Taking Dhawan’s advice, Rohitsene thrashed Punjab in their own ground; The discussion during the toss broke out
Double header matches were played on Wednesday (May 3) despite not being a weekend day. However, the first match could not be completed due to rain interruption. Hence Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Kings teams were given 1 point each. Then the 46th match of IPL 2023 Punjab Kings Vs. Played for Mumbai Indians. In this match, Mumbai won the toss and decided to bat first. However, the reason behind this decision of skipper Rohit Sharma is currently the subject of discussion. Let’s find out what is…
This time Mumbai Indians made an important change in their team. Akash Madhwal was given a chance to replace Riley Meredith. Also, the Punjab Kings team made two changes. Atharva Taide and Kagiso Rabada were replaced by Matthew Short and Nathan Ellis respectively in the playing XI.
Rohit said the reason
When Rohit Sharma was asked the reason behind this after batting first after the toss, he explained. He said, “I asked Shikhar Dhawan what to do. He said, bowl first. So we bowled first. This is a good pitch. We have chased down the challenge well, so we have stuck to our strengths.”
Mumbai Indians have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Punjab Kings.
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“You always want to challenge yourself on a pitch like this,” he said. Striking a balance is very important. We have played a lot of IPL matches. Things can change quickly. You can see how tight the scoreboard is. It is important to focus on what we can do as a team. This match is about coming up fresh and trying to use your plans properly. There is a change in our team. Meredith is injured. He has been replaced by Akash Madhwal.”
After the toss, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan were seen having fun. Meanwhile, Rohit also performed Dhawan’s signature celebration. Meanwhile, the photo is also going viral.
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Match review
Batting first in this match, Punjab scored 214 runs for the loss of 3 wickets on the strength of Liam Livingstone (82 not out) and Jitesh Sharma (49 not out). This time, Piyush Chawla took 2 wickets and Arshad Khan took 1 wicket from Mumbai. Chasing this challenge, Mumbai scored 216 runs in 18.5 overs on the strength of Ishan Kishan (75), Suryakumar Yadav (66), Tilak Verma (26 not out) and Tim David (19 not out). Also won the match by 6 wickets. This time, Nathan Ellis took 2 wickets, while Rishi Dhawan and Arshdeep Singh took 1 wicket each for Punjab.
With this, Mumbai got their fifth win of the season. Mumbai has secured the sixth position in the points table with 10 points. (after winning the toss mi skipper rohit sharma asked shikhar dhawan what to do)
Important news-
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A new record for Punjab and Mumbai in Mohali, one team is happy and time to bow down to the other!
🏏 क्रिकेट विषयी माहिती साठी व मदती साठी जॉईन करा आमचे सोशल मीडिया व्हॉट्सॲप ग्रुप, टेलिग्राम ग्रुप, फेसबुक पेज ईथे क्लीक करा 💬
