PBKS vs MI, IPL 2023 HIGHLIGHTS: Mumbai Beat Punjab In High-Scoring Contest
PBKS vs MI, LIVE: Mumbai's win has taken to 10 points from 9 matches in IPL 2023.
MI win! Tilak Varma and Tim David has made easy work of the rest of the chase. Varma finishes unbeaten on 26 off 10 while David scored 19 off 10 to make sure MI get the two points.
Massive moment in the game. Kishan is holed out in the deep. Arshdeep Singh takes his wicket. MI- 178/4 in 16.1 Overs.
Nathan Ellis gets rid of Suryakumar Yadav who is caught by Arshdeep Singh at short third after a bit of a fumble. MI- 170/3 in 15.1 Overs. Tim David joins Ishan Kishan.
5 overs to go and MI need 45 to win with 8 wickets in hand. Surely, MI's game to lose from here.
No total seems safe enough. 214/3 is what PBKS posted and yet SKY's and Kishan's quickfire centuries has kept MI in this chase. The chasing team is MI- 149/2 after 14 overs. They need 66 from 36 balls. Suryakumar (61* off 28), Ishan Kishan (59* off 35).
A wicket in the first over and the last over of the powerplay with Green departing for 23 off 18 in the last ball of the fielding restrictions, falling to Nathan Ellis. MI- 54/2 in 6 overs.
WICKET! Rohit Sharma Departs for a duck. He has hit that to the deep point fielder. MI- 0/1 in 0.3 overs. Rishi Dhawan gets the breakthrough.
END OF INNINGS! PBKS- 214/3. Akash Madhwal with a great final over in the context of the game with 9 runs from it. But Livingstone (82 off 42) and Jitesh Sharma (49 off 27) the real heroes for PBKS after MI had restricted PBKS to 95/3 in 11.2 overs.
27 runs off the 19th over from Archer. PBKS- 205/3 with 6 balls to go.
Three sixes in a row from Livingstone to start off the 19th over from Archer. PBKS certain of getting past 200 now.
Half-century for Livingstone. He has got there off 32 balls and is setting himself perfectly for the big finish here in Mohali.
Jitesh Sharma (39* off 20) and Livingstone (49* off 31) on the charge here. PBKS: 166/3 in 17 overs. Can MI keep them down to under 200?
Jitesh Sharma has joined Livingstone in the middle and PBKS are on the charge.
Chawla with another wicket as he dismisses Matthew Short for 27 off 26. PBKS- 95/3 in 11.2 overs.
Timely breakthrough for MI. Piyush Chawla gets rid of Shikhar Dhawan who was looking in good touch. The PBKS captain has to go back after scoring 30 off 20 balls. PBKS-62/2 in 7.2 Overs. Liam Livingstone joins Matthew Short in the middle.
Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan came out to open for PBKS but Arshad Khan has removed Prabhsimran in the second over itself after the first over from Cameron Green went for 9. PBKS- 13/1 in 1.3 overs.
Teams:
PBKS: Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Matthew Short, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
MI: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan
TOSS NEWS: MI has won the toss and opted to bowl first.
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Background
Punjab Kings are all set to lock horns with Mumbai Indians in match number 46 of IPL 2023 in the second game of the double header on Wednesday (May 3). In the reverese fixture between the two teams, it was Punjab who had emerged victorious. However, a lot seems to have transpired between the two games.
As of now, PBKS have 10 points from 9 matches while MI have 8 points have 8 matches. Both the teams are not too far from each other in the points table with the Shikhar Dhawan-led side sitting at the sixth place closely followed by Rohit Sharma & Co. who find themselves at the seventh place on the table.
In their most recent fixtures, both sides chased down totals in excess off 200 successfully to emerge as the winner. While Punjab did that against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), MI did so against Rajasthan Royals (RR). But that more or less sumps up how closely matches these two sides are. Both have a strong batting order with batters right until the bottom capable of changing the complexion of the game.
Meanwhile, both teams also have a similar vulnerability. Their bowling attack hasn't been as potent which essentially suggests that the team which bowls better at the Punjab Cricket Association, IS Bindra Stadium on Wendesday might just go on to decide the result of the match.
Hrithik Shokeen could be given a chance in MI's playing XI in this game as Punjab have a few left-handers which will be a favourable match up for him. On the other hand, PBKS have the luxury of going in with Harpreet Brar and Sikandar Raza especially with the Impact Player rule coming in.
Possible Starting XIs:
PBKS: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
MI: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Jofra Archer, Arjun Tendulkar, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Riley Meredith
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