IPL 2024: Kieron Pollard encourages Maphaka after the loss against SRH

In the IPL 2024 after facing a loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad Mumbai Indians batting coach Keiron Pollard gave words of encouragement to the young South African sensational pacer Kwena Maphaka who had a horrific debut in the cashrich leagueIn the first innings of the IPL 2024 match against SRH Maphaka conceded 66 runs in four overs without securing a wicket This is the worst figure by a bowler on the leagues debut In 2018 Basil Thampi conceded 70 runs against RCBHaving beaten up by worldclass batsmen on the big stage Maphaka looked quite shattered in his body language sometimes Taking to Instagram the West Indies legendary allrounder Kieron Pollard cheered the young bowler with words of encouragementAlso Read IN PHOTOS IPL 2024 MI vs SRH A match full of recordsHead up young man greater things to achieve Im sure your family friends loved ones are very proud of you tough first day at the office but loved how you kept coming greaterthingsinstore future looks bright 17yearsyoung we believe in giving youngsters a platform mumbaiindians wrote PollardView this post on InstagramA post shared by Kieron Pollard kieronpollard55Maphaka is a replacement player for Sri Lankas Dilshan Madushanka The Lankan has been ruled out of the tournament due to an injuryHe shot into the limelight at the U19 World Cup earlier this year where he was awarded Player of the Tournament honour for picking 21 wickets The leftarmers 21 wickets are the most ever by a pace bowler in an edition of the U19 World CupHe spearheaded South Africas attack as they made the semifinals in home conditions The 17yearold has already represented South Africa A and South Africa Emerging teamsComing to the IPL 2024 match Sunrisers Hyderabad was put to bat first by Mumbai Indians MI got Mayank Agarwal 11 early But fiery knocks came from Travis Head 62 in 24 balls with nine fours and three sixes Abhishek Sharma 63 in 23 balls with three fours and seven sixes that powered SRH to 1482 in their 10 overs AbhishekHead put on a 68run partnership for the second wicketAlso Read IPL 2024 Opening day registers recordbreaking viewershipFollowing a brief 48run stand between Abhishek and Aiden Markram 42 in 28 balls with two fours and a six Heinrich Klaasen 80 in 34 balls with four boundaries and seven sixes formed a 116run stand in 54 balls to take SRH to 2773 in their 20 overs the highestever IPL totalGerald Coetzee 157 skipper Hardik Pandya 146 and Piyush Chawla 134 took wickets for MI South African U19 star Kwena Maphanka was hit for 66 runs on his debut IPL game in his four oversChasing 278 openers Rohit Sharma 26 in 12 balls with a four and three sixes and Ishan Kishan 34 in 13 balls with two fours and three sixes gave MI a fine start racing to 56 in 32 oversAfter both openers were dismissed Naman Dhir 30 in 14 balls with two fours and two sixes and Tilak Varma 64 in 34 balls with two fours and six sixes formed a 84run stand taking MI to 150 in 104 when Dhir was dismissed in an unbelievable counterattackTilak kept fighting for MI along with skipper Hardik Pandya 24 in 20 balls with a four and six taking MI to 1824 in 141 overs at the time of Tilaks dismissalIn the death overs Tim David 42 in 22 balls with two fours and three sixes battled it out for MI along with Pandya and Romario Shepherd 15 in six balls with two fours and a six But MI had been controlled well by SRH bowlers and restricted to a commendable 2465 in 20 overs losing by 31 runsSkipper Pat Cummins 235 and Jaydev Unadkat 247 were the top bowlers for SRH Shahbaz Ahmed also got a wicketAbhishek took home the Player of the Match award for his fiftyWith ANI Inputs