Mumbai Indians Beat Punjab Kings by 9 Runs in a Thrilling Match

Mumbai Indians have defeated Punjab Kings by 9 runs in the 33rd match of IPL 2024. In the match played at Maharaja Yadvinder Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Mumbai Indians, batting first, scored 192 runs losing seven wickets in 20 overs. In response, despite Ashutosh Sharma’s stormy innings of 61 runs, Punjab Kings team could score only 183 runs after losing all the wickets in 19.1 overs. Ashutosh Sharma scored the highest 61 runs for Punjab. Gerald Koitze and Jasprit Bumrah took 3-3 wickets for Mumbai Indians.

Punjab Kings had a very bad start while chasing the target of 193 runs. The team had lost four wickets inside the powerplay itself. Captain Sam Curran came to open for 6, Prabhasimran returned to the pavilion without opening the account. Rilee Rousseau was out after scoring one run in three balls, Liam Livingstone was out after scoring one run. Bumrah and Coetzee gave initial shocks to Punjab. Harpreet Singh was out after scoring 13 runs and Jitesh was out after scoring 9 runs. After this there was a good partnership between Shashank and Ashutosh. Shashank was out after scoring 41 runs in 25 balls. Ashutosh played a explosive inning of 61 runs in 28 balls with the help of 7 sixes and two fours. Thanks to his innings, Punjab’s hopes of victory were raised but he returned to the pavilion in the 18th over. In the last two overs, Punjab needed 21 runs to win. 11 runs were scored in the 19th over but one wicket also fell. 12 runs were needed to win in the last over but Kagiso Rabada was run out on the very first ball. Rabada scored eight runs in three balls.

Earlier, Mumbai Indians, batting first, scored 192 runs after losing seven wickets in 20 overs, thanks to Suryakumar’s half-century innings. Mumbai Indians, who came to bat first, got their first blow in the third over. Ishan Kishan was out after scoring 8 runs in 8 balls. Former captain Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring 36 runs in 25 balls. Suryakumar Yadav was out after scoring 78 runs in 53 balls. Hardik scored 10 runs in 6 balls. Tim David returned unbeaten after scoring 14 runs and Tilak 34 runs. For Punjab, Harshal Patel took three wickets and Sam Curran took two wickets.