PBKS vs MI IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians team has achieved its third success of IPL 2024 by performing brilliantly in Mullanpur. Chasing the target of 193 runs given by MI, the entire team of Punjab Kings collapsed for 183 runs in 19.1 overs. Thus, in this exciting match, the team of Mumbai Indians got a close win by 9 runs.Â
Suryakumar Yadav played an innings of 78 runs for Mumbai. He hit 7 fours and 3 sixes in 53 balls. Tilak Verma scored an unbeaten 34 runs. Rohit Sharma contributed 36 runs. During this, Harshal Patel took 3 wickets while bowling for Punjab. Sam Curran got 2 wickets.
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Ashutosh’s innings went in vain
Mumbai Indians defeated Punjab Kings by 9 runs in a thrilling match. Mumbai batted first and scored 192 runs. In response, Punjab’s team was all out after scoring 183 runs in 19.1 overs. Ashutosh Sharma played a brilliant innings for Punjab. However, this innings could not work. Ashutosh scored 61 runs in 28 balls. He hit 7 sixes and 2 fours. Shashank Singh scored 41 runs.
Surya’s strong half-century
After losing the toss, Mumbai Indians have scored 192 runs in the match against Punjab Kings. Shikhar Dhawan was not playing in this match due to injury, so Punjab was captained by Sam Curran. The start was not good for MI as Ishan Kishan returned to the pavilion after scoring just 8 runs.
After that, the 81-run partnership between Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav brought Mumbai on the front foot. Rohit scored 36 runs in 25 balls and his innings also included 2 sixes and 3 fours. Suryakumar scored the most runs for MI, whose bat yielded 78 runs in 53 balls. He hit 7 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. With this, now Punjab Kings will have to score 193 runs to win.
MI started gaining momentum after the 14th over
Mumbai Indians batsmen started gaining momentum especially after the 14th over. After 14 overs, the team’s score was 115 runs for 2 wickets. In the next 3 overs, Mumbai batsmen had scored 41 runs, due to which the team’s score reached 156 after the 17th over.
Although Suryakumar Yadav lost his wicket in the 17th over, Tim David’s storm was yet to come. From the other end, Tilak Verma had also adopted an aggressive approach. Tim David scored 14 runs in a 7-ball cameo innings, which included 1 six and 2 fours.
Tilak Verma played an unbeaten innings of 34 runs in 18 balls and made an important contribution in taking the team to a score of 192 runs. Mumbai scored 77 runs in the last 6 overs.
State of bowling of Punjab
Punjab bowled very tight in the middle overs. But in the powerplay and the last 5 overs, the bowlers of Punjab Kings conceded a lot of runs. Kagiso Rabada took 1 wicket, but also conceded 42 runs in 4 overs. Captain Sam Curran did take 2 wickets, but conceded 41 runs. Meanwhile, Harshal Patel took 3 wickets and his economy rate was also quite good. Harpreet Brar, like every time, used his spin magic, but could not send any batsman to the pavilion. On the other hand, Arshdeep Singh also proved to be quite expensive.
Mumbai Indians xi:
Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nabi, Romario Shepherd, Tim David, Shreyas Gopal, Jaspreet Bumrah, Akash Madhwal and Gerald Coetzee.
Punjab Kings xi:
Jonny Bairstow, Atharva Tiede, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran (captain), Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar and Kagiso Rabada.
