मुंबई vs पंजाब, मैच 24, वानखेड़े स्टेडियम, मुम्बई, 16 April 2026 - कमेंट्री

WIDE! Length ball, wide outside off, nips away a bit and skids through. Stoinis reaches out to cut but pulls out of the shot.

Nicely bowled. Slower one into the pitch, and outside off. Stoinis hops up to cut but is undone by the lack of pace.

FOUR! Oh, a bit unlucky for the bowler. Another slower one, full and outside off. This one dips on the batter. Stoinis throws his bat at it but is a bit undone and gets an inside edge past the keeper and the ball rolls away into the fine leg fence.

WIDE! Too full and too wide outside the line of off stump, left alone by Stoinis.

FOUR! That's it, Punjab Kings have cantered to a win, and they win the match by 7 wickets, with 21 balls to spare as well. Another fuller delivery outside off, Marcus Stoinis goes to fetch and drag the ball across the line but gets it off the inner half of the blade. There's plenty of power still on the ball and it splits the long on and deep mid-wicket fielders to run away into the fence.

 DROPPED AND SIX! Straight through the hands. Shortish delivery over middle, Iyer swings the pull away flat towards deep mid-wicket where Naman Dhir gets both hands over his head and just lets it slip through. The ball ends over the ropes and that's just adding insult to injury.

SIX! Only someone in the crowd is dropping that one. Full on middle and leg, right in the slot, whipped away high and handsomely over wide long on for a 99-meter biggie. That went into the second tier.

OUT! CAUGHT! Naman Dhir doesn't seem interested in taking regular catches, but he does take a blinder here. Shardul Thakur comes round the wicket and bowls another full ball, on middle and leg. This time, Shreyas Iyer walks inside the line and whips it squarer on the leg side. He hits it flat over mid-wicket and Dhir comes charging in from the deep before diving forward at full-stretch and pouching it brilliantly with both hands. End of a stellar knock from the Punjab skipper.

WIDE! Oh, fair to say, the batter's not reaching that one. Banged in halfway down the pitch, over middle, the ball bounces like a tennis ball and sails well over Stoinis' head. 

Full and straight, ends up being a low full toss, Stoinis punches it with a straight bat down to long on for a single.

Another low full toss, outside off, Singh hangs back and goes after it. It is a tired-looking shot, towards deep extra cover for a single.

Full and straight again, this time, Shardul gets it almost in the blockhole. Stoinis keeps the front leg out of the way and hits it hard to long on for one more. Just 8 needed from 24 balls now.

FOUR! Picks the gap beautifully! Short of a length and around middle, gives no pace. Shreyas Iyer is a bit early into his pull shot, but controls it well in the end. He rolls his wrists and finds the gap in front of square on the leg side for a boundary.

Fuller and on leg, Shreyas Iyer clips it to deep fine for a single.

Just short! Slower bumper and on middle, Prabhsimran Singh backs away to play the upper cut but gets no power on the shot, which saves him here. It flies towards third man, where Deepak Chahar runs forward but the ball drops well in front of him. They cross.

FOUR! FIFTY FOR IYER! Another chase, another fantastic half-century and he is leading from the front here. A full toss, on middle, Shreyas Iyer, using his wrists, flicks it away through mid-wicket for a boundary. Just a raise of the bat as he wants to stay till the end and finish the job.

Back of a length and on middle, jags back in sharply. Shreyas Iyer stays back to tuck it away but plays it onto his body. The ball drops to the leg side and the batters get one.

Jasprit Bumrah still remains wicketless this season! Hard length and just outside off, slower again, Prabhsimran Singh slashes and misses.

FOUR! Change of ball, but the runs keep coming! Fuller delivery, on middle, right in the slot. Prabhsimran Singh presents the full face of the bat and lofts it over the bowler's head for a boundary.

SIX! Arguably, the shot of the match so far! Fuller again and just around off. Prabhsimran Singh clears his front leg away, opens the bat face slightly, and launches it over the long off fence effortlessly for a biggie.

WIDE! A bouncer, quick but down the leg side, Prabhsimran Singh ducks under it.

Pitched up and on off, Prabhsimran Singh drills it to long off for a single.

