Punjab Kings (PBKS) all-rounder Liam Livingstone confirmed no mercy to England teammate and Mumbai Indians (MI) pacer Jofra Archer on Wednesday evening in Mohali. In an IPL 2023 match, Livingstone smashed Archer for a hattrick of sixes in his remaining over en path to scoring 82 not out off 42 balls with 4 sixes and seven fours.
Livingstone’s whirlwind knock together with Jitesh Sharma’s 49 off 27 balls powered the house facet to 214 for 3 whereas Archer ended up with dismal figures of 0/56 in 4 overs. Archer ended up conceding 27 runs in his remaining over, together with three successive sixes to start out the over and 5 wides to complete it.
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In the mid-innings break, Livingstone revealed that he had lunch with England teammate Archer earlier within the day and that the MI pacer had instructed him that he would come after him.
“It felt like a good pitch, playing spin was quite difficult. I tried to ensure that we did not lose wickets in clumps, it’s a good score. It’s a good pitch, so we will have to bowl well. It’s nice to get going. I had lunch with Archer today, and he said he was going to come after me. He (Archer) knows what I don’t like. Playing spin was a bit harder, but I picked up bowlers pretty well today,” Livingstone stated within the mid-innings break.
However, it was MI who had the final snigger within the contest. Ishan Kishan’s 75 off 41 balls and Suryakumar Yadav’s 66 off 31 balls helped Rohit Sharma’s facet full the best chase of IPL 2023 season. MI overhauled the goal with 7 balls to spare and exchange PBKS in sixth place on the Points Table.
Mumbai Indians have conceded 200 plus scores their final 4 video games and the inexperience of the tempo assault and rustiness of Jofra Archer is affecting them. “It is something that we need to look at, certain options we need to take in the middle of the overs, how to shut off overs,” Rohit stated on the post-match presentation. “It’s been three or four games where we have conceded 200, so we need to find those options in the middle.”
As it has been with Suryakumar Yadav, his 66 off 31 balls had some breathtaking pictures behind the sq. and his skipper wasn’t in any respect shocked. “Look, he has been doing that for the last couple of years. To play behind the wicket, that’s his strength and he utilised it really well. Surya and Kishan batted brilliantly and good finish by Tim and Tilak,” Rohit added.
