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In the 24th match of the Indian Premier League 2026, the Punjab Kings are facing the Mumbai Indians on Thursday.
Batting first at Wankhede Stadium, the Mumbai Indians scored 195 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Quinton de Kock played an innings and struck a brilliant century.
After losing the toss, the Mumbai Indians did not begin well while batting first. Ryan Rickelton fell for just 2 runs after being dismissed by Arshdeep Singh.
On the very next delivery, Arshdeep removed Suryakumar Yadav for a duck. De Kock and Naman Dhir, however, stabilised the innings and stitched together a 122-run partnership for the third wicket off 68 balls.
Naman scored 50 runs from 31 balls at a strike rate of 161. His innings, however, included three fours and three sixes.
De Kock, however, delivered an exceptional performance and registered his third IPL century. He remained unbeaten on 112 runs from 60 balls, scoring at a strike rate of 186 with eight fours and seven sixes.
Captain Hardik Pandya failed to make a major impact with the bat, scoring 14 runs from 12 balls. He was dismissed by Marco Jansen.
Sherfane Rutherford managed only one run. Tilak Varma, however, batting lower down the order, scored 8 runs off 3 balls before getting out.
For Punjab Kings, Arshdeep Singh impressed with the ball, taking three wickets for 22 runs in four overs. Shashank Singh and Marco Jansen claimed one wicket each.
Mumbai Indians are playing under the leadership of Hardik Pandya with Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Ryan Rickelton, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Sherfane Rutherford, Naman Dhir, Mayank Rawat, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, and Jasprit Bumrah in the side.
Punjab Kings, captained by Shreyas Iyer, are playing with Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, and Yuzvendra Chahal.
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