Tuesday 26 April 2016

Mumbai Indians won over Punjab Kings XI by 25 runs

Mohali, April 26 : Mumbai Indians defeated Kings XI Punjab by twenty five runs to bag their third success within the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Punjab Cricket Association sports stadium here on weekday.


Mumbai Indians rode on robust batting performances by Parthiv Patel (81) and Ambati Rayudu (65) to post 189/6 in twenty overs. The pair increases 136 runs between them for the second wicket to get the inspiration for an enormous total.


Mumbai IndiansIn reply, Punjab were upraised by an 89-run third wicket stand between Shaun Marsh (48) and Glenn Maxwell (56). however at the top, the combined brilliance of Mumbai pace trio — Jasprit Bumrah (3/26), Mitchell McClanaghan (3/32) and Tim Southee (2/28) — ensured that Punjab let down by twenty five runs, marking 164/7.


It was Mumbai’s second win in last 5 matches that takes them to the fifth spot within the points table, whereas Punjab succumbed to their hat-trick of losses and remained at the lowest.


In a match between 2 troubled sides, Punjab captain David Miller won the toss and asked Mumbai to bat. Mumbai had a shaky begin as skipper Rohit Sharma lasted all of 2 balls before making border a Sandeep Sharma inswinger to the wicketkeeper.


That was the sole piece of celebration the Punjab players and their home crowd might take pleasure in for a substantial amount of your time as Patel and Rayudu proceeded to hit the bowlers to all or any components of the ground.


Opening the batting at the side of skipper Rohit, Parthiv batted nearly until the top of the innings. The discarded India wicketkeeper showcased some very good batting kind to plunder eighty one runs off simply fifty eight deliveries.


He smashed ten boundaries and some of sixes to notch up his highest ever IPL score before falling to a well directed chucker-out from veteran Australian fastest bowler Mitchell Johnson.



Mumbai Indians won over Punjab Kings XI by 25 runs

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