Dhawan gave the chase early momentum and batted through out to be unbeaten on 47 as Sunrisers surpassed the target with six balls remaining.
However Bravo was instrumental in pushing them to the 19th over with figures of two for 14 off three overs while Dhawal Kulkarni also grabbed two wickets.
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