WATCH: Scary moment as Kieron Pollard's momentum and football skills work against him while trying to save a four

Mumbai Indians beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in Super Over at Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. By virtue of this win, Mumbai became third team after defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals to qualify for playoffs. three-time winners are w in second position by registering eight wins in 13 games with 16 points. Before Mumbai consolidated ir playoff spot, re was a bizarre incident that happened on field. This was an incident that could have dealt a huge blow to MI in rest of season. player at receiving end was ne or than one of ir superstars Kieron Pollard. 

incident happened in fourth over of SRH's innings which was bowled by Jasprit Bumrah and Wriddhiman Saha was on strike. On fifth delivery, Bumrah bowled one outside off stump as Saha played a fierce pull shot. ball was timed well and looked like it would race away to boundary. However, it slowed down in middle as Kieron Pollard sprinted off to stop ball from reaching boundary. He tried to showcase his football skills by trying to drag ball. However, his attempt was unsuccessful as ball cleared boundary. Meanwhile, Pollard could t balance himself after getting inside boundary as he collided with advertising board, tumbled over it and had a fall. West Indian all-rounder sat down for a moment but he recovered soon and luckily he escaped with any major injury. His team-mate Hardik Pandya asked him wher he was alright while Jasprit Bumrah was staring at him in disbelief. South African wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock was also shell-shocked after witnessing what had just happened. 

READ: Mumbai Indians beat SRH in Super Over, enter playoffs

video of this incident was posted on Twitter. Watch it here.

Manish Pandey's brave kck of an unbeaten 47-ball 71 helped 'Orange Army' come close to MI's target of 162 as game ended in a tie. In Super Over, Jasprit Bumrah bowled an outstanding spell as Hyderabad could only man eight runs. Mumbai reached target without breaking any sweat as Hardik Pandya hit a six off very first delivery from Rashid Khan and hosts got to target in three deliveries.

Earlier Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma had won toss and elected to bat first. Opening batsman Quinton de Kock scored an unbeaten 58-ball 69 which helped MI get to 162/5 in ir 20 overs.

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