IPL 2023: Mumbai Police takes a subtle dig at PBKS after Arshdeep shatters stumps twice

IPL 2023: Punjab Kings pulled off a thumping triumph over Mumbai Indians in match . 31 of Indian Premier League 2023 on Saturday at Wankhede Stadium. With MI needing 16 runs off final over to claim target of 215 runs set by PBKS, Arshdeep Singh provided a thrilling finish that saw him complete his four-wicket haul. At same time, he gave away only two runs in final over as visitors won match by 13 runs.

Alongside win, Punjab Kings also made headlines after match for ar interesting reason. franchise mentioned Mumbai Police in one of ir tweets. city police department was quick to respond and took a cheeky dig at Punjab Kings while responding to ir tweet. “Action is most likely to be taken on breaking law, t stumps,” wrote Mumbai Police.

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Interestingly, this was a reply to a previous tweet made by PBKS, where y mentioned Mumbai Police and reported a crime. In final over of match, Arshdeep shattered stumps of two Mumbai Indians batsmen on consecutive deliveries.  Sharing im of one of wickets, PBKS said, “Hey @MumbaiPolice, we'd like to report a crime”. Breaking two stumps, reportedly cost around 20-30 lakhs in total for organizers.

Sam Curran leads Punjab Kings to sensational win over MI: As it happened

PBKS climbed to fifth spot in IPL 2023 points table with ir 13 runs win over Mumbai Indians. This was ir fourth overall win of IPL 2023 season and ir second win in last five games. PBKS owed ir victory to a combined effort by team led by Sam Curran.

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stand-in captain led team from front with a dominating 55-run kck in 29 balls in first innings. Harpreet Singh Bhatia (41 off 28), Atharva Taide (29 off 17), Jitesh Sharma (25 off 7), and Prabhsimran Singh (26 off 17) were or top scorers for PBKS. In second innings, Arshdeep starred with four wickets, whereas, Nathan Ellis and Liam Livingstone took one wicket each.

Cameron Green top scored with 67 off 43 for MI, while Suryakumar Yadav scored 57 in 26. Captain Rohit Sharma and Tim David contributed with 44 off 27 and 25 off 13 respectively. Meanwhile, filling in captaincy shoes for Shikhar Dhawan, Sam Curran was awarded Player of Match award.