Right in the blockhole, just around off. Shreyas Iyer jams it out behind the strip on the off side for a run.

Gets the yorker right again, on middle and off. Prabhsimran Singh shanks it off the bottom half of the bat to the right of the bowler for one.

Hardik Pandya finishes the over well! He executes the yorker yet again, on middle, Shreyas Iyer forces it down to long on for one more.

Short of a length and around off, takes pace off, Shreyas Iyer runs it down to deep third for a single. Wow! You don't expect Bumrah to overstep but he has done it this time. The siren goes off and it is called a No Ball. Free Hit up next...

The Free Hit does not cost anything! Right in the blockhole, outside off. Prabhsimran Singh backs away but bunts out towards extra cover.

FOUR! Put away! Jasprit Bumrah tries the slower dipping yorker, but ends up serving a low full toss, outside off. Prabhsimran Singh waits for it and smashes it past extra cover for a boundary.

Another full toss, outside off, pace on. Prabhsimran Singh drills it away to deep point for a single.

SIX! Take that, says Shreyas Iyer! Jasprit Bumrah bangs this into the pitch around off. Iyer pounces onto it in a flash before whacking it over the deep mid-wicket fence for half a dozen more.

WIDE! Slower bouncer, on middle, but too high for the batter. Shreyas Iyer leaves it alone.

Pitched up and around off, Shreyas Iyer throws his hands at it but gets an outside edge towards third man for one.

Fuller in length and on middle and leg, Prabhsimran Singh clips it away to deep square leg for one more. PBKS need 50 runs in 42 balls now.

FOUR! Playing the field! Floated, short and on middle and leg. Prabhsimran Singh goes down and across to get inside the line of it. He knows fine leg is up in the circle and just helps it over that fielder for a boundary.

Tossed up, full and around off, Prabhsimran Singh drives it down to long off for a single.

FOUR! Poor delivery and rightly punished! Fires this one full but down the leg side, begging to be hit. Shreyas Iyer gets low and swipes it away wide of short fine for another boundary.

Short and on middle, Shreyas Iyer nudges it through mid-wicket for a run.

Low full toss, around off, Prabhsimran Singh drills it to sweeper cover for another run.

Follows the batter, arm ball, full and on leg. Shreyas Iyer backs away and forces it down to long on for one more.

FOUR! Prabhsimran Singh is now just two runs away from a half-century. Shorter and wide outside off, Singh comes down the pitch and goes after it, cue-ending the ball between the keeper and short third for a boundary. It wasn't far away from AM Ghazanfar at short third, but he had no idea where the ball went and was late to pick it up. 

WIDE! Slower one, pushed wide outside the off stump, Singh is unable to reach it. Wide called.

FOUR! FIFTY up for Prabhsimran Singh! Back of a length and around off, not quite short. Singh rocks back and plays a short-arm jab perfectly between long on and deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

Back of a length, outside off, punched away through wide mid off for a single.

SIX! Punjab are looking to get well ahead of the asking rate now and what a shot this is. A length ball, wide outside off, Shreyas Iyer takes a couple of steps past the off stump, extends the arms and thwacks it over deep cover for a beautiful six.

The call is for two but they won't get it. Shardul sees the batter shuffling across and looks to go full but serves a low full toss. Iyer manages to hit it down to long on for a single.

Dug in short this time, pulled away to deep mid-wicket for a single. 18 off the over.

Good length around off, punched away through the point region for one.

FOUR! Cracking shot! Back of a length, slightly wide outside off. Prabhsimran Singh stands tall and swats it hard and down to the right of the diving extra cover fielder for a boundary.

FOUR MORE! Too short and wide, Singh gets on his toes and uppercuts it over short third for another boundary. The 50-run stand is up between these two as well.

Pitched fuller on middle and leg, clipped away in front of mid-wicket for a single this time.

Easy two. Slower ball, on a good length, angled into the pads. Iyer flicks it away to the right of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. 100 UP FOR PBKS.

No run there. A length ball outside off, Iyer opts to hang back and just pushes it down straight to the backward point fielder. PBKS are 100/2 after 10 overs, chasing 196 runs.

Slower through the air, full and on middle, Shreyas Iyer blocks it out.

Floated, full and on off, Shreyas Iyer drills it to long off for a single.

