‘WOWZA, some striking!’ – Netizens abuzz as Curran, Jitesh, Harpreet power PBKS to 214 against MI

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Courtesy of a scintillating efficiency by the decrease middle-order, Punjab Kings (PBKS) posted a humongous first innings whole of 214 runs towards Mumbai Indians (MI). The 2 sides squared off in Match 31 of the continued IPL 2023 on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday, April 22. Notably, MI skipper Rohit Sharma introduced one main change as speedster Jofra Archer made his means again into the XI.

Upon profitable the toss, Rohit put the visiting group to bat first. The five-time winners drew first blood as opener Matthew Quick was despatched packing by star all-rounder Cameron Inexperienced for 11 off 10 balls. A couple of overs later, Prabhsimran Singh headed again to the pavilion as Arjun Tendulkar trapped the previous for an LBW.

Liam Livingstone and Atharva Taide received a number of boundaries to assist PBKS revive their innings. Nevertheless, it was veteran leggie Piyush Chawla who struck twice in the identical over to dent the sport for the guests. 

The visiting group pinned their hopes on stand-in skipper Sam Curran to come back all weapons blazing and ship the products. Curran lived as much as his huge price ticket as he hammered 5 maximums and 4 boundaries to notch up a quick-fire 29-ball 55.

He was aided by Harpreet Bhatia, who performed a blazing cameo of 41 off 28 balls. The pair of Curran and Harpreet mixed to attain 92 runs off 50 balls to get the derailed facet again on monitor. Jitesh Sharma, too, joined the occasion as he clobbered 4 sixes in his smashing cameo of 25 runs off seven balls.  

Jitesh first focused Cameron Inexperienced within the closing two balls of the 18th over, hammering one over long-off for a 74-metre six and adopted it with a second one over the identical spot to get two sixes on the trot. He then took Behrendorff to the cleaners as he clobbered a full toss simply outdoors off to get it over mid-off for a mammoth 104-metre six within the closing over. Likewise, within the third ball of the identical over, Jitesh pulled an enormous one over backward sq. to get his fourth six in his spectacular cameo.

In the meantime, Cameron Inexperienced and Piyush Chawla received two wickets every whereas Jason Behrendorff, Jofra Archer and Arjun Tendulkar received one wicket apiece. Kings posted a humongous first-innings rating of 214 runs of their stipulated 20 overs of the competition.

Right here is how Twitter buzzed throughout the first innings of MI vs PBKS-

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