However, there were no players from Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders or Chennai Super Kings. He named Kings XI Punjab’s captain KL Rahul and DC’s Shikhar Dhawan as his openers.
Besides du Plessis, 20 other foreign stars have confirmed their participation in the remaining four matches of PSL, which will be played in Karachi on November 14, 15 and 17
We knew this was going to happen after having a good start. Injuries to Ishant Sharma and Amit Mishra forced us to give opportunities to new domestic players.
After bowlers pulled things back by restricting RCB to 164/6 despite a good start, Suryakumar Yadav, who was ignored for the Australian Tour, scored an unbeaten 79 from 43 balls to steer his team home.
After skipper Rohit Sharma laid the foundation with a 45-ball 70, Pollard and Pandya smashed fours and sixes at will, lifting MI to 191 for four from 83 for three in the 14th over
A late onslaught by Hardik and Pollard powered Mumbai Indians to post a mammoth total of 191 runs. Mumbai defeated KXIP by 48 runs on the back of an all-round bowling performance.
James Pattinson, Jasprit Bumrah