Drops it short and down the leg side, Prabhsimran Singh moves back and nudges it through mid-wicket for a run.

Flatter, full and angling into the leg side. Shreyas Iyer clips it wide of short fine. Jasprit Bumrah dives to his right and saves a certain boundary. They cross.

Goes back to the shorter length, on leg, Prabhsimran Singh flicks it off the back foot to deep square leg for one.

Flighted, full and on middle, Shreyas Iyer drills it hard down the pitch. AM Ghazanfar tries to stop it on his follow-through, sticking out his right hand but it goes under it. The ball hits the stumps at the bowler's end and deflects towards mid-wicket, allowing the batters to get across for a run. There doesn't seem to be a hand involved from the bowler but the umpires still go upstairs to check. Replays show that the ball went under the fingers of Ghazanfar.

Back of a length, hammered into the pitch, Prabhsimran Singh picks it up and pulls it aerially between deep mid-wicket and deep square leg. The batters run hard and get the second run as well.

SIX! Down the track and out of here. Slower ball, a bit full and outside off, Prabhsimran Singh shimmies down the pitch and gets a hold of the big shot, clobbering it high and over wide long off for a biggie.

FOUR! Too straight now from Chahar and Singh shows his touch game here. Back of a length, on the pads, tickled away nicely towards long leg for a boundary.

A slower bumper, dug in very short and around off. Singh reaches for it and pulls it down through mid-wicket for a run.

Another slower bumper, outside off. Shreyas Iyer reaches for it and looks to uppercut it over the infield but ends up getting it off the gloves and the ball nearly lobs straight to the extra cover fielder.

Shortish length on the bodyline, tucked away neatly behind square leg for a single. 113 more needed off 72 balls.

A slower short ball, over head height, Iyer waits back and raises his bat, ramping it down to deep third for a single.

Hit hard on the up but without any real timing. Pitched fuller and outside off, Singh hammers it through covers, to the right of sweeper cover and collects a couple of runs.

WIDE! Full ball, pushed wide outside the line of off stump, beyond the tramline and Singh fails to reach it.

Overpitched delivery on off, Prabhsimran Singh drills the straight drive down to long off for a single.

WIDE! Another attempted slower one, well wide of the off stump and Iyer fails to cut it away.

Good change-up from Shardul. Slower ball again, floated full on off stump. Iyer is early into the drive and ends up lobbing it off the face of the bat and through the vacant mid off region for a single.

Slow and short outside off, Singh dabs it into the off side, just behind point and picks up another single.

That could have gone anywhere. Thakur hits the deck hard and bowls it short and wide, Shreyas Iyer doesn't move his feet and throws his hands at the cut shot, getting an inside edge back to the keeper.

A dot to begin the new over. Good length, angled into middle, clipped away straight to mid-wicket.

MISFIELD AND FOUR! That's really sloppy from AM Ghazanfar. Good-length delivery, outside off, glided down to deep third by Iyer. Ghazanfar just lets it slip through the hands and concedes a boundary.

Dug in short this time, at the batter, Iyer climbs into the pull shot and gets it away to deep backward square leg for a single.

Another bumper over middle, well-directed and Prabhsimran Singh just ducks under it.

Shorter again, around off, slower too. Singh rises up with the bounce and nudges it down towards short third.

FOUR! Ends the Powerplay in style, does Prabhsimran. Fractionally short and outside off, Singh hangs on the back foot and smacks the cut shot through covers for a boundary. PBKS end the Powerplay at 61/2.

SIX! Cooper Connolly goes big again! Flatter delivery, full but down the leg side. Connolly picks it up and whips it away nonchalantly over the deep square leg fence for his second six.

Floated, full and on off, Cooper Connolly pushes it away to cover.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! AM Ghazanfar has the last laugh here. He bowls the carrom ball, full and outside off, does not spin much. Cooper Connolly stays in his crease and just extends his arms to loft it over cover but his feet go nowhere. The ball ends up taking a thin inside edge behind, where Quinton de Kock takes a sharp catch to his right. There is an appeal and the finger goes up right away. Connolly has a chat with his partner but does not take the review, which turns out to be the correct decision as UltraEdge shows a clear spike.

