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Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings locked horns in the 31st match of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The hostsโ skipper Rohit Sharma won the flip of the coin and asked the Kings to bat first. Batting first, the latter scored a big total of 214 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Later on, Mumbai Indians failed to chase down the target and lost the match, and faced their third defeat in the six matches they played in the tournament so far.
Subsequently, the cricket fans were also amazed following the amazing win of Punjab Kings over Mumbai Indians at their home ground Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Fans took to Twitter to appreciate the performance of the Punjab Kings; they also reacted to the performance of Mumbai Indians in this match.
Here's how fans reacted:
Punjab ki kulhadi aaj Mumbai par pad gyi #MIvsPBKS
โ Rajasthan royals fan (@Tempest69_69) April 22, 2023
Mi walo ko unke ghar jaake Dhoya aaj ...๐ค๐ป๐โค๏ธ๐@PunjabKingsIPL @Shergill_16#MIvsPBKS
โ Tejaswi Team FC (@MyDearTejaswi) April 22, 2023
Hey @MumbaiPolice, we'd like to report a crime. ๐ pic.twitter.com/x9FVPbxHzy
โ Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 22, 2023
Middle stump to @arshdeepsinghh :#MIvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/cKDwHb6xst
โ Sumedha (@cricguppwsumms) April 22, 2023
#MIvsPBKS Mumbai lost but both teams played well
โ GAGANDEEP SINGH (@Gagande68789626) April 22, 2023
Well played boys ๐๐๐#MumbaiIndians #MIvsPBKS
โ เคตเฅเคญเคต โฃ๏ธ (@Vaibhav_9919_) April 22, 2023
๐คก๐๐๐๐#MIvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/YSXL9PA5aP
โ โบโ๐ ฮนโโฮตั๐ตโค๏ธ โฃโ๐ กฮฑฮนฮทฮฑโบ (@itzsuri333) April 22, 2023
MI And PBKS Fans While Watching Match .#MIvsPBKS #TATAIPL2023 pic.twitter.com/0WBaZMHO9E
โ ๐ฎ๐ณ ICTIAN ๐ (@ICTIAN_) April 22, 2023
Home ground lo 2nd Loss @mipaltan ๐คฃ๐๐๐ #MIvsPBKS
โ ๐รรลร๐ (@sudarshanred143) 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 Curranโs 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 Yadavโs 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.