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04/16 13:59 CDT De Kock century goes in vain as table-topper Punjab hands
Mumbai its fourth loss in IPL
De Kock century goes in vain as table-topper Punjab hands Mumbai its fourth
loss in IPL
MUMBAI, India (AP) --- Quinton de Kock's century went in vain as Punjab Kings
continued their unbeaten run by handing Mumbai Indians their fourth straight
loss in the Indian Premier League on Thursday.
De Kock, playing his first game of the season in place of injured Rohit Sharma,
anchored Mumbai to 195-6 with an unbeaten 112 off 60 balls while Naman Dhir
scored 50 off 31 deliveries.
But blistering half-centuries from wicketkeeper-batter Prabhsimran Singh (80
not out) and captain Shreyas Iyer (66) powered Punjab to 198-3 in 16.3 overs
for a seven-wicket win that lifted the team atop the table with nine points.
Afghanistan spinner Allah Ghazanfar (2-31), who came in as Mumbai's impact
substitute, got the wickets of Priyansh Arya (15) and Cooper Connolly (17)
inside the power play before Singh and Iyer featured in a rollicking stand of
139 runs in 11 overs.
Premium fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah also couldn't stem the flow of runs and
returned with expensive figures of 0-41 off his four overs as both Punjab
batters showed plenty of aggression against the four-man Mumbai pace attack.
Deepak Chahar went for 45 of his 2.3 overs, Shardul Thakur conceded 42 off his
three overs while captain Hardik Pandya (0-39) also conceded 13 an over in a
brutal Punjab run-chase.
Singh raised his second straight half-century off just 23 balls with eight
fours and a six while Iyer brought up his fifty of 31 balls and smacked Thakur
four two consecutive sixes before perishing when Dhir took a stunning catch at
deep mid-wicket.
Earlier, left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh (3-22) found early movement and
got the wickets of Ryan Rickelton and Suryakumar Yadav of successive deliveries
before de Kock and Dhir shared a 122-run stand.
De Kock smashed eight boundaries and seven sixes and Dhir complemented his
South African teammate by smacking three fours and three sixes in the century
partnership.
But Punjab came back strongly in the latter half of Mumbai's innings after Iyer
brought up a brilliant relay catch that broke de Kock-Dhir stand in the 14th
over.
Arshdeep got some reverse swing with the old ball and clean bowled Sherfane
Rutherford with a perfect yorker in the penultimate over and ensured Mumbai
couldn't breach the 200-run mark at its home ground.
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