Punjab Kings and Mumbai Police engage in Twitter banter after their win over Mumbai Indians
Broken Stumps (Source – Twitter)
Punjab Kings got engaged in hilarious Twitter with the Mumbai Police after their victory over Mumbai Indians in match number 31 of IPL 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. It all happened after PBKS pacer Arshdeep Singh broke the stumps twice to get back-to-back wickets in the last over and take the game away from MI. The left-arm bowler gave only 2 runs in the last over when MI needed 16 runs to win.
After the match, PBKS posted a picture of the broken stumps on their social media and took a dig at Mumbai Police by tagging them and putting a caption, “Hey @MumbaiPolice, we’d like to report a crime.”
After that, Mumbai Police also came up with a hilarious reply by stating that action could be taken for breaking the law and not the stumps. Replying to PBKS’ Tweet, they wrote, “Action is most likely to be taken on breaking the law, not stumps!”
Action is most likely to be taken on breaking the law, not stumps! https://t.co/bo8jgafACm
— मुंबई पोलीस – Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) April 22, 2023
PBKS registered a convincing victory over MI
Notably, PBKS defeated MI by 13 runs in a high-scoring encounter to register their fourth victory of the season. With this win, PBKS also climbed to the fifth position in the points table. While MI suffered a loss after three consecutive victories. They are standing in the seventh position at the points table with three wins and three losses.
Batting first, PBKS posted a total of 214 runs for the loss of 8 wickets, powered by the half-century by the stand-in skipper Sam Curran who got out after smashing 55 off 29 balls. Apart from Curran Harpreet Singh Bhatia scored 41 off 28, while Jitesh Sharma played a fantastic cameo by smashing 25 off just 7 deliveries. Piyush Chawla and Cameron Green scalped 2-2 wickets for MI.
In reply, MI could only reach to 201 runs for the loss of 6 wickets, despite the half-centuries by Cameron Green (67 off 43), and Suryakumar Yadav (57 off 26). Arshdeep won the match for PBKS by taking 2 wickets in the last over. First, he sent Tilak Verma back to the pavilion, and in the very next ball, he dismissed Nehal Wadhera in the same manner. The 24-year-old scalped 4 wickets by conceding 29 runs in his four overs.
