The Punjab Kings were unable to hold the Mumbai Indians to a 215-point target. With the help of Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav, MI was able to reach the enormous aim. Suryakumar Yadav struck 66 off 31 balls with eight fours and two sixes, while Kishan smashed 75 runs in 41 balls with seven fours and four sixes. For the third wicket, the two batted together and put up a 116-run partnership in just 55 balls.
A similar almost miraculous stand that PBKS benefited from earlier in their innings was eventually matched by this combination. Only 95/3 had been reached by PBKS when Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma combined in the 12th over. The wicketkeeper Jitesh was not out after scoring 49 off 27 while the English big batter finished with an undefeated 82 off 42 balls. For the fourth wicket, the duo scored 119 runs off 53 balls.
Virender Sehwag said
“I always tell kids, just see the ball and do whatever you think you can with it, hit it, leave it, or block it. Those are the simple basics of batting and that is what Jitesh Sharma was doing. He was looking at the ball and if it was hittable he was going for it or taking a single. In this format, you can’t leave a delivery. He was keeping it quite simple,” said Sehwag.
The wicket was great and the bowling wasn’t that great. But even then, you have to make those runs. Today if I go to play with under 13 kids, I may not make runs. I will have to work like them to make runs. That is what Jitesh Sharma has done here, even though the bowling was weak, he worked for those runs. Shot selection was great. I have said this earlier as well, Jitesh Sharma is a watch out player, maybe in the next one year we will get to see him playing for India,” he added.
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