'Action likely to taken' - Mumbai Police and Punjab Kings involve in funny banter over Twitter during their clash in IPL 2023

Punjab Kings defeated the five-time champions Mumbai Indians in a nail-biting fixture at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Kings also gained a benefit and moved to the fifth spot in the points table of the tournament. Apart from that, the visitors also engaged in funny banter with the Mumbai Police on the micro-blogging site Twitter following the match against the home team.

It all started after the young Punjab Kings pacer Arshdeep Singh went on to break the middle stump two times which further became the most discussed point of the match.

“Hey Mumbai Police, we'd like to report a crime,” read the tweet posted by Punjab Kings from their official Twitter handle.

Later on, Mumbai Police didn’t hold back and came up with an interesting and hilarious reply to Kings’ tweet.

“Action is most likely to be taken on breaking the law, not stumps!” wrote Mumbai Police from their official Twitter handle.

Here’s a look at the funny interaction in the tweets between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Police:

Hey @MumbaiPolice, we'd like to report a crime. 👀 pic.twitter.com/x9FVPbxHzy

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 22, 2023

Action is most likely to be taken on breaking the law, not stumps! https://t.co/bo8jgafACm

— मुंबई पोलीस - Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) April 22, 2023

Speaking of the entire action of the match, skipper Sam Curran smashed a swashbuckling half-century for Punjab Kings in the first innings; he scored 55 runs off just 29 balls with five boundaries and four sixes to his name. Other than Sam, the middle-order batter Harpreet Singh Bhatia also played a crucial knock of 41 runs off 28 balls with four boundaries and two sixes on his credit.

On the back of these knocks, Sam Curran’s men managed to put a score of 214 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the first 20 overs of the game. Piyush Chawla and Cameron Green scalped two wickets each alongside one wicket each by Arjun Tendulkar, Jason Behrendorff, and Jofra Archer.

While chasing the target, number three batter Cameron Green played a vital knock of 67 runs off 43 balls with six boundaries and three sixes with the wood followed by Suryakumar Yadav’s 57 runs off just 26 balls with seven boundaries and three sixes to his name. Other than these two, skipper Rohit Sharma also played a quick knock of 44 runs off just 27 balls with four boundaries and three sixes.

Although these knocks went in vain and Mumbai Indians couldn’t cross the finishing line in 20 overs and they scored runs for the loss of wickets and lost the match by runs.

Arshdeep Singh won the ‘Player of the Match award for his match-defining bowling heroics in favour of the Punjab Kings.