FOUR! Excellent shot to start your innings! Flighted, full and around off, Shreyas Iyer leans on to his drive and creams it through covers for a boundary.

Dragged back, on middle, Shreyas Iyer moves back and nudges it wide of deep mid-wicket for a brace. 50 UP FOR PBKS!

Short again, on middle, Shreyas Iyer works it through square leg for one.

DROPPED! That should have been taken! Short of a length and just outside off, Pandya rolls his fingers to take pace off. Prabhsimran Singh looks to cut it away but gets a thick outside edge wide of backward point. Jasprit Bumrah moves to his left, gets both hands on it but spills out an easy chance. A single taken.

FOUR! Salt to the wounds! Hard length and just around off, shapes away a touch. Cooper Connolly pushes at it with hard hands away from his body. Gets an outside edge that goes between short third and backward point for a boundary.

Low full toss, on leg, Cooper Connolly drills it down the pitch. Hardik Pandya does well on his follow-through to make the stop.

SIX! Stand and deliver! Hardik Pandya bangs this into the pitch and around middle. Cooper Connolly picks up the length early, stays put and swats it stylishly over the long on fence for a biggie.

A slower bumper now, around off, angles away, Cooper Connolly sways away from the line of it.

Full toss now, just outside off, Cooper Connolly swings hard but gets it from the outer half of the bat along the ground towards deep third for one.

Floated, full and on middle, Prabhsimran Singh clips it towards mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! TAKEN! A soft dismissal and AM Ghazanfar gets a wicket here. Pushed through a bit quicker, full and on middle and leg. Priyansh Arya opens up his stance and looks to slog it over mid-wicket but ends up hitting it from the toe-end of the bat. He does not get the elevation and the ball goes straight to mid-wicket, where Deepak Chahar takes a good catch near his chest. PBKS are 27/1, chasing 196 runs.

Flatter, short and on middle, angling in, Cooper Connolly punches it to extra cover.

Short again and around leg, skids through, Cooper Connolly pats it to the leg side.

Flighted, full and on middle and leg, Cooper Connolly stays leg side of the ball and taps it in front of short cover.

Drags his length back and just outside off, Cooper Connolly cuts it on the bounce to point. A terrific first over from AM Ghazanfar, just a run and a wicket from it.

Jasprit Bumrah begins with a full delivery, angling into the pads, Prabhsimran Singh clips it through square leg for a single.

FOUR! Fine shot! Good length but too straight from Bumrah. Priyansh Arya picks it off his hips and flicks it to the deep mid-wicket fence for a boundary.

Slower one, hard length and on leg, Priyansh Arya pats it towards mid on.

Right in the blockhole. Very full and outside off, Bumrah nails the wide yorker and Priyansh Arya fails to squeeze it away.

Takes pace off, back of a length and on middle, Priyansh Arya dabs it down to point.

Hits the deck hard around leg, Priyansh Arya tucks it away to mid-wicket. Despite the boundary, just 5 off the over.

Punjab Kings are underway in the chase! Deepak Chahar starts with a full delivery, on middle, hint of shape in. Priyansh Arya knocks it with a straight bat, past the bowler. Shardul Thakur from mid off runs to his right and makes a sliding stop. A single taken.

FOUR! Gets off the mark in style! Full again and on middle, angling in a bit. Prabhsimran Singh brings his wrists into play and flicks it with superb timing through mid-wicket for the first boundary of the chase.

FOUR! Pure timing and placement! Just back of a length and outside off. Prabhsimran Singh uses the width on offer and just places it through backward point. There is a fielder in the deep but he has no chance of stopping that as it zips to the fence in no time.

Good length and around off, Prabhsimran Singh drives it on the up to sweeper cover for a run.

SIX! All the way! Pitched up and well outside off, angling away. Priyansh Arya extends his arms nicely to reach for it and carves it well over the deep backward square leg fence for a biggie.

WIDE! On a length but down the leg side, Priyansh Arya misses his flick. Wided.

FOUR! PBKS are off to a flier here! Deepak Chahar bangs this into the pitch, on middle, but not short enough to trouble the batter. Priyansh Arya gets on top of the bounce and pulls it over mid-wicket for another boundary and the extra delivery does cost Chahar quite a lot. 21 runs off the first over.