IPL 2026, MI vs PBKS 24th Match Match Report, April 16, 2026

Punjab Kings 198 for 3 in 16.3 overs (Prabhsimran 80*, Iyer 66, Ghazanfar 2-31) beat Mumbai Indians 195 for six (De Kock 112*, Dhir 50, Arshdeep 3-22) by seven wickets

An damage to Rohit Sharma opened the door for de Kock to play his first match of this season and grow to be solely the third batter to attain a century for 3 completely different IPL groups. He scored 112 off 60 balls, Naman Dhir was promoted to No. 4 and scored 50 off 31, however the remainder of the MI innings by no means received going.

Iyer scored an equally necessary 66 off 35, his third consecutive half-century, beginning with a 4 first ball when MI had taken two fast wickets.

Arshdeep units the tone

Arshdeep got here into the match with two wickets and an economic system price of 10.6 in 4 video games this season. Two left-hand openers had been the perfect setting for him to enhance his efficiency. The new ball swung within the air and moved off the floor, and Arshdeep saved taking it away from Ryan Rickelton. He beat the bat 3 times within the first over. In his second, he bowled a wobble-seam ball that ended up on the pads, however Rickelton discovered deep sq. leg to perfection.

Arshdeep backed Suryakumar Yadav to stroll out anticipating motion from left to proper, however he angled the seam away, drew a thick edge and doubled his season’s wickets tally in two balls, and in addition went previous 100 IPL wickets.

De Kock, Dhir rescue MI

Even earlier than these two wickets, de Kock signaled harmful intent with a silken, aerial extra-cover drive first ball off fellow South African Marco Jansen. In Jansen’s subsequent over, Yuzvendra Chahal misplaced the ball within the lights and missed a sitter from Naman Dhir. In the final over of the powerplay, de Kock gave up on making his floor however Iyer missed the stumps from mid-off.

That drop wasn’t the final mistake Chahal made. He began his spell by looking and incessantly over-pitching and ended up conceding 5 sixes in his three overs for 45. Dhir hit two of these, the one over additional cowl the spotlight of his innings.

By the time de Kock received to fifty, MI regarded set for a complete in extra of 200. From 97 for two in 10 overs, de Kock went as much as gear at the same time as Dhir caught up with him. At 125 for two in 12 overs, PBKS had been a difficult goal.

PBKS bowlers combat again

The comeback for PBKS started with Jansen conceding simply seven within the thirteenth over, however like within the recreation towards Sunrisers Hyderabad, the shortage of tempo from Shashank Singh as soon as once more produced a game-changing wicket. In his 31-ball 50, Dhir evoked a whole lot of Hardik Pandya with a compact bat swing and pictures that regarded fairly just like the MI captain’s. Hardik himself, although, hardly received something out of the center of the bat. He ultimately fell for 14 off 12 to what might properly find yourself because the catch of the event.

Iyer did not even get his identify on the scoreboard for this effort at lengthy on: he went full size as he leaped to rein the ball in, caught it in his left hand whereas airborne, transferred it to his proper at the same time as he got here down over the boundary, and managed to throw it to Xavier Bartlett earlier than he touched floor.

With the ball reversing, Jansen and Arshdeep bowled glorious yorkers, going for eight and 9 in overs 18 and 19. Sherfane Rutherford received 4 tailing pinpoint yorkers throughout his five-ball keep for one run. Only 70 got here within the final eight, prompting Dhir to say through the innings break that MI had been 20 runs brief.

Ghazanfar provides MY hope

The method Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran tucked into some buffet bowling from Deepak Chahar, it regarded like 195 was not 20 brief however 40. However, led by Jasprit Bumrah who bowled 4 straight dots to Arya, Ghazanfar ended up with two wickets within the powerplay: Arya caught at midwicket and Cooper Connolly caught behind.

Prabhsimran, Iyer kill the chase

There was a time when MI had strung collectively 10 balls for one run and a wicket throughout the second and third overs of the chase. Prabhsimran minimize the eleventh for a regulation catch to backward level however Bumrah, wicketless in six straight IPL matches now, dropped it.

When Connolly fell, MI had been nonetheless hopeful of a comeback. Iyer, although, introduced a way of calm, taking part in Ghazanfar’s thriller spin such as you would offspin. He cover-drove the primary ball he confronted for 4, and PBKS by no means regarded again.

Prabhsimran confronted simply six balls within the first 5 overs, which suggests he did a lot of the harm with the sphere unfold out. It began when Chahar got here again to bowl the eighth over. Prabhsimran charged at him to hit a 90-metre six over broad long-off earlier than tucking one off the hip for 4.

Now Prabhsimran started to dominate the strike and the scoring, citing his fifty with successive fours off Shardul Thakur in simply 23 balls.

Bumrah may be wicketless however his bowling has been good all through the season. However, when Iyer pulled him for a disdainful six within the thirteenth over, it was throughout for MI. If there have been any doubts remaining with 50 wanted off the final seven overs, Prabhsimran dismissed them with a 4 and a six off Hardik. The finish was swift and brutal with even Bumrah ending with 0 for 41 in his 4 overs.