Overview
- Mumbai Indians, playing Thursday in Dharamsala, beat Punjab Kings by six wickets after chasing 201 with one ball to spare.
- Tilak Varma finished on 75 not out off 33 balls and Shardul Thakur struck with 4 for 39 to turn the match after PBKS posted 200.
- Jasprit Bumrah captained MI because Hardik Pandya missed out with a reported back spasm and Suryakumar Yadav was away for personal reasons.
- The loss stretched Punjab’s slump to five in a row and means they must win both remaining fixtures to stay in the hunt for the playoffs.
- Chennai Super Kings named Karnataka all-rounder Macneil Hadley Noronha to replace injured Ramakrishna Ghosh, pending BCCI approval, while talk about Hardik Pandya’s future at MI remains speculative and unconfirmed.