Mumbai Indians recorded a thrilling nine-run victory over Punjab Kings to register their solely third win of the IPL 2024 season on Thursday, April 18. Punjab Kings made a late comeback whereas chasing a 193-run goal however Mumbai prevented a late scare to return to the winning ways at Mullanpur’s Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium.
Coming into this recreation after a heavy loss in opposition to Chennai Super Kings, Hardik Pandy-led produced a powerful all-round efficiency. Suryakumar Yadav smashed 78 runs off 53 balls to assist Mumbai put up 192 complete whereas batting first and pacers Gerald Coetzee and Jasprit Bumrah took early wickets to stumble Punjab to 14 for 4.
But Punjab made a sensational comeback by way of Shashank Singh’s 41 off 25 balls and Ashutosh Sharma’s valiant 61 off simply 28 balls. Mumbai managed to keep away from a late scare by defending 12 runs within the final over and jumped to seventh place within the factors desk.
Meanwhile, Suryakumar’s second fifty of the season put Mumbai on observe for a giant complete however the likes of Hardik Pandya and Tim David failed to end. Tilak Varma smashed a vital 34* off 18 balls and Rohit contributed with 36 runs. Harshal Patel took three wickets for 31 and stand-in skipper Sam Curran bagged two for Punjab Kings.
Chasing a giant complete, Punjab suffered a disastrous begin to their innings with top-four batters returning to the pavilion inside 2.1 overs. Both Coetzee and Bumrah took two wickets every of their powerplay spells to put Mumbai in favourites place to file an enormous win.
But Ashutosh Sharma and Harpreet Brar pulled off 57 runs for the eighth wicket to take the sport to the wire. Ashutosh recorded his first fifty of the season by smashing 61 off 28 balls with the assistance of two fours and 7 sixes.
Punjab Kings Playing XI: Rilee Rossouw, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh (substituted by Harpreet Bhatia).
Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (substituted by Akash Madhwal), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah.
