Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 12 runs in IPL 2022. MI remains winless in its opening five matches, as Twitter has vented its frustration.
It is the same story for the record five-time former champion Mumbai Indians (MI) in the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL). On Wednesday, it suffered a 12-run defeat to Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Match 23 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. MI stays winless in its opening five matches, lurking at the rock bottom, while Twitter vented its frustration.
Not ’s day today. They’ll have to wait a bit longer. Well played phatte chak te 💥 What an amazing final over by Odean Smith🔥
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)Winning the toss, MI skipper Rohit Sharma invited PBKS to bat, as the latter was off to a fine start, with openers Mayank Agarwal (52) and Shikhar Dhawan (70) putting on a 97-run stand. As the former scored his 13th IPL half-century, he was the first wicket to fall in the tenth over to leg-spinner Murugan Ashwin. Dhawan added 30 more along with Jonny Bairstow (12) before the latter departed to pacer Jaydev Unadkat in the 15th, followed by the former at 151 to pacer Basil Thampi in the 17th.
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An appreciation tweet for Rahul Chahar who got hit for 29 runs in the first over, but then gave only 15 runs in next three overs. And he bowled most of them against the cricket giants like Pollard and Surya. 👏 pic.twitter.com/bCkmMy29SR
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit)A 40-run partnership for the fifth wicket ensued between Jitesh Sharma (30) and Shahrukh Khan (15) before the latter was dismissed by Thampi in the final over, as PBKS finished on a challenging total of 198/5. Thampi claimed a couple for MI, while pacer Jasprit Bumrah was the most economical. In reply, MI started on a sour note, losing openers Rohit (28) and Ishan Kishan (3) within the fifth over of the PP, at 32, while the skipper scored his 10,000th Twenty20 (T20) run.
Has to be said. Arshdeep Singh is among the top 3-4 death bowlers in the IPL.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)However, Dewald Brevis (49) and Tilak Varma (36) played some blistering shots thereon, contributing to an 84-run stand for the third wicket, keeping MI well within the chase. In the 11th, Brevis fell a run short of his maiden IPL 50 after being dismissed by pacer Odean Smith, while Varma followed back at 131 in the 13th off a run-out. Suryakumar Yadav (43) tried to provide some fightback with partnerships not coming in regularly.
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Mumbai Indians, the 5 time IPL champions, now 0 from 5 wins in this year's IPL and virtually out.
Sign of a very badly constructed squad that they have repeatedly not picked 4 overseas players in their XI
However, in the 19th, Rabada sent him packing at 177 to plunge MI's chase into grave uncertainty. In the subsequent nine runs, MI lost three more, as Rabada and Smith bowled a fine last two overs to help PBKS successfully defend the target and win it by 12 runs. For PBKS, Smith claimed four, while Rabada and pacer Arshdeep Singh were the most economical ones.
Brief scores: PBKS 198/5 (Mayank- 52, Dhawan- 70, Jitesh- 30*; Thampi- 2/47) beat MI 186/9 (Brevis- 49, Varma- 36, Suryakumar-43; Smith- 4/30) by 12 runs.
Mumbai indian fans seeing point table…🥺 pic.twitter.com/xFpfBjlFrq
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