PBKS vs MI | Twitter in awe as Shreyas Iyer special sends Punjab to second final in IPL history

‌Mumbai Indians started their innings, after being put in, with a delay of two hours due to persistent rains at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. With the ball moving in seamer-friendly conditions, the openers started cautiously. However, Jonny Bairstow continued from where he left off in the last match hitting two sixes and three fours as MI powered to 65/1, despite losing Rohit Sharma, at the end of the powerplay. After he departed for a 24-ball 38, Tilak Varma (44) and Suryakumar Yadav dominated proceedings in the middle phase with a 72-run partnership in seven overs. Surya hit three sixes and four fours during his knock of 44 in 26 balls, going past the 25-run mark for the 16th consecutive time this season. But their departure in consecutive overs put MI on the backfoot with six overs left to play and the score reading 142. However, Naman Dhir’s entertaining cameo of 37 off 18 balls, which included seven fours, pushed MI to 203/6 with medium-pacer Azmatullah Omarzai picking up 2/43 for PBKS.

In reply, PBKS got off to a shaky start with in-form batter Prabhsimran Singh getting dismissed in the third over with the score reading just 13. But Josh Inglis set the tone for the chase plundering 20 runs, including two sixes and two fours, off Jasprit Bumrah’s first over as PBKS ended the powerplay at 64/2. After Inglis’s departure for a 21-ball 38, captain Shreyas Iyer and Nehal Wadhera continued the scoring momentum with a game-changing partnership of 84 off just 47 balls for the fourth wicket bringing the equation down to 48 off 26 balls. Shreyas finished the chase single-handedly as his unbeaten knock of 87 off 41 balls, which included eight monstrous sixes and five fours, saw Punjab progressing to their second-ever final of IPL with an over to spare.

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