Arshdeep Singh Rattles Mumbai Indians As Punjab Kings Register 13 Runs Win At Wankhede

Arshdeep Singh is one of the best bowlers in the T20 cricket right now and he has proved in is IPL how much you weighs with bowl in hand. Defending 15 runs against the likes of Tilak Verma and team David at the Wankhede Stadium was never going to be easy but he is done it in a most serene and calm manner possible.

It is safe to say that his bowling effort was completely supported by how Punjab Kings batted in the first innings. They put up 214 runs on the board, on the back of some fired up innings from Sam Karan and Harpreet Singh Bhatia.

Captain Sam Curran the team from the front first scoring 55 of 29 balls, he got fair support from Harpreet Singh who scored 41 from 27 balls. But in the closing down over it was all about to Jitesh Sharma who hammered 4 mammoth sixes and score 25 in just 7 balls.

215 was never going to be and easy chase but at wankhede everything is possible because of how this ground behaves. Mumbai Indians didn’t have great start to the chase but Rohit Sharma and Cameron green kept the scoring rate up to 9 to 10 and kept Mumbai in the game.

After Rohit Sharma got out after scoring 44 in 27 balls, Suryakumar Yadav got busy in his business straight away, play some incredible orthodox shots and scored 57 and 26 balls. As Green tried to press up his innings, he lost wicket to Nathan Ellis at the score of 63.

It all came down to nervy last few overs, with Tim David and Tilak Varma on crease after Surya got out due to an spectacular catch by Atharva Taide at short mid wicket.

Mumbai Indians required 31 runs in last 2 overs, match was equally poised at that moment and apparently PBKS won the match because they absolutely held their nerves and they didn’t allowed Mumbai to score free runs.

What an incredible last over from Arshdeep Singh! Having clear plans and execution, he didn’t gave a single chance to big hitters to get under the ball and use power.

Actually, it must have cost a fortune to the IPL because he broke the middle stump on two successive deliveries. First he dismissed Tilak Varma with a dead accurate yorker then got better of Nehal Wadhera who made things difficult for himself and got out in same fashion.

The victory was much needed for Punjab Kings, a great job by the skipper who pressed right foot on all occasions, won key moments in the game and in a high scoring run chase Mumbai Indians fell short by 13 runs.