Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians, 33rd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Two crucial points for MI on the road to lift them up in the table. What a game though. Out of nowhere Ashutosh produced that blinder and almost pulled off a heist. It wasn't to be, and Punjab Kings remain stuck close to the bottom. That's all we have. It's a goodbye from Sagar Chawla on behalf of Siva, Akshay Maanay and Pradeep Krishnamurthy.

Bumrah, POTM: This was a close game. Much closer than what we thought it would go. Of course you want to make an impact when the ball does something. In this format the ball swings two overs. When I want to bowl more, I play Test cricket. That fulfills my desires. This format is a little difficult for bowlers, with time restrictions and impact player rules. Batting lineup becomes deeper and deeper. But that's not in your control. I do relay the message to the bowlers whenever I can. But you also don't want to deliver too many messages in the heat of the moment.

Hardik, MI captain: Very good game of cricket. Everyone's nerve got tested. We did speak about before the game that the character will be checked in this game. Naturally you think you're ahead in the game. But we knew IPL has a tendency to produce these games. Unbelievable - coming in and playing like that (Ashutosh's knock). Almost every ball hitting the middle. Happy for him and chuffed for his future. We did speak in the timeout that it doesn't matter how good we look. We'll keep scrapping in this game. We were quite soft in certain overs. Nevertheless, a win is a win.

Stats by Deepu Narayanan

Most runs after the fall of sixth wicket in IPL
115 SRH vs RR Jaipur 2013
106 PBKS vs MI Mullanpur 2024 *
105 SRH vs GT Ahmedabad 2023
104 DC vs MI Wankhede 2017

Most runs by #6 and below in an innings (IPL)
160 KKR vs CSK Wankhede 2021
141 PBKS v MI Mullanpur 2024 *
128 KKR v SRH Kolkata 2024
128 RCB v SRH Bengaluru 2024

PBKS last over defeats this season
4 wkts vs RCB Bengaluru (Runs required: 10)
2 runs vs SRH Mullanpur (Runs required: 29)
3 wkts vs RR Mullanpur (Runs required: 10)
9 runs vs MI Mullanpur (Runs required: 12)

Gerald Coetzee: What a game! We got a good total on the board, we started really well (with the ball), we thought we had it.. cricket is a funny game and they batted really well, it was like a seesaw and couldn't decide who would win the game. I saw the ball land and knew it would spin, so I got my body behind, I didn't care how I stopped it as long as I stopped it (16.3). It is incredible, it is completely different to whatever I have experienced and even the fan experience, just incredible.

Sam Curran | PBKS captain - Another close one, I think this team likes a close one, but unfortunately another loss. Another incredible knock from the young guy (on Ashutosh), but another close loss. It's very tough, you want to lose close games rather then getting absolutely thumped, but we've lost a lot of wickets at the start, the way the younger guys have taken the team so close is heartening (on Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma). They have incredible confidence, you see a guy like Ashutosh having the confidence to play the sweeps and the big hits against pacers, it's so great to watch them in action. It's disheartening to lose close games, but there are a lot of positives in this team. We still have the belief in us, we believe we can turn this around, the sun will come up tomorrow and we will hopefully get on a winning run.

23:40 Local Time, 18:10 GMT, 23:40 IST: Massive relief for MI who almost lost the plot in the face of a stunning late assault led by Ashutosh Sharma. At 77/6, having lost most of their batting, PBKS seemed dead and buried in the run-chase. But a sensational 28-ball 61 from Ashutosh brought them back out of nowhere. He played some helicopter pulls, swept Bumrah for a six, took Madhwal to the cleaners and left MI gasping for a while. But he holed out in the deep when the hosts were just 25 away from the target, and the lower-order couldn't get them over the line. Bumrah stood out again for MI, taking wickets with the new ball and then coming back to break a dangerous partnership by getting rid of Shashank Singh. He gave absolutely nothing away even when the rest were disappearing to all parts and put on a show again.

Akash Madhwal to Rabada, out Rabada Run Out!! 1 run completed. Rabada is in trouble. He is struggling on the second run, the throw comes in flat and Kishan breaks the stumps quickly. This is such an anticlimax. He's well short of his ground, and MI have prevented what would've been one of the great jailbreaks of the season. Wide yorker outside off, Rabada squeezes it to deep point, looks to come back for two but it's very tight and very risky. Nabi does well in the deep, and Kishan does the rest. Rabada run out (Mohammad Nabi/Ishan Kishan) 8(3) [6s-1]

Akash Madhwal to Rabada, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!

Rabada is in trouble. He is struggling on the second run, the throw comes in flat and Kishan breaks the stumps quickly. This is such an anticlimax. He's well short of his ground.

Akash Madhwal to Rabada, wide, goes for a wide yorker but fails to keep it inside the marker

Akash Madhwal [3.0-0-44-1] is back into the attack

MI having a conference in the middle with 5-6 players involved. Bumrah, Rohit, Hardik, the bowler Madhwal among others. Long discussions about the field, and what to do. Now Bumrah goes to Kishan, while another group of three MI players gathers somewhere else. Rabada is watching all this patiently as the fielders move across here and there. Mid-off and extra cover are in the circle. Madhwal to bowl from round the wicket

Hardik Pandya to Rabada, 1 run, slower ball floated up at the stumps, Rabada clears the front leg and drives to long-on

Fine leg and third are both in the ring

Hardik Pandya to Rabada, SIX, PBKS just refuse to lie down. Rabada walks out and nails his first ball for six. Short of length at the body, he swings hard and pulls it all the way over deep backward square

Kagiso Rabada, left handed bat, comes to the crease