IPL 2024, PBKS vs MI Live Score: Mumbai win see-saw match by 9 runs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: “This was a close game. Much closer than what we thought it would go. Of course you want to make an impact when the ball does something. In this format the ball swings two overs. When I want to bowl more, I play Test cricket. That fulfills my desires. This format is a little difficult for bowlers, with time restrictions and impact player rules. Batting lineup becomes deeper and deeper. But that’s not in your control. I do relay the message to the bowlers whenever I can. But you also don’t want to deliver too many messages in the heat of the moment.”

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: “Very good game of cricket. Everyone’s nerve got tested. We did speak about before the game that the character will be checked in this game. Naturally you think you’re ahead in the game. But we knew IPL has a tendency to produce these games. Unbelievable – coming in and playing like that (Ashutosh’s knock). Almost every ball hitting the middle. Happy for him and chuffed for his future. We did speak in the timeout that it doesn’t matter how good we look. We’ll keep scrapping in this game. We were quite soft in certain overs. Nevertheless, a win is a win.”

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: “Another close one, I think this team likes a close one, but unfortunately another loss. Another incredible knock from the young guy (on Ashutosh), but another close loss. It’s very tough, you want to lose close games rather then getting absolutely thumped, but we’ve lost a lot of wickets at the start, the way the younger guys have taken the team so close is heartening (on Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma). They have incredible confidence, you see a guy like Ashutosh having the confidence to play the sweeps and the big hits against pacers, it’s so great to watch them in action. It’s disheartening to lose close games, but there are a lot of positives in this team. We still have the belief in us, we believe we can turn this around, the sun will come up tomorrow and we will hopefully get on a winning run.”

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Oh it all ends with a run out! Madhwal bowls the first ball wide, then a similar delivery to follow up and Rabad reaches out for it. The ball goes through point Nabi runs in and blasts in a flat throw to the wicketkeeper, Kishan whips off the bails and the umpire goes upstairs. The replays show that the batter was just short of the ground and the MI players run everywhere in celebration when that replay came on the big screen. A crazy game that finally swings decisively in MI’s favour. Punjab’s big name batters just cannot get a decent score on board while Shashank and Ashutosh continue to perform at a level well above the rest of their teammates.

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya gets rid of Harpreet Brar but then Rabada comes in and smashes the first ball he faces for a six! Then a single and then PBKS need 12 to win in the last over. They are down to their last wicket as well. Akash Madhwal to bowl the last over. A whole lot of conversations, MI are taking hours before bowling the first delivery. Rabada is on strike, Harshal Patel at the other end. 

PBKS vs MI: PBKS 181/9 in 19 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Just two runs in the 18th over from Coetzee, that may have swung this game back in MI’s favour now. Captain Pandya to bowl the penultimate over. MI are about 10 mins behind the over rate. There is more time wasted with the umpire asking how is it that Nehal Wadhera is on the field. Then Shreyas Gopal runs back in and Wadhera goes out. Finally we can have some cricket after all that. PBKS need 23 from 12.

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: PBKS 170/8 in 18 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Ashutosh holes out at at deep midwicket and Coetzee roars in delight. Coetzee bangs his first ball in short, Ashutosh pulls and it is straight into the hands of Nabi. Ashutosh walks off to a standing ovation, what an innings this was, what a talent he is. But have Mumbai struck the decisive blow now?

Ashutosh c Mohammad Nabi b Coetzee 61 (28)

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: PBKS 168/8 in 17.1 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Both Ashutosh and Harpreet keep their calm with Bumrah throwing everything he has got at them. He went for a short delivery when Brar might have been expecting a yorker last ball but the batter survives. PBKS need 25 to win off 18 balls. Coetzee to bowl the 18th.

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: PBKS 168/7 in 17 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Well Mumbai Indians can blame themselves for finding themselves in this situation. Some bizarre tactics that allowed Ashutosh to play his preferred leg-side shots in the 15th over, and now he is well and truly on his way. After hitting a six off the no ball, Ashutosh channels his inner AB de Villiers as he reverse-scoops the free-hit delivery over third man. Another wide from Madhwal and then a leg bue and then Harpreet smashes the last ball down the ground for yet another six. PBKS suddenly need just 28 to win from 24 balls. MI have committed hara kiri here and it is only Bumrah magic that can save them now. Sure enough, Bumrah to bowl out in the 17th over. 

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: PBKS 165/7 in 16 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: He gets there with a classy shot for a six down the ground and to make matters worse for Mumbai Indians, that delivery is also a no-ball. Madhwal bowling the 16th over, he has already bowled two wides and then Ashutosh smashes the fifth ball over long-off for a six. His fifty has come in 23 balls.

