By Admin 
Mumbai Indians (MI) won by 6 wickets against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in a thrilling Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Thursday.
Punjab Kings have faced their fifth consecutive defeat this season. This team is currently at fourth position in the points table with 13 points. At the same time, Mumbai Indians have registered their fourth win in 12 matches. This team is already out of the race for the playoffs.
Punjab Kings, who came to bat after losing the toss at HPCA Stadium, scored 200 runs losing 8 wickets. Priyansh Arya made a partnership of 50 runs in 33 balls for the first wicket with Prabhsimran Singh. Priyansh returned to the pavilion after scoring 22 runs in 17 balls, after which Prabhasimran along with Cooper Connolly added 57 runs in 35 balls for the second wicket, taking the team to the score of 107.
Prabhasimran played an innings of 57 runs in 32 balls with 4 sixes and 6 fours. After Prabhsimran’s dismissal, there was a fall of wickets. The situation was such that PBKS had lost 7 wickets till the score of 140.
From here Azmatullah Omarzai scored 38 runs in 17 balls, while Vishnu Vinod remained unbeaten on 15 runs and Xavier Bartlett remained unbeaten on 18 runs in 7 balls. From the opposition camp, Shardul Thakur took maximum 4 wickets, while Deepak Chahar took 2 wickets. Corbin Bosch and Raj Bawa achieved 1 success each.
In response, Mumbai Indians won the match in 19.5 overs. The opening pair of Ryan Rickelton and Rohit Sharma gave a great start to this team. Both the players made a partnership of 61 runs in 39 balls.
Rickelton was out after scoring 48 runs in 23 balls with 4 sixes and as many fours, after which the team also lost the wickets of Naman Dhir (9) and Rohit Sharma (25) in 9.3 overs of play.
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The team lost its third wicket at the score of 88, after which Tilak Verma took charge. Tilak made a partnership of 61 runs in 42 balls for the fourth wicket with Sherfane Rutherford. Rutherford returned to the pavilion after scoring 20 runs, after which Tilak made an unbroken partnership of 56 runs with Will Jacques in 20 balls, giving the team a thrilling victory.
Jacques remained unbeaten after scoring 25 runs in 10 balls. Tilak played an unbeaten inning of 75 runs in 33 balls with 6 sixes and as many fours. Azmatullah Omarzai took 2 wickets from the opposition camp. Marco Jansen and Yuzvendra Chahal took 1 wicket each.
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