Arshdeep’s tight, pin-point yorkers broke the middle stump in two pieces not once, but twice during his two wickets. In the process, the match-winning over turned out to be the most expensive, breaking a piece of cricketing equipment in half twice.
In their 20 overs, PBKS reached 214/8. Punjab’s top batters included Sam Curran (55 in 29 balls with five fours and four sixes), Harpreet Singh (41 in 28 balls with four boundaries and two sixes), and Atharva Taide (29 off 17 balls with three fours and a six).
MI’s bowler of choice was Piyush Chawla (2/15 in three overs). Cameron Green took 2/41 in his four overs as well. Arjun Tendulkar, Jofra Archer, and Jason Behrendorff each took one scalp.
MI lost Ishan Kishan early in their chase of 215, but a 76-run second-wicket stand between skipper Rohit Sharma (44 off 27 balls with four boundaries and three sixes) and Green got them back into the game.
Green, who hit 67 off 43 balls with six fours and three sixes, also shared a 75-run third-wicket stand with Suryakumar Yadav (57 off 26 balls, seven fours and three sixes).
However, PBKS and Arshdeep (4/29) in particular delivered excellently in the death overs to help his franchise win by 13 runs.
