In Pics: IPL 2019, Match 24, Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab

Suryakumar Yadav and Quinton de Kock batted steadily to add 28 runs for the second wicket before both batsmen fell in quick succession. Yadav holed out in the deep off Sam Curran while Ashwin had de Kock out caught at long-off. (BCCI Image)

After playing out the first four overs quietly, Chris Gayle took Jason Behrendorff to the cleaners, tonking him for 23 runs in the fifth over with three sixes and two boundaries. Gayle reached his fifty off 31 balls and hammered seven sixes and three fours to score 63 before Behrendorff got his man. (BCCI Image)

Siddhesh Lad, making his debut having had to wait for over three years, started off in fine fashion striking a six and a four off his first two deliveries. However, having scored 15 off 12, he walked across the stumps a little too much and was cleaned up by Mohammed Shami. (BCCI Image)

Once Gayle was dismissed in the 13th over, Mumbai tightened the screws by bowling a few tight overs. Hardik Pandya, who came in the firing line when Gayle was batting, returned with two wickets in two overs, getting David Miller and Karun Nair out. (BCCI Image)

Rahul was able to accelerate towards the end and he did that with an expensive penultimate over. 25 runs were scored in the over with the first four deliveries being – 6, 4, 6 and 6. In no time, Rahul raced to 92 off 59, getting KXIP closer to the 200-run mark. (BCCI Image)

KL Rahul was a mute spectator while Gayle was dishing out the big sixes. However, he played his part in his 116-run alliance with Gayle to keep Mumbai wicketless for almost 13 overs. (BCCI Image)

KXIP finished on 197 for 4. They missed out on 200 but Rahul didn’t miss his century. He scampered through for a double to bring up his maiden hundred in the IPL. That is, after he had begun the over with a six off Bumrah before the pacer came back with two dot balls. (BCCI Image)

With wickets falling, Kieron Pollard played a captain’s knock. He single-handedly took Mumbai to the doorsteps of victory hammering 83 off just 31 balls. The stand-in captain struck 10 sixes, three boundaries and plundered the penultimate over from Sam Curran for 17 runs, which brought the equation down to 4 off 5 balls. (BCCI Image)

To go with the wicket of Lad, Shami added further wickets of Hardik and Krunal Pandya in the same over to put Mumbai under the pump. He finished as the best bowler for Kings XI Punjab, head and toe above the rest, with figures of 3 for 21. (BCCI Image)

Ankit Rajpoot dismissed Pollard, after which the equation was brought down to 2 needed off the final delivery. Alzarri Joseph, who had shone with the ball in the previous game, got Mumbai over the line with the bat this time by scampering for a double and completing a last-ball thrilling win. (BCCI Image)