ipl2025: Mumbai Indians lost by 7 wickets against Punjab Kings in an important match of IPL 2025. This was Mumbai’s last league stage match and after winning the match & nbsp; Mi could easily reach the top-2 in the points table, but due to the poor performance of the team, the opportunity got out of their hands.
Mumbai Indians decided to bat first and scored 184 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Punjab Kings (PBKS) team performed brilliant batting and won 185 runs in 18.3 overs. The poor performance of many big players of the team was responsible for this embarrassing defeat to Mumbai.
Tilak Verma’s flop show
Tilak Verma landed at number 4, but failed to play a big innings for his team. He scored 1 run after facing just 4 balls. In this important match, Mumbai expected a sustainable innings from him, but he returned to the pavilion after playing only 4 balls.
Bolt’s merciless beating
Mumbai’s most experienced fast bowler Trent Bolt’s performance was also the most disappointing. Punjab batsmen targeted him from the beginning. Bolt took 36 runs in 3.3 overs and at the same time he could not take a single wicket for his team. Initially, there were so many fours sixes in his over that Punjab got a good and fast start.
Will Jax fails from both bat and ball
Will Jax played a double role in this match, but he failed in both. With the bat, he scored 17 runs in just & nbsp; 8 balls. At the same time, his performance in bowling was not special. He put an over and gave 11 runs in it. & Nbsp;
Hardik Pandya also proved to be expensive with the ball
Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya expected the best performance in this match, but he too could not meet the expectations of his team and fans. In bowling, he gave 29 runs in 2 overs and could not even take any wicket. His economy was around 15. Although he definitely scored 26 runs off 15 balls in batting, but he could not take the team to a big and strong score.
Mitchell Santner took the wicket, but a lot of runs
Mitchell Santner took 2 wickets in this match, but he proved to be very expensive. He gave 41 runs in & nbsp; 4 overs. His performance in this season has been very good so far, but his experience and bowling in this great match could not win the team.
With this defeat, Mumbai lost a golden opportunity to reach the top-2. After this crushing defeat against Punjab Kings, now & nbsp; Mumbai will have to wait for the results of other teams to move forward in the playoffs. & Nbsp;
