After defeating the Royal Challengers Bangalore with the last ball, KXIP once again found themselves taking the race too deep against Mumbai, taking the game to two Super Overs on Sunday.
Chasing 11 runs in the second Super Over, the “Boss of the Universe” broke a six on the first ball before the first game. Mayank Agarwal broke four in a row to give KXIP its second win in a row.
“No, I wasn’t nervous. I was a little more angry and upset that we were put in this position. But it’s a cricket game and these things happen,” Gayle told Agarwal and Mohammad Shami during a post-match program. for IPLT20.com.
“Even when we were going out to bat (in the second Super Over) you asked me ‘who is going to face the first ball’? I was like ‘Mayank, did you really ask that question? It has to be the boss who faces the first ball. Gayle added.
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For Punjab, Shami threw a brilliant first Super Over, defending five runs, followed by Chris Jordan conceding 11 runs in the second.
“Shami is the man of the match for me. Defending six runs against Rohit (Sharma) and (Quinton) de Kock, it’s fantastic. It’s a great job.”
“I’ve faced you on the nets and I know you can catch those yorkers, and catch them well. Today he came, delivered it, and brought it home for us,” Gayle added.
Shami, who nailed her yorkers to the Super Over to allow MI to only match the KXIP score, said with so little margin of error that she only focused on what she knew she could do best.
“It was very difficult. When you have 15-17 runs to defend in the Super Over, it’s a completely different matter. In the back of your mind you think you can do it.
“But when the margin of error is so small, you focus on what you can do better. I believe in myself a lot. When I was coming back to the top of my mark on each ball, I would say to myself: ‘This last The ball was Great. The next ball will be great too. ‘I did it six times, “added Shami.
In their opening match of the tournament against Delhi Capitals, KXIP failed to score the required single run of the last three balls and the game headed for a Super Over which they lost. When batting in the second Super Over against MI, Agarwal said he came with the intention of breaking the limits.
“The game against Delhi Capitals came to mind. However, Gayle told me ‘Mayank, just look at the ball and the rest will be fine.’
“And that was all I had in mind: I have to look at the ball and hit it. I didn’t think about taking one and two. I was determined to hit a limit and luckily it happened,” Agarwal added.
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