There’s no finish to Mumbai Indians’ IPL 2022 nightmare after essentially the most profitable franchise within the league’s historical past collapsed to its fifth straight defeat in a row. Facing Punjab Kings on the MCA Stadium in Pune, MI slipped from a robust place to end with 186/9 in chase of 199 as PBKS gained by 12 runs for his or her third victory of the season.
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MI captain Rohit Sharma (28) regarded in high quality contact as he struck three fours and two sixes to kickstart the chase however he did not convert the beginning turning into Kagiso Rabada’s first sufferer of the evening. Ishan Kishan (3) fell cheaply as MI misplaced each their openers inside 5 overs of the chase.
However, Dewald Brevis (49 off 25) and Tilak Verma (36 off 20) revived their chase with an excellent 84-run partnership for the third wicket. However, their departures in fast succession derailed the chase earlier than Suryakumar Yadav started discovering boundaries leaving PBKS camp apprehensive.
Surya would rating 43 earlier than Rabada eliminated him within the nineteenth over to take away a serious menace. PBKS captain Mayank Agarwal then made a courageous name to throw the ball to Odean Smith for the ultimate over of the chase understanding totally effectively how the medium pacer conceded two sixes off the final two deliveries in opposition to Rajasthan Royals in a heartbreaking defeat.
On Wednesday, he was defending 22 runs and he did that efficiently by permitting simply 9 runs aside from selecting three wickets in it as effectively. He completed with 4/30.
Earlier, Mayank and veteran Shikhar Dhawan struck their first half-centuries of the season as PBKS rode on a high quality begin from the openers to submit a difficult 198 for 5.
PBKS have deployed “assault is one of the best type of defence” philosophy during this edition of the league and there was no shift in policy as they added 97 in less than 10 overs to provide a perfect launchpad but Jasprit Bumrah’s (1/28 in 4 overs) brilliance kept the score below 200.
Bumrah’s toe-crusher which yorked the dangerous Liam Livingstone helped MI to keep things under check with 99 runs coming of the last 10 overs.
Agarwal, who wasn’t having a great run before this game, brought his customary square off the wicket shots on the off-side and straight lofts of spinners to score 52 off 32 balls.
Dhawan took his own time while playing the second fiddle but still kept up the tempo letting Agarwal go for the whole hog during their stand. But he did accelerate after that before getting out for 70 off 50 balls.
It was Mumbai’s domestic bowlers like Basil Thampi (2/47 in 4 overs) and Murugan Ashwin (1/34 in 4 overs), who aren’t measuring up match after match but skipper Rohit is helpless due the lack options.
Despite knowing Agarwal’s propensity to make room and smash through off-side, he was fed with length balls outside the off-stump by Thampi and Tymal Mills. When they bowled short, the pace was used to good effect.
In case of Ashwin, the PBKS skipper would come down the track to loft him straight but he did get his man when Agarwal went for one shot too many.
Dhawan went onto his 45th IPL half-ton but the shot that showed his authority was a disdainful slog sweep off a 137 click delivery from Thampi.
Thampi did got his revenge by getting Dhawan holed in the deep before rookie Jitesh Sharma (30 no off 15 balls) smashed 23 off Unadkat (1/44 in 4 overs) in the 18th over to get the momentum back which had slipped after a few dismissals.
With PTI Inputs
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