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IPL Updates! Vijay's fifty helps Punjab thrash Mumbai

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23:19   IPL Updates! Vijay's fifty helps Punjab thrash Mumbai

Punjab: 127-3 (17 overs)
Mumbai: 124-9

Glenn Maxwell joins his captain at the crease and last just two balls before becoming McClenaghan's 16th victim of the season, caught by Pollard at mid-on. 

However, new batsman Gurkeerat Singh seals it with a boundary off Southee. 

Punjab win by seven wickets, with three overs to spare. 
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23:09   IPL Updates! Vijay's fifty all but seals Mumbai's fate

Punjab: 117-2
Mumbai: 124-9

A single off McClenaghan helps Vijay complete his half century, his fourth for the season. 

However, like all matches, McClenaghan gets a wicket, making Saha (56) edge one onto his stumps. It is McClenaghan's 15th wicket of the season, and extends his lead in the race for the purple cap. 

Saha's 40-ball innings was inclusive of six boundaries and a six, and he helped his captain add 116 runs (off 88 balls) for the second wicket. Time for the second strategic timeout. 
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23:04   IPL Updates! Saha's fifty helps Punjab inch closer

Punjab: 110-1
Mumbai: 124-9

A single by Saha, off Harbhajan, helps Punjab reach the 50-run mark, in the ninth over. Another single by Vijay in the over helps raise the 50-run partnership for the second wicket.

At the halfway mark Punjab have reached 61 for one. 

Saha goes full throttle in Harbhajan's (4-0-29-0) final over, including a six over long-off and a boundary, as 14 runs come off the over. 

And Vijay cuts loose in Pandya's (4-0-32-0) last over, hitting the first ball for a six over midwicket, and the second for a boundary towards the same area. A couple by Saha helps Punjab get past the 100-run mark in that same over. 

A boundary off Bumrah helps Saha complete a well-deserved fifty, his second in this IPL. 
22:31   IPL Updates! Vijay, Saha combine well for Punjab

Punjab: 42-1
Mumbai: 124-9

Murali Vijay and Hashim Amla open the batting for Punjab and it will be Tim Southee first up for Mumbai. 

He strikes first ball, having Amla out leg before. Wriddhiman Saha is the new man in. 

Vijay eases the pressure with three boundaries off Mitch McClenaghan, two in succession in the bowler's second over. 

After six overs, Punjab reach 32 for one. Harbhajn Singh introduced in the seventh over. He gives away seven runs first up. 
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21:46   IPL Updates! Stoinis takes four, Punjab restrict Mumbai

Mumbai: 124-9

Stoinis ends with impressive figures (4-0-15-4). 

Harbhan Singh and Tim Southee are the two new batsmen. The latter skies a Mohit delivery straight to Gurkeerat at long-off. 

Mitch McClenghan replaces his compatriot. He starts off with a boundary off Mohit. However, he soon hits a Sandeep (4-0-11-2) delivery straight to Miller at long-off. 

Mohit (4-0-26-2) gives away only eight, including a six by Harbhajan over midwicket, in the final over as Punjab restrict Mumbai to 124 for nine. 
21:25   IPL Updates! Stoinis takes four as Punjab maintain control

Mumbai: 103-7

Jos Buttler replaces his captain at the crease. At the halfway mark Mumbahave reached 45 for three. 

Stoinis strikes twice, first having Rana (25) caught behind and then haveing Buttler (9) caught by Gurkeerat at long-off. 

Kieron Pollard joins Krual Pandya at the crease. He starts off with two sixes in Cariappa's (4-0-36-0) last over. 

Axar's (4-0-30-1) final over is also an expensive one, 17 coming off it with both the batsmen clearing the fence. 

A boundary in Stoinis' final over, the 17th of their innings, helps Mumbai get past the 100-run mark. 

However, Stonis gets his third wicket in the over, having Pandtya (19) caught by Axar in deep midwicket. In the next ball he he uproots Pollard's (27) stumps. 
20:43   IPL Updates! Bowlers put Punjab in command at Vizag

Mumbai: 36-3

Rana hits Mohit for a six over backward square leg as Mumbai mange only 21 for two in the powerplay. 

Marcus Stoinis replaces Sandeep (3-0-8-1) in the attack in the seventh over. He gives away five runs first up. 

It's a twin bowling change, with KC Cariappa replacing Mohit (2-0-9-1) in the eighth over. Rana hits a six over midwicket as eeight runs come of the first over. 

Axar gets past the defense of Rohit (15) in his second over. Mumbai reduced to 36 for three. 

Time for the first strategic timeout.
20:40   IPL Updates! Bowlers put Mumbai in command at Vizag

Mumbai: 36-3

Rana hits Mohit for a six over backward square leg as Mumbai mange only 21 for two in the powerplay. 

Marcus Stoinis replaces Sandeep (3-0-8-1) in the attack in the seventh over. He gives away five runs first up. 

It's a twin bowling change, with KC Cariappa replacing Mohit (2-0-9-1) in the eighth over. Rana hits a six over midwicket as eeight runs come of the first over. 

Axar gets past the defense of Rohit (15) in his second over. Mumbai reduced to 36 for three. 

Time for the first strategic timeout.
20:19   IPL Updates! Punjab make early inroads in Vizag

Mumbai: 12-2

Axar Patel in introduced as early as the fourth over, replacing Mohit (1-0-2-1). He gives away four runs first up.

Nitish Rana joins his captain with Mumbai in doldrums.
20:14   IPL Updates! Punjan make early inroads in Vizag

Mumbai: 8-2

Rohit Sharma and Unmukt Chand to open the batting for Mumbai, and it will be Sandeep Sharma first up fo Punjab. Rohit hits the first ball past fine leg for a boundary as five runs come off the over. 

Mohit Sharma to bowl the second over. He strikes with his final ball, having Unmukt (0), playing in his first match, caught by Gurkeerat Singh at mid-on. 

His replacement, Ambati Tayudu (0) lasts for three balls, before Sandeep gets past his defenses. 

Mumbai in trouble early on. 
19:32   IPL Updates! Mumbai win toss, to bat first against Punjab
Good evening and welcome to the coverage of the Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab in Vizag. 

The news is the home team has won the toss and opted to bat first.

"Looks a good track but we feel it will get slower and slower as the game progress," reasons captain Rohit Sharma. "In the few matches played here the batsmen were finding it difficult to play the ball later on," he adds.

Murali Vijay, his opposite number, concurs to the decision. 

"We would have batted first as well, as the wicket looks dry," he admits. 

Both the teams have made one change apiece. 

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