Mumbai Indians recorded an exhilarating 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 profitable methods at Mullanpur’s Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Worldwide Cricket Stadium.
Coming into this recreation after a heavy loss in opposition to Chennai Tremendous Kings, Hardik Pandy-led produced a powerful all-round efficiency. Suryakumar Yadav smashed 78 runs off 53 balls to assist Mumbai put up 192 whole whereas batting first and pacers Gerald Coetzee and Jasprit Bumrah took early wickets to stumble Punjab to 14 for 4.
However Punjab made a sensational comeback by means 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.
Punjab Kings Enjoying 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 Enjoying 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.
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