MIvPBKS report: Vintage Quinny, but not our night… :(

MIvPBKS report: Vintage Quinny, but not our night… :(

By Mumbai Indians

😞

It’s tough. We get it, Paltan. An evening that started with so much hope of us turning it around at home. Certainly when Quinton de Kock was turning back the clock to 2019 with his range-hitting. But with some heavy dew coming in, we couldn’t bring this home.

Okay, positives: TOUCHDOWN QUINNY!

With Rohit Sharma injured, there was a familiar face back up at the top of the order. And boy, it was almost like he’d never gone. 112 runs | 60 balls | 8 fours | 7 sixes. Just plain, clean, brutal, typical Quinny batting. Rescuing the side from 12/2, he counter-attacked, raced past fifty, and then raced some more to get his first century in the Blue and Gold!

All IPL tons in the #OneFamily:

Sanath Jayasuriya - 114* - 2008 (Wankhede)

Sachin Tendulkar - 100* - 2011 (Wankhede)

Rohit Sharma - 109* - 2012

Lendl Simmons - 100* - 2014 (the only one against KXIP)

Suryakumar Yadav - 103* - 2023 (Wankhede)

Cameron Green - 100* - 2023 (Wankhede)

Rohit Sharma - 105* - 2024 (Wankhede)

Suryakumar Yadav - 102* - 2024 (Wankhede)

Quinton de Kock – 112* - 2026 (Wankhede) 😁

And there was Naman Dhir….

….promoted up to number four in the order, he was the stuff that came out of syllabus for the Punjab Kings’ bowlers. He took his time to start, made full use of the dropped catch that gave him a life, and then went on a rampage in the fifth over, taking down Vijaykumar Vyshak. He matched QdK stroke for stroke, brought up his fifty in just 29 balls, and put Mumbai Indians en route a strong 195/6 after a wobbly start. 👏

Siuuuuu Good, Ghazanfar 🤌

Just the start we needed, came off Allah Ghanzanfar’s mystery bowling, when Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly were snapped in successive overs inside the powerplay. Amidst all the dew, he did well to get some grip off the surface. Alas, it wasn’t enough! 😒

Prabhsimran (80 off 39) and Shreyas Iyer (66 off 35) were in the zone. Our bowlers tried their hearts out, but nothing seemed to work. Not the result we were after, but again, let’s just reiterate, these are still early days. We have historically shown how to bounce back from these situations and then get on an unstoppable roll.

Paltan, let’s #KeepTheFaith! 💙