Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|27-05-2025
The PBKS batters Priyansh Arya and Josh Inglis’ knocks have pushed Punjab Kings’ march towards victory in the IPL 2025 game against Mumbai Indians on May 26 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.
Their fifties helped the side aiming for a quick finish in the 185-run chase on Monday’s clash. In the pursuit of chasing 185 runs, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh opened the attack while Trent Boult opened the bowling attack.
Bumrah broke the opening partnership, dismissing Prabhsimran Singh for 13 runs. With Priyansh Arya and Josh Inglis at the crease, PBKS went on to score 47 runs in the powerplay.
They continued to bat steadily and hit fifties each, forging a 100+ partnership in their run chase.
Earlier Mumbai posted 184 runs after a resilient knock from Suryakumar Yadav.
Ryan Rickelton and Rohit Sharma opened the innings while Arshdeep Singh opened the bowling attack. The Mumbai duo went on to play a decent knock of 45 for the first wicket as Rickelton lost his wicket to Marco Jansen for 27 runs.
With Suryakumar Yadav joining Rohit Sharma, they went on to score 52 runs in the powerplay.
After Tilak Varma lost his wicket for 1 run, Will Jacks lost his wicket to Vyshak Vijaykumar for 17 runs leaving Mumbai losing four wickets for 106 runs.
However Hardik Pandya and Naman Dhir went on to provide some contributions. With Hardik Pandya’s 26 and Naman Dhir’s 20 runs, Mumbai pushed their total to cross 150 runs.
Meanwhile Suryakumar Yadav went on to complete his 21st half century. After an onslaught in the penulitmate over, Arshdeep Singh pulled back very effectively, picking two wickets and conceding only three runs to restrict 200 run score.
Apart from Arshdeep Singh, Marco Jansen and Vijaykumar Vyshak also picked two wickets each while Harpreet Brar had one dismissal.
Punjab King Playing 11: Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis (W), Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh
Mumbai Indians Playing 11: Ryan Rickelton (w), Rohit Sharma, will jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boulet, Trent Boulet, JASPRT BUMRH