Suryakumar Yadav scored a valiant 78 as Mumbai Indians beat Punjab Kings by 9 runs at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh on Thursday.
After being asked to bat first, Ishan Kishan (8) departed cheaply, hitting at a short and a wide delivery from Kagiso Rabada to Harpreet Brar at deep third man.
The pair of Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar added 81 runs for the second wicket stand before the former fell to Sam Curran for 36. Yadav along with Tilak Varma put on 49 runs for the third wicket stand before the former fell to a magnificent catch by Prabhsimarn Singh at backward point for a 53 ball-78.
However cameos from Tim David (14) and Hardik Pandya (10) took Mumbai to 192/7 in their 20 overs. Chasing 193, Punjab Kings were rocked early as they lost first 4 wickets for 14.
Ashutosh Sharma (61) and Shashanak Singh (41) chipped in with valuable contributions, but wickets fell at regular intervals.
Harpreet Brar’s 20 ball-21 wasn’t enough as Punjab were bowled out for 183 in 19.1 overs, giving Mumbai a 9 run win.
Mumbai Indians 192 for 7 (Suryakumar 78, Harshal 3-31) beat Punjab Kings 183 all out (Ashutosh 61, Shashank 41, Bumrah 3-21) by nine runs