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: PBKS 151/7 in 15.4 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Well guess what, despite all those early wickets, Punjab Kings are still very much in this chase. They need 52 to win off the last five overs.

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Shepherd returns for the 14th, Ashutosh with a six off the first ball over deep square leg. Before that, Ashutosh with a truly sensational shot off the fifth ball of Bumrah’s over for a six. A total of eight runs in that 14th over, Ashutosh on 43 off 19, he has Harpreet Brar at the other end on one off four.

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: PBKS 128/7 in 14 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Bumrah brought on for the 13th over, he breaks the stand with his first ball. This man’s a genius. Slower delivery for the first ball, Shashank goes for a big shot and skies it. Tilak runs in from short midwicket and takes it right beside the batter. 

Shashank Singh c Tilak Varma b Bumrah 41 (25) 

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: PBKS 111/7 in 12.1 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Punjab’s Brothers of Destruction have done a good job so far. Romario Shepherd comes in for the 11th over, second ball is short and wide and Ashutosh sends it past backward point. Two off the next ball and then a dot after which Ashutosh whips the fifth ball over deep square leg for a six. Dot ball to end the over and Ashutosh is on 21 off eight, Shashank on 38 off 21.

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: PBKS 100/6 in 11 overs

Akash Madhwal bowling the 10th over, Shashank Singh smashes the first ball back at him and it ricochets off the bowler’s left thumb. Just a single and it will go down as a dropped catch but it was a difficult one to hold on to. Moreover, Madhwal has hurt his finger there and needs medical attention. Gets that stitched up and then bowls a full toss on middle and leg, Jitesh misses the flick, loses his shape and falls over. Umpire gives it out and Jitesh reviews. It is umpire’s call on stumps and so that is that for Jitesh.

Jitesh lbw b Madhwal 9 (9)

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: PBKS 77/6 in 9.2 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Shreyas Gopal returns for the ninth over, Jitesh gets off strike first ball and then Shashank smashes the second over downtown for a six. The next one is sent over wide long-on for another six. Three singles after that makes it 16 runs in that over. Shashank on 35 off 18, Jites on nine off eight. 

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: PBKS 76/5 in 9 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Pandya returns for the eighth over, three wides in it and Jitesh Sharma then hits the fifth ball over extra cover for a four. Pandya sucks some deep breaths after finishing that over on his haunches and then gingerly walks to his fielding position at midwicket. Not a good look for him and the Mumbai Indians and his chances of playing for India in the T20 World Cup. 

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: PBKS 60/5 in 8 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: A sharp catch by Shreyas Gopal off his own bowling and that is that for Harpreet Bhatia. 

Bhatia c & b Gopal 13 (15) 

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: PBKS 49/5 in 6.5 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya bowls the last over of the powerplay and what an over it has turned out to be. Shashank takes a single off the second ball and then four dot balls in a row.

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: PBKS 40/4 in 6 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: An over without a wicket at last for PBKS. Bumrah with a yorker on middle and leg, Harpreet brings his bat down in time and digs it out. He had flicked Bumrah fine second ball for a boundary. Harpreet Bhatia is on six off seven, Shashank Singh on six off four.

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: PBKS 28/4 in 4 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Oh it’s a procession. The Kings have lost four wickets inside the first three overs! A 150kph thunderbolt from Coetzee to start the third over, back of a length delivery that rushes Livingstone, ends up spooning it back to the bowler.

Livingstone c & b Coetzee 1 (2)

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: PBKS 14/4 in 2.1 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Umpire says that the last ball is wide down the leg side but Bumrah is convinced that Sam Curran got an edge on it. Pandya reviews and sure enough, there is a tremor on ultra edge as the ball passes bat. What a start for the Mumbai Indians. 

Curran c Ishan Kishan b Bumrah 6 (7) 

MI vs PBKS IPL Live Score: PBKS 14/3 in 2 overs

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Finally. Finally Mumbai Indians see the wisdom in giving Jasprit Bumrah the new ball and he does what he does best. A searing inswinging yorker for the fourth ball of the second over and Rilee Rossouw’s middle stump is clattered.

Rossouw b Bumrah 1 (3)

PBKS vs MI IPL Live Score: MI 13/2 in 1.4 overs

MI pacer Gerald Coetzee dismissed Prabhsimran for a duck in the 1st over. Akash Madhwal has replaced Suryakumar Yadav. Jasprit Bumrah to bowl the next one! PBKS 12-1 after 1 overs.

IPL 2024 PBKS vs MI Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: As many as three wickets in that final over. Harshal dismisses David with the second ball of the over and then gets Romario Shepherd fifth ball. Then a run out off the last ball and PBKS keep MI from crossing that 200-run mark.