India, May 30 -- Prasidh Krishna endured a horror start in the IPL Eliminator match against Mumbai Indians on Friday, as his first over fetched 26 runs in the Powerplay against the explosive duo of Rohit Sharma and MI debutant Jonny Bairstow. The latter, who played his first match of the season after being brought in as a late replacement for Ryan Rickelton, showed no signs of nerve as he was on attack from the very first delivery. While he was dismissed just three runs shy of his half-century, he inflicted a serious damage on GT bowlers during the Powerplay, with Prasidh taking the most of the brunt.

It was the fourth over of the game as GT captain Shubman Gill threw the ball to his best strike bowler this season in the hope of turning ...