Pollard shines for Mumbai in IPL

Kieron Pollard played a key role with the bat as the Mumbai Indians beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday.

RCB who played without Chris Gayle, first posted 170-7 after being sent in. Travis Head top-scored with 37 against Tavis Bumrah 3-31 and Krunal Prandya 2-27.

Pollard then smashed an unbeaten 40 from 19 balls to steer Mumbai to 171-4 with 12 deliveries to spare.

Man of the Match Rohit Sharma laid the foundation with 62.