MI captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bat first. His decision was justified as the five-time champions were off to a solid start. They did face some hiccups early on as Rohit Sharma struggled with his rhythm and was also dropped twice but Jonny Bairstow looked in great touch from the start.
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Sai Kishore breaks the opening partnership
On the second ball of the 8th over, Bairstow decided to play a reverse sweep and made a fine connection as well. The ball was hit to the left of Sai Sudharsan who was standing at a backward point. Not only the ball was traveling at a good pace but was also above the GT star's head.
Watch the stunning effort from Sai Sudharsan and Gerald Coetzee:
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Bairstow departed after scoring 47 runs off 21 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. Talking about the game, MI were on 120/1 after 11 overs at the time of writing this report. Rohit was batting on 57 while Suryakumar Yadav was unbeaten on 13.
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