Punjab Kings are playing against Mumbai Indians in the 46th game of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League. The clash is currently taking place at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first. Shikhar Dhawan and Co scored runs at a rate of knots and mounted immense pressure on Mumbai Indians’ bowlers from the get-go.
Although Punjab Kings lost Prabhsimran Singh for 9 runs, Shikhar Dhawan and Matthew Short set up the foundation by ticking the flow of runs. The duo added 49 runs for the second wicket before Piyush Chawla got rid of the PBKS captain for 30 runs.
Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma stitch together a massive partnership
As the game progressed, the likes of Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma took the game away from Mumbai Indians. The duo stitched together a huge partnership of 119 off just 53 balls.
Mumbai Indians’ bowlers literally ran short of tricks and ideas to stop the duo. Livingstone and Jitesh ensured to take the scoreboard to 214 for the loss of three wickets in their quota of 20 overs.
Liam Livingstone was the pick of the batters for Punjab Kings. The right-handed batsman played a spectacular brand of cricket by chipping in with 82 off 42 balls where he hammered as many as 7 fours and 4 sixes to his name.
On the other side of the coin, Jitesh Sharma, the wicketkeeper-batsman for Punjab Kings who scored an unbeaten 49 off 27 balls including five fours and two sixes. Jofra Archer conceded 56 runs in his quota of four overs.
Punjab Kings’ playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Mumbai Indians’ playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan
Jofra Archer brutally beaten by Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma 😭😂😂 pic.twitter.com/OM5OGDN3s1
Advertisement— Sameer (@agonyofsameer) May 3, 2023
Liam Livingstone – 82*(42).
Jitesh Sharma – 49*(27).
Partnership – 119*(53).What a batting performance by Liam Livingstone & Jitesh Sharma. Punjab post 214/3 total. Incredible, Livingstone & Jitesh. pic.twitter.com/WYnqViwafF
Advertisement— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) May 3, 2023
Punjab Kings' scorecards:
First 10 overs – 78/2.
Last 10 overs – 136/1.AdvertisementCredit goes to Liam Livingstone & Jitesh Sharma's Incredible batting! pic.twitter.com/kg5piiVxSs
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) May 3, 2023
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Enjoyed the partnership of Livingstone & Jitesh.
AdvertisementThe Brute force of Livi and class of Jitesh. I am so happy for Jitesh, he deserves to be in Indian T20I team.
— Bhawana (@bhawnakohli5) May 3, 2023
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Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma, classical T20 batting. #MIvsPBKS #PBKSvsMI #CricketTwitter
Advertisement— Manoj Dimri (@manoj_dimri) May 3, 2023
❤️🏏 MASSIVE TARGET SET! Thanks to Livingstone's blistering 82 & Jitesh's handy 49, PBKS post a huge total of 214.
💙 Let's see how the Mumbai Indians approach this target!
Advertisement📷 BCCI • #PBKSvMI #IPL #IPL2023 #TATAIPL #BharatArmy pic.twitter.com/xZ2hkQaFXV
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) May 3, 2023
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#MIvsPBKS #MIvPBKS #PBKSvsMI
Livingstone and jitesh sharma totally bashed the MI bowling line up pic.twitter.com/j503NoHvfmAdvertisement— 마륵 타망 ⚡⚡ (@_Marktamang) May 3, 2023
Jitesh Sharma and Liam Livingstone on the crease and @iSunilTaneja in the commentary box is a deadly combination!
**grabs popcorn**#PBKSvMI #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/c8QdjShNjK
Advertisement— Kyakahein (@KehHiDeteHai) May 3, 2023
Livingstone and Jitesh have the 2nd and 3rd highest career strike rate (166 & 164) in IPL history (min 400 runs)
The chart is led by Andre Russell with over 2000 runs at SR of 175
Advertisement— Vishesh Monga (@infinitevishesh) May 3, 2023
Livingstone is back🥳
Jitesh consistency continues💥— 🌞 (@surajviratt) May 3, 2023
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