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Mumbai Indians (MI) have registered a thrilling 9-run win over Punjab Kings (PBSK) in the Indian Premier League. With this victory, Mumbai team has reached 7th position in the points table of the current season, while Punjab has reached 9th position.
Jasprit Bumrah, who took three wickets in the match, has become the top wicket taker of the season. He has been handed the Purple Cap. Only Virat Kohli has the orange cap of the season. Today, in the 34th match of the season, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will face Lucknow Supergiants (LSG). By winning this, Chennai will make it to the top-2, while Lucknow will have a chance to be in the top-4.
Points Table: Mumbai gains 2 places, Punjab loses one place
Mumbai Indians have gained 2 places due to Thursday’s win, while Punjab has lost one place. Batting after losing the toss, Mumbai scored 192 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs in Mullanpur (Chandigarh). Answer: Punjab Kings were all out for 183 runs in 19.1 overs. See further the situation of both..
- Mumbai has now played 7 matches. Of these, the team has won 3 and suffered defeat in 4. The team is at 7th position in the points table with 6 points.
- Punjab has also played 7 matches, out of which the team has won 2 and lost 5. Kings have only 4 points in their account so far and the team is at 9th position in the table.
Possible equations of today’s match…
Chennai will enter top-2 with victory
By winning this match, Chennai team can come in the top-2 of the points table. CSK currently has 8 points in its account and the team is at third position. After the win, Chennai will have 10 points, but the team will be able to achieve only number-2 position with this number of points, because Rajasthan Royals is on top with 12 points. CSK is coming after winning its last two matches. In such a situation, the team will have a chance to score a hat-trick of wins.
Lucknow can come on top-4
By winning this match, Lucknow can join the top-4 of the points table. For this, the team will have to win by a big margin, so that the run rate of LSG can be more than Sunrisers Hyderabad, because Hyderabad is at number-4 with 8 points. Currently, Lucknow is at 5th position in the points table and the team has 6 points. In case of victory, LSG will have only 8 points.
Orange cap is with Virat only
The top run scorer of the 17th season is still RCB’s Virat Kohli. He has scored 361 runs in 7 matches. Former Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma has come at third position after scoring 36 runs. He has scored 297 runs in 7 matches. Today Shivam Dubey can join the top-5 by scoring 34 runs.
Bumrah becomes purple cap holder
Jasprit Bumrah has won the Purple Cap by taking 3 wickets against Punjab. Bumrah has taken 13 wickets in 7 matches. Whereas Gerald Kutly has come at third position with 12 wickets in 7 matches. Kagiso Rabada has also joined the top-5. Mustafizur Rahman can become the top wicket taker by taking 4 wickets.
Sixer King still Heinrich Klaasen
There was no change in the top-5 six hitters of the tournament after Thursday’s match. SRH’s Heinrich Klaasen is on top with 24 sixes. Today CSK’s Shivam Dubey can reach number one by hitting 10 sixes.
Kohli is the king of boundaries
Virat Kohli has still hit the maximum number of fours in the 17th season. He has 35 fours in his name in 7 matches. Rohit Sharma has come at second place with 30 fours. CSK’s Rituraj Gaikwad can come on top by hitting 10 fours.
