Sharjah: Mumbai Indians (MI) continued their superb form and defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 10 wickets. The team was captained in this match by Kieron Pollard and he is very happy with his team’s performance. In the match played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Mumbai limited Chennai to 114 runs by losing nine wickets in 20 overs and then took the match by 10 wickets.
The Super Kings have lost for the first time in the IPL by a margin of 10 wickets. Earlier in 2008, he lost by 9 wickets to Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium.
Due to the injury of Rohit Sharma, Pollard (Kieron Pollard) captained the team in this match and said that this win is the result of joint effort of the team.
After the match, Pollard said, “We wanted to get him out within 100, but Sam Curran batted well. I think it is a joint effort of the team as a whole. Initially, three-four wickets bring you into the match.
Kieron Pollard said, ‘Our opening pair also did well. He did not put any uncertainties. We want to reach the top 2. It is dependent on the digits’.
About his captaincy, Pollard said, ‘This is part of the game. Many times you do not have to be a leader to become a leader. I know a few things. So it is a matter of coming and working for me, which I did today.
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