Although Tim David’s massive 114-meter six off PBKS pacer Nathan Ellis left everyone in awe. Mumbai Indians were unable to win their match against Punjab Kings on Saturday.
It was the second-largest six in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 so far. Faf du Plessis, the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore currently holds the top spot with a 115-meter six.
David was ready to swing at the ball with all of his might when Ellis pitched the ball to him in the penultimate over of the game. The ball slammed into the Wankhede Stadium’s upper tier after the contact was exactly as strong as he had anticipated.
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The massive six completely astounded MI owner Nita Ambani and her reaction have gone viral on social media. Even the MI support staff could not believe the distance between the six and David, leaving Ambani’s mouth gaping in disbelief.
Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by a score of 13 thanks to Arshdeep’s fearless final over. As they defeated Mumbai Indians in Match 31 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Punjab Kings earned their fourth victory of the IPL 2023.
Mumbai Indians were attempting to chase down 215 runs and were startled when Arshdeep Singh had Ishan Kishan brilliantly caught by Matthew Short in the second over.
The score was then raised to 54/1 at the conclusion of the Powerplay thanks to a stunning partnership between Cameron Green and Rohit Sharma, who counterattacked and hit three sixes and four fours.
As MI reached 88/2 at the halfway point, Liam Livingstone finally broke the 44-run stand when he had Rohit Sharma caught and bowled. Suryakumar Yadav established himself early on and continued to score boundaries all over the field.
He hit a four off Chahar, three consecutive fours off Livingstone, a six off each of Ellis and Curran and a four off Chahar. Then, Green adopted an aggressive stance. Hitting sixes and fours off Chahar as MI amassed 54 from the 12 to 15 over phase.
Green attacked Ellis, hitting him for a vast 108-meter six and a four-wide long-off but the Australian pacer quickly recovered to dismiss Green for a score of 67(43). MI scored 14 runs in the 17th over and Suryakumar reached fifty off just 23 balls against Curran.
With 16 needed in the final over, Arsheep conceded just one after the first two balls. He then went on a streak of breaking middle stumps, dismissing Tilak Varma and Impact Player Nehal Wadhera with successive balls and cracking yorkers.
Although he was unable to complete his hat trick. He only conceded one run each in the next two innings as PBKS defeated the opposition by a score of 13 runs.
