IPL 2020, Match 13: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab

Rohit Sharma's elegance mingled with the belligerence of his two six-hitting lieutenants as Mumbai Indians humbled Kings XI Punjab by 48 runs in an IPL match at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

Rohit laid the foundation with a 45-ball 70, lacing his innings with eight fours and three sixes. Then, the duo of Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya smashed fours and sixes at will, scoring 67 runs in 23 balls to lift MI to 191/4 from 83/3 in the 14th over. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

Chasing a stiff target of 192, Kings XI Punjab were stopped at 143 for eight, with Nicholas Pooran making 44 off 27 balls. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

Earlier, Pollard walked out unbeaten on a 20-ball 47, while Hardik remained not out on 30 off 11 balls, the two hitting six sixes and as many fours between them. MI got 25 runs in the final over with Pollard sending Krishnappa Gowtham's last three balls into the stands. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

A total of 104 runs came in the last 36 balls despite one excellent over in between by Mohammed Shami. MI were 87/3 at the end of the 14th over but upped the ante with Pollard and Rohit hitting a six each off leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi to collect 15 runs from the 15th over. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

Rohit scored 22 runs off the 16th over bowled by James Neesham and reached 5000 IPL runs with a glorious cover drive off his first ball of the innings, joining Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina in the club. Three balls later, Rohit punched one along the ground through the cover-point region for another boundary. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi was introduced into the attack in the fourth over and while Shami could not strike with the ball first up, the India pacer ran out Suryakumar Yadav with a direct hit from short fine leg to leave MI at 21/2 in the fourth over. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

In reply, KXIP lost wickets at regular intervals to lose their second match on the trot. They were never in the game after losing the wickets of the in-form opening duo of skipper KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal, even though Pooran played a few handsome shots. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

For Mumbai Indians, there were two wickets apiece for James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar and Jasprit Bumrah. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

The win took Mumbai Indians to the top of the standings with two wins from four matches, with Kings XI Punjab at the sixth spot. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)