Punjab Kings received their third sport of the season in opposition to Mumbai Indians on the MCA Stadium in Pune on Wednesday. Mayank Agarwal was a contented captain after the win.
They defeated the five-time champions by 12 runs and handed them their fifth lack of the season.
Punjab Posted A Massive Complete On The Board
PBKS posted 198 after having to place bat first. Mayank Agarwal and Shikhar Dhawan gave them a strong basis with a gap stand of 97 runs in 9.3 overs.
Agarwal accomplished his first fifty of the season whereas Dhawan scored 70 runs. Late order hitting by Jitesh Sharma propelled Punjab to the par rating of 198.
Though Punjab did lose Liam Livingstone and Jonny Bairstow for low scores, they nonetheless managed to place a giant whole on the board.
“In the beginning of the match, we mentioned that’s the model of cricket we wish to play. We wish to play aggressive, exhausting cricket, and with that, we have to present good intent. I believe this time round we had been so much smarter with the bat as nicely.”
“So we confirmed nice intent however we had been so much smarter in order that we may hold wickets in hand and use the dying as nicely. I assumed within the final sport in opposition to Gujarat, we gave wickets to Rashid when it wasn’t required. However this time we had been much more conscious and cautious. We made positive to not give wickets to their principal bowlers and if it’s your day, you must take the group by means of,” Agarwal mentioned within the post-match presentation after the sport on his facet’s batting method.
Mumbai Indians after having misplaced two wickets had been going properly within the chase when Dewald Brewis and Tilak Varma had been batting collectively, however as soon as Brewis bought out, Varma and Kieron Pollard simply gifted their wickets away within the type of runouts.
“Clearly when Tilak and Brevis had been going the way in which they had been going, we needed to change our technique and get into the primary bowlers to attempt to get a wicket and by chance that occurred by means of a runout,” Agarwal mentioned concerning the partnership between the 2 younger batters.
Agarwal additionally praised his bowlers and mentioned that he was proud of three wins from 5 video games.
“We don’t depend on simply Rabada, sure he leads the assault for us however we’ve two different guys to return and do this, It’s good and really completely happy to have three wins. I believe we’re taking part in good cricket general and if we get 5-10% higher each sport, I believe we’ll go on to do particular issues.”
PBKS are actually third on the factors desk with 3 wins from 5 video games.
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