Arshdeep Singh broke Nehal Wadhera’s middle stump during the match between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings (Sportspix)
Arshdeep Singh broke the middle stump in back-to-back deliveries to pack Tilak Verma and Nehal Wadhera.
Punjab Kings’ death overs specialist Arshdeep Singh lived up to the expectations of his skipper Sam Curran and defended 16 runs in the final over against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday night. In a high-scoring thriller, Arshdeep got the toughest job and brought his A-game to the table to take down Mumbai Indians.
Tim David took a single off the first ball of his over which put Tilak Verma under pressure to hit a boundary on the second ball but was caught short. Arshdeep bowled a yorker at third to break Tilak’s middle stump and that dashed Mumbai Indians’ hopes. The left-arm seamer repeated the same in the next ball against Nehal Wadhera as the middle stump was broken once again as MI were down and out. Jofra Archer managed to survive the hat-trick delivery while only one run came off the final ball as Punjab Kings won the match by 13 runs.
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Arshdeep returned with figures of 4-0-29-4 as he picked up the crucial wickets of Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan to put Mumbai through. He dismissed Ishaan with the first legal ball as the southpaw went for a big shot over point but was caught by Matthew Short near the boundary ropes.
While Surya’s wicket came at a crucial juncture of the game where the flamboyant batsman looked to play it over mid-wicket, Sam Curran took a brilliant catch to shift the momentum in Punjab Kings’ favour. Meanwhile, Suryakumar returned to form with a knock of 57, which augurs well for Mumbai Indians this season.
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Earlier, Punjab Kings were looking in trouble at 83/4 in 10 overs after Sam Curran (55 off 29 balls) and Harpreet Singh (41 off 28 balls) put on 92 for the fifth wicket in a short span of time. Add runs.
After this, Jitesh Sharma scored 25 runs in just seven balls and Punjab Kings made a strong comeback by scoring 109 runs in the last six overs to take their team to 214/8 in 20 overs.
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