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05/14 13:35 CDT Varma hands Punjab fifth successive loss in Bumrah's debut game
as Mumbai captain in IPL
Varma hands Punjab fifth successive loss in Bumrah's debut game as Mumbai
captain in IPL
DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) --- Tilak Varma's blistering unbeaten half century
helped give Jasprit Bumrah a winning debut as captain of Mumbai Indians on
Thursday, and handed Punjab Kings a fifth consecutive loss in the Indian
Premier League.
The left-handed Varma struck back-to-back sixes against Xavier Barlett in the
final over to hit a belligerent 75 not out off 33 balls and the two big hits
took Mumbai to 205-4 for a six-wicket win.
Prabhsimran Singh (57) made a half century after getting two chances and
Azmatullah Omarzai added 38 in his first IPL game of the season, to take Punjab
to 200-8 after Bumrah won the toss and elected to field.
Bumrah led Mumbai in the absence of Hardik Pandya, who is still recovering from
back spasms, and Suryakumar Yadav went home due to personal reasons after the
last game.
Bumrah didn't pick up a wicket in his four overs, but Shardul Thakur --- who
conceded 22 off his first seven legitimate balls --- finished with 4-39 before
Omarzai, Vishnu Vinod (15) and Bartlett (18) played little cameos as Punjab
scored 53 off their final three overs.
Mumbai are already out of playoff contention with only four wins from 12 games.
Punjab, which stayed unbeaten in the first half of the season before losing
five in a row, are still at No. 4 with 13 points.
Mumbai needed 15 off Bartlett's final over and Will Jacks (25 not out off 10
balls) brought down the target to nine off the first ball when he smashed the
fast bowler for a straight six over long off before Varma sealed the game with
two sixes.
Mumbai were 149-4 in the 17th over when Sherfane Rutherford (20) holed out in
the deep after, but then Marco Jansen conceded 22 in the 18th over against
Varma and Jacks to help Mumbai stage a stunning comeback.
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