Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|17-04-2026
Punjab crushed Mumbai (Photo-PTI)
IPL 2026: The losing streak of Mumbai Indians is not showing any signs of stopping and it seems as if Punjab has become habituated to winning. In the 24th match of IPL 2026, Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians in a one-sided fashion by 7 wickets. Mumbai team lost the match despite making a big score of 195 runs. For Mumbai, wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock scored 112 runs in 60 balls but his century went in vain. Prabhsimran Singh led Punjab to victory with his bat and Arshdeep Singh with his ball.
Captain Shreyas Iyer also scored a brilliant half-century. Iyer played an inning of 66 runs in 35 balls.punjab number 1
With the resounding victory over Mumbai, Punjab team has reached the number 1 position. This team has won 4 out of 5 matches and one of their matches was canceled due to rain. After which Punjab has maximum 9 points. This team has not lost a single match till now. On the other hand, Mumbai had won its first match but now this team has lost its four consecutive matches.
Mumbai batting first
Shreyas Iyer won the toss and invited Mumbai to bat first.
The team had a bad start. Rickleton 2 and Suryakumar Yadav was out on a golden duck. Arshdeep Singh took both the wickets. However, after this Quinton de Kock and Naman Dheer gave a befitting reply to Punjab by making a century partnership. Naman Dheer scored 50 runs in 31 balls. Whereas Quinton de Kock scored a brilliant century. This player played an innings of 112 runs in 60 balls. But Mumbai's middle order failed completely. Captain Pandya was able to score 14 runs in 12 balls. Rutherford scored 1 run. Tilak Verma was out after scoring 8 runs. At one time it seemed that Mumbai team would score up to 215 runs but its score stopped at 195 runs only.Punjab's amazing answer
Punjab had a big target of 196 runs and openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhasimran gave the team a fast start. Although Priyansh Arya was out after scoring 15 runs in 9 balls, but after this Prabhasimran scored unbeaten 80 runs in 39 balls and eliminated Mumbai from the game. Along with him, captain Shreyas Iyer scored 66 runs in 35 balls. There was a century partnership between these two. Mumbai bowlers proved to be a complete failure. Deepak Chahar, Bumrah, Pandya did not even get wickets.
Ghazanfar took 2 wickets and Shardul took 1 wicket.
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