Throwed 19 wides, Kieron Pollard had also made arrangements to defeat the team, played test match in T20

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|22-01-2025

Of course all's well that ends well. But, this does not mean that someone's big mistake should be ignored. Don't question anyone's slow game. We are talking about Kieron Pollard, who played a slow innings for Mumbai Indians Emirates in the match against Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in ILT20. Not only this, a flurry of wide balls were also seen in this match. A total of 19 wides were thrown. Now, if so many wides are bowled in a T20 match, then just imagine how far will the number of runs scored from extras reach? And, the same thing was seen. Many of the team's batsmen did not score as many runs as the bowlers scored in the match by throwing extras.

Pollard had made arrangements to defeat him!

In ILT20, the match between Mumbai Indians Emirates and Abu Dhabi Knight Riders was played on 21 January. In this match, Mumbai team, batting first, scored 186 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. However, the way Kieron Pollard batted in this, it is not easy to reach here. It must be good for Romario Shepherd and captain Nicholas Pooran who scored quick runs.

Test match innings played in T20

Now the question is what did Kieron Pollard do then? So that gentleman presented the example of a Test match in this T20 match. Pollard played more balls than the runs he did not score. He scored 5 runs in 10 balls at a strike rate of just 50. Meaning, he did not make any major contribution to the score board of Mumbai Indians Emirates.

MI Emirates registered its third win

However, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders got the target of 187 runs to win. But while chasing it, they could score only 158 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. In this way, Mumbai Indians Emirates defeated Abu Dhabi Knight Riders by 28 runs and registered their third win in the league after 5 matches played so far. After this performance he is at second place in the points table. Whereas Abu Dhabi Knight Riders had to face their third defeat in the league after 5 matches.

19 wides were thrown in the match

The performance of the bowlers of both the teams in the match was also noteworthy. Not because he did much good. But because he bowled wide balls. It seemed as if there was a separate competition among them for throwing wide. Where the bowlers of Abu Dhabi Knight Riders bowled a total of 9 wides. Whereas Mumbai Indians Emirates bowled one more wide than them i.e. a total of 10 wides. In this way, a total of 19 wide balls were seen in the match.

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