In the thirty first match of IPL 2023, the five-time champions Mumbai Indians clashed with Punjab Kings on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 22. In an exciting encounter that noticed a high-scoring battle, the guests managed to defeat Rohit Sharma’s crew by 13 runs to interrupt their shedding streak. During the nineteenth over of MI’s run chase, Tim David struck a mammoth 114-metre six off his Australian teammate Nathan Ellis, making it the second-biggest six of the season.
With 31 runs required off 12 balls, Ellis was handed the accountability of bowling the penultimate over. David smashed a double off the primary ball, and Ellis bowled a full toss on the second, which David capitalized on and hit the ball with full power. The ball kissed the center of his bat and soared to a distance of 114 metres, leaving MI proprietor Nita Ambani in awe. Nita was current on the Wankhede Stadium for the match, and her response to David’s six has gone viral on the web.
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Apart from Nita, the captains of each groups, Rohit and Sam Curran, have been additionally shocked by the utmost, and their reactions additionally made rounds on the web.
In the absence of standard skipper Shikhar Dhawan, PBKS batted first and posted an enormous complete of 214 runs for the lack of eight wickets, because of stand-in captain Sam Curran’s 29-ball 55 and Harpreet Singh Bhatia’s 41 from 28 balls. In response, MI might solely handle 201 runs for the lack of six wickets.
The hosts’ Cameron Green, who was signed for Rs 17.50 crore, top-scored by making 67 runs from 43 balls, whereas Suryakumar Yadav, the world’s No. 1 T20I batter, contributed 57 runs from 26 balls, and skipper Rohit hammered 44 runs from 27 deliveries. The trio’s efforts took MI nearer to the goal, however ultimately, they fell brief.
