PBKS vs MI: Suryakumar Yadav and Ishaan Kishan gave Mumbai their fifth win, Punjab bowlers bowled

Posted on 4th May 2023 by rohit kumar

Mumbai Indians registered their fifth win in the ongoing IPL season with a six-wicket win against Punjab Kings on Wednesday (May 3). After this victory, Rohit Sharma's team reached the sixth position in the points table. He has 10 points after five wins and five losses in 10 matches. On the other hand, this is Punjab's fifth defeat in 10 matches. He has 10 points and is in the seventh position.

 

Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. Punjab scored 214 runs for three wickets in 20 overs. Mumbai won the match by scoring 216 runs for four wickets in 18.5 overs. Tilak Verma and Tim David finished off the match in style after Ishaan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav blasted innings at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali.

 

Ishaan and Suryakumar made a century partnership

Ishaan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav shared a 116-run partnership for the third wicket. Ishaan scored 75 off 41 balls. He hit seven fours and four sixes. At the same time, Suryakumar Yadav played an inning of 66 runs off 31 balls. He hit eight fours and two sixes.

 

Tilak Verma finished the match with a six

Tilak Verma scored a quick run at the end and ended the match. Tilak scored an unbeaten 26 off 10 balls. He hit one four and three sixes. Tim David scored 19 runs off 10 balls with the help of three fours. Tilak ended the match by hitting the fifth ball of the 19th over for a six.

 

Rohit's bat did not work in the 200th match

This match was special for Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma. It was Rohit's 200th match for Mumbai, but he could not make it special with the bat. Rohit became the victim of Rishi Dhawan after facing three balls. However, the team won the match and gave a wonderful gift to Rohit on this special occasion.

 

Punjab bowlers proved to be expensive

When the Punjab batsmen scored 214 runs on the scoreboard, it seemed that the team would win the match, but the bowlers ruined their hard work. Barring Nathan Ellis and Rishi Dhawan, four other bowlers scored runs at an economy rate of more than 10. Arshdeep Singh gave 66 runs taking one wicket in 3.5 overs. This is his worst bowling in IPL. Sam Karan gave 41 runs in three overs, Harpreet Brar gave 21 runs in two overs and Rahul Chahar gave 30 runs in three overs. Arshdeep and Rishi got one success each. Nathan Ellis took two wickets for 34 runs in four overs. Rishi Dhawan gave 20 runs in three overs.

 

Explosive innings of Livingstone and Jitesh

 

Talking about Punjab Kings, explosive batsman Liam Livingstone and wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma played stormy innings. Livingstone scored 82 not out off 42 balls and Jitesh scored 49 not out off 27 balls. Livingstone hit seven fours and four sixes in his innings. At the same time, Jitesh hit five fours and two sixes. Both shared a 119-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Captain Shikhar Dhawan scored 30 off 20 balls and Matthew Short scored 27 off 26 balls. Prabhsimran Singh could score only nine runs. Piyush Chawla took two wickets for Mumbai. Arshad Khan got a breakthrough.

 

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