Death overs specialist Arshdeep Singh broke the stumps in a tense final over of the final as Punjab Kings returned to winning ways with a 13-run win over Mumbai Indians in a high-scoring IPL thriller on Saturday. Punjab Kings posted a mammoth 214 for 8 after Sam Curran’s 29-ball 55, riding on a brilliant counter-attack from Cameron Green (67 off 43 balls) and Suryakumar Yadav (57 off 26 balls) Mumbai Indians took the game in the last over. , Both added 75 runs in 36 balls.
Arshdeep struck a decisive blow in the 18th over to dismiss Suryakumar on-song, Mumbai needed 33 off 15 balls, and returned with figures of Tilak Verma (3) and Nehal Wadhera (0) for an impressive final. Throw over. 4-0-29-4.
However, the hosts could only manage 201 for 6 as Arshdeep broke middle-stump in back-to-back deliveries to get NT Tilak Verma and Nehal Wadhera packing.
With a batting belt under his belt, Arshdeep has again shown why the Indian team relies on him to deliver well in the late stages of the game in T20 matches.
Mumbai Indians would agree that Jitesh Sharma’s 7-ball-25 towards the end made the difference, although 82 runs conceded by MI bowlers between overs 15-18 was another turning point.
Mumbai Indians did well after conceding 117 runs in the last seven overs but their effort with the bat was not enough to avoid a defeat that saw the side score over 400 runs at the Wankhede Stadium here.
For MI, the biggest advantage will be Suryakumar’s return to form.
In January this year, the flamboyant batsman scored his last score of 112 not out – 50 not out against Sri Lanka in Rajkot – and after a difficult period in which he was dismissed for three consecutive first-ball ducks, the right-handed The batsman enthralled a packed Wankhede Stadium crowd with a typical Suryakumar knock.
Mumbai were also rocked early on by Arshdeep, who had his Indian teammate Ishan Kishan (1) caught by Matthew Short for his 50th IPL wicket.
Rohit and Green fueled MI’s charge in the remainder of the powerplay, taking them to 54/1 after six overs and shared a 76-run second-wicket stand off 50 balls.
Rohit was looking in great form, but was dismissed for 44 in the 10th over by Liam Livingstone in 27 balls with the help of four fours and three sixes.
Earlier, Curran played a brilliant inning of 55 runs in 29 balls, by which Punjab Kings recovered themselves from a critical situation by scoring 214 runs for 8 wickets.
A 92-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Harpreet Bhatia (41 off 28 balls) changed the course of the game and 131 runs came in the back-10.
Arjun Tendulkar (1/48 in 3 overs), who had played some impressive games earlier, had a good initial spell but went for 31 in his third over as 69 runs were scored between overs 16-18. Joffra Archer and Cameron Green scored 13 and 25 runs in the 17th and 18th overs respectively.
But the undoubted heroes were Curran, who scored his first half-century of IPL this season, and Bhatia scored 41 off 28 balls (4x4s, 2x6s), while adding 92 off 50 balls for the fifth wicket to take the Punjab Kings to a challenging total. delivered. This was after a promising start by MI bowlers after strangling their middle-order.
Curran hit five fours and four sixes to help Punjab Kings make a strong comeback at the Wankhede Stadium here after they were lost in the middle overs, making a strong recovery.
Punjab Kings were 97/4 after 13 overs but thanks to brilliant efforts from Curran, Bhatia and Jitesh Sharma, they added 117 runs in the final seven overs, with 96 coming off the last 30 balls.
Punjab wicketkeeper-batsman Jitesh also produced fireworks, hitting four sixes in his seven-ball 25 before being clean bowled by Jason Behrendorff in the last over.
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