New Delhi, After the explosive innings of Suryakumar Yadav and the killer bowling of Jasprit Bumrah and Gerald Coetzee, Mumbai Indians registered their third win in IPL 2024 by defeating Punjab Kings by 9 runs in the last over. While Surya made a splash in batting, in bowling, Bumrah shattered Punjab's morale by taking 2 wickets in a single over. Punjab team, which came to chase the target of 193 runs set by Mumbai, collapsed for 183 runs in 19.1 overs. For Mumbai, Jasprit Bumrah and Coetzee took three wickets each.

Punjab Kings, who came to chase the target of 193 runs set by Mumbai, had a very bad start. Punjab lost its top 4 wickets in the third over itself. Gerald Coetzee sent opener Prabhsimran Singh to the pavilion without opening the account, while Jasprit Bumrah gave the second blow to Punjab by bowling Riley Rosso. Rosso was out after scoring one run. Sam Curran was caught by Ishan Kishan on the personal score of 6 runs by Bumrah while Liam Livingstone was out after scoring one run. Shreyas Gopal sent Harpreet Bhatia to the pavilion on a personal score of 13 runs.

Akash Madhwal gave out LBW to Jitesh Sharma on the score of 9 runs. Bumrah completed his third victim by dismissing Shashank Singh. Shashank was caught by Tilak Verma on personal score of 41. Ashutosh Sharma was caught by Nabi on the personal score of 61 runs by Coetzee. Ashutosh Sharma made a partnership of 57 runs with Harpreet Brar.

Mumbai Indians scored 192 runs for 7 wickets
Earlier, on the basis of Suryakumar Yadav's aggressive innings of 78 runs in 53 balls, Mumbai Indians, batting first, scored 192 runs for 7 wickets. Suryakumar hit 7 fours and 3 sixes in his innings and made a partnership of 81 runs in 57 balls for the second wicket with Rohit Sharma, who was playing his 250th IPL match, and 49 runs in 28 balls with Tilak Verma. Rohit scored 36 runs in his 25-ball innings with two fours and three sixes, while Tilak hit two fours and the same number of sixes in his unbeaten 34-run innings in 18 balls.

Harshal Patel took 3 wickets
For Punjab Kings, Harshal Patel took 3 for 31 while Sam Curran, who was leading the team in the absence of regular captain Shikhar Dhawan, took two wickets for 41 runs. When invited to bat first, Rohit hit fours against Liam Livingstone and Arshdeep Singh but in the third over, Kagiso Rabada (42/1) dismissed Ishan Kishan. Suryakumar hit two consecutive fours in this over. Rohit hit sixes against Arshdeep and Curran due to which the team's score in the powerplay became 54 runs for one wicket.

Surya scored second half-century in IPL 2024
After hitting a brilliant six over long leg against Rabada, Suryakumar Yadav sent Livingstone's ball to the visitors in the 10th over. He completed his third consecutive half-century against this team in 34 balls by taking one run against Harshal in the next over. In the same over, Rohit got lucky on the slow ball and despite the ball not hitting the bat properly, he went for six runs. Captain Curran ended Rohit's innings by getting him caught by Brar in the 12th over. Due to which Mumbai lost its second wicket for 99 runs. After Rohit's dismissal, Punjab bowlers tightened their grip a bit but in the 15th over, Tilak Verma hit two consecutive fours while Suryakumar increased the run rate by hitting one four. Both of them continued this rhythm in the next over and scored 18 runs from the over by hitting a six each against Rabada.

Harshal Patel sent David and Shepherd to the pavilion in the last over.
Suryakumar's innings ended with an amazing catch by Prabhsimran Singh in the 17th over off the ball of Sam Curran. Harshal dismissed Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya (10) after hitting a six off Tilak. Tim David, who came to the crease, opened his hand against Curran by hitting two fours and a six on consecutive balls. Harshal also showed Romario Shepherd the way to the pavilion after ending David's innings of 14 runs in seven balls in the last over. Mohammad Nabi was run out on the last ball without opening the account.