Mumbai: A rare event is happening in IPL (IPL 2026). Yashprit Bumrah is still wicketless in this year’s IPL. One of the best stars of India’s T20 World Cup winning team did not get a wicket despite bowling 19 overs. this time IPLBumrah did not get any wicket in 114 balls. Second place on the list? Kolkata Knight RidersSpinner Varun Chakraborty lost his rhythm. Who took no wickets in 54 balls.
Bumrah bowled 41 runs not out in 4 overs against Punjab Kings (MI vs PBKS) at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. Boom Boom Bumrah’s lackluster day made the bowling of Mumbai Indians look flawless. Even with a capital of 195 runs, they could not create any pressure on Punjab. Punjab Kings won the match by 7 wickets with 21 balls remaining.
That is the hero of victory Shreyas Iyer And Prabhasimran Singh. Opener Priyansh Arya went back for a short run. Only 15. Cooper Connolly returned quickly. Punjab Kings became 45/2. From there, Shreyas and Pravsimran put on a partnership of 139 runs for the third wicket to put the match at one end. Shreyas was out for 66 off 35 balls. On this day he also took a brilliant catch. Prabhasimran was unbeaten on 80 runs off 39 balls. Punjab achieved the target by losing three wickets in just 16.3 overs.
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Batting first, Mumbai picked up 195/6. Rohit Sharma did not play due to injury. But Quinton de Kock scored a brilliant century. He was unbeaten on 112 runs off 60 balls. Naman Dhir scored a half-century. But it didn’t work. Punjab has the last laugh.
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Punjab also set a record against Mumbai Indians on this day. Chennai Super Kings held the record for the most defeats against the five-time champions. Chennai beat Mumbai 18 times in 39 matches. Punjab shared that record. Mumbai lost 18 times in 35 matches.