Highlights
KL Rahul still owns the Orange Cap; Harshal Patel has Purple Cap
CSK sit atop the IPL 2021 Points Table; MI are placed fourth
Kieron Pollard played an innings for the ages as he single-handedly carried Mumbai Indians to their highest successful chase in the IPL of 219 for 6 against Chennai Super Kings in Delhi on Saturday. Studded with 6 fours and 8 sixes, Pollard s 87 off 34 was the game-changing innings in a match that see-sawed until the last ball. With two needed to win off the final delivery, Pollard and Dhawal Kulkarni scampered for the second to seal the deal for Mumbai. The game had other high scorers too. Faf du Plessis, who made 50 off 28, made gains in the race to the Orange Cap. With this win, Mumbai are fourth on the table with 8 points from seven matches while CSK still top the table with 10 points.
MI vs CSK IPL Live Score 2021, Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings: Kieron Pollard has registered the season's fastest half-century in Match 27 of IPL 2021, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
CSK vs SRH, IPL 2021: After Chennai Super Kings registered their fifth successive win of IPL 2021, MS Dhoni summed up what has led to their improved performance this season.
If someone had told me 15 years ago, that I would play 69 Test matches for South Africa and captained the side, I wouldn t have believed them. I stand in a place of utmost gratitude for a Test career full of blessings bestowed on me, he added. The next two years are ICC T20 World Cup years. Because of this, my focus is shifting to this format and I want to play as much of it as possible around the world so that I can be the best player I can possibly be, Du Plessis wrote.
He represented South Africa in 69 Tests and scored 4163 runs at an average of 40.02. He scored 10 centuries and registered his highest score of 199 in 2020.