Mumbai lost their fifth game of IPL 2022 to Punjab Kings despite coming up with new strategies at MCA Stadium in Pune. Punjab with the help of fifty-plus scores from their skipper Mayank Agarwal and Shikhar Dhawan helped them to get a very good while Jitesh Sharma’s quickfire 30 powered them to put a strong total of 198/5 on board. For MI other than Bumrah no one looked impressive with ball as all others conceded too many runs, thus going with concept of 5 bowlers (instead of 1 all-rounder) also didn’t help their cause.
Mumbai in the chase initially were struggling to match the required run-rate but 9th over from Rahul Chahar to Dewald Brevis totally changed the complexion of game as he ended up conceding 29 runs off an over. Dewald Brevis quick-fire 49 from 25 balls made the equation look so simple for Mumbai Indians but two needless run-outs off Tilak Varma and Kieron Pollard totally crushed the hopes of MI as they lacked number 7 batsman to score some runs in a high scoring chase. Odean Smith picked 4 wickets in the game including the important wicket of Dewald Brevis while Rabada also picked key wickets of Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav.
Numbers and stats from MI vs PBKS:
1 – Shikhar Dhawan has surpassed Suresh Raina to became the leading run-scorer against MI in IPL.
Most runs vs MI in IPL:
Shikhar Dhawan – 871
Suresh Raina – 824
AB de Villiers – 785
2 – MI became first team to lose first five matches of an IPL season two times.
Teams to lose first five matches of an IPL season:
Deccan Chargers in 2012
Delhi Capitals in 2013
Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2019
Mumbai Indians in 2014 & 2022
4 – Mayank Agarwal won MoM award for 4th time in IPL. Since 2018, Mayank Agarwal has smashed 10 fifty-plus score in IPL but this is only second instance of Mayank’s fifty ending on a winning cause.
7 – Rohit Sharma became 7th batsman to complete 10,000 runs in T20 cricket.
Most runs in T20 cricket:
Chris Gayle – 14562
Shoaib Malik – 11698
Kieron Pollard – 11484
Aaron Finch – 10499
Virat Kohli – 10379
David Warner – 10373
Rohit Sharma – 10003
Coincidentally, both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma reached the milestone of 10,000 runs in T20 cricket with a six.
28 – Dewald Brevis smashed 28 runs off an over bowled by Rahul Chahar.
Most runs by a MI batsman in an over in IPL:
Hardik Pandya – 28 vs Ashok Dinda, 2017
Dewald Brevis – 28 vs Rahul Chahar, 2022
Kieron Pollard – 27 vs Adam Zampa, 2020
Sanath Jayasuriya – 26 vs Chamara Kapugedera, 2008
Rohit Sharma – 26 vs David Hussey, 2013
Kieron Pollard – 26 vs Amit Mishra, 2014
Hardik Pandya – 26 vs Kartik Tyagi, 2020
47 – Shikhar Dhawan has smashed his 47th fifty-plus score and equaled Virat Kohli’s feat IPL.
Most fifty-plus score by an Indian player in IPL:
Shikhar Dhawan – 47
Virat Kohli – 47
Rohit Sharma – 41
Suresh Raina – 40
Gautam Gambhir – 36
