New Delhi. Mumbai Indians defeated Punjab Kings by 6 wickets in a very exciting match of IPL. On the basis of Tilak Verma’s stormy batting, Mumbai registered its fourth win in 12 matches, while with this defeat, the troubles of Punjab Kings have increased further, who have faced fifth consecutive defeat in the tournament. Tilak Verma was the hero of Mumbai’s victory, who played an unbeaten inning of 75 runs with the help of six fours and six sixes in 33 balls, while Will Jacques returned unbeaten after scoring 25 runs in 10 balls.
Ryan Rickleton gave a flying start to Mumbai Indians while chasing the target of 201 runs. Rickleton scored 48 runs in just 23 balls. After the dismissal of Rohit Sharma (25), Tilak Verma took the entire responsibility of the match on his shoulders. Tilak hit shots in every corner of the ground and played a match-winning inning of unbeaten 75 runs in just 33 balls. His innings included 6 fours and 6 skyscraper sixes.
Tilak Verma single-handedly led Mumbai to victory.
thrill of the last over
In the last over of the match, Mumbai needed 15 runs to win and the ball was in the hands of Xavier Bartlett.
19.1 Over: Will Jacques put pressure on Punjab by hitting a brilliant six on the very first ball.
19.2 overs: Jax took a single and gave strike to Tilak.
19.3 overs: Bartlett made a comeback and did not allow Tilak to score any runs. The equation was now 8 runs on 3 balls.
19.4 overs: Tilak Verma put the match in Mumbai’s bag by sending a slow short ball over cover for a six.
19.5 overs: On the next ball, Tilak hit another six over backward square leg and gave Mumbai victory with 1 ball remaining. For Punjab, Azmatullah Omarzai took 2 wickets, but their other bowlers failed to stop the storm of Tilak Verma. With this victory, Mumbai has indicated its return to the tournament.
Punjab Kings scored 200 runs for 8 wickets
Earlier, after Prabhsimran Singh’s half-century, despite the sharp bowling of Shardul Thakur, Punjab Kings scored 200 runs for 8 wickets. Apart from scoring a half-century, Prabhasimran (57 runs, 32 balls, six fours, four sixes), adding 50 runs for the first wicket with Priyansh Arya (22) and 57 runs for the second wicket with Cooper Connolly (21) provided a solid platform to Punjab, but Shardul (four wickets for 39 runs) gave Mumbai a strong comeback in the middle overs. Deepak Chahar also took two wickets for 36 runs. However, Azmatullah Umarzai finally took the team’s score to 200 runs by playing an inning of 38 runs in 17 balls with two fours and four sixes.
Punjab had scored 50 runs in 5.3 overs.
After losing the toss and opting to bat, Punjab Kings got an effective start by adding 50 runs in 5.3 overs for the first wicket. Priyansh opened the account with a four off Chahar while Prabhsimran hit two fours off Mumbai captain Jasprit Bumrah. However, Prabhasimran was also lucky in the meantime when Naman Dheer took an easy catch in the slips. Priyansh also hit two fours on Bumrah but was bowled by Chahar. Meanwhile, Prabhasimran welcomed Shardul with three fours. Prabhasimran got a second lease of life at the score of 28 runs when Corbin Bosch dropped his catch on his own ball. Cooper Connolly hit the first six of the innings on Raghu Sharma in the eighth over and then hit two fours on Will Jacques.
Prabhasimran completed half-century in 29 balls
Prabhasimran also hit two consecutive sixes on Raghu and then completed his half-century in 29 balls with sixes and one run on Bosch. Punjab’s century of runs was completed in the 11th over. Shardul then gave a double blow to Punjab by dismissing Prabhasimran and captain Shreyas Iyer (04) within three balls. After hitting a six on Shardul, Prabhasimran tried to repeat the shot on the next ball but was caught by Bosch at mid-wicket. Iyer opened his account with a four on Shardul but was bowled on the next ball.
Raj Bava sent pavilion to Connolly
Raj Bawa bowled Connolly (21) in the next over and Punjab’s score was 111 runs for four wickets. Suryansh Shedge was also caught by Bawa on the ball of Shardul after scoring eight runs. Azmatullah Umarzai hit a six on Bosch but this fast bowler made Shashank Singh (02) LBW. Punjab scored 135 runs for six wickets in 15 overs. After this, Shardul also gave out LBW to Marco Yansen (02). In the 18th over of the innings, Umarzai (38) hit fours and two sixes on consecutive balls of Chahar but was caught by Jacques on the next ball.
