During Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) Match 58 of the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL), MI batsman Tilak Verma scored the highest score of 6 of the night at the HPCA Stadium. The southpaw got it in the boundary, and it was also the first boundary against Yuzvendra Chahal, who was bowling well before being hit for a six.
The incident occurred during 15.1 when Chahal came to bowl his last over of the night. Tilak Verma caught it in the arc and hit it out of the park as it was a six off 106 metres. With the six, Tilak came level with Tim David and David Miller for the longest number of sixes in IPL 2026 this season.
Tilak Verma is fighting for Mumbai Indians
Tilak Verma is present at the crease and he is batting well on a difficult wicket. If Mumbai has to win today’s game and take revenge from the Kings, they will have to hold on till the end of the innings. From the 15th over, Tilak Verma and Sherfane Rutherford reduced the difference in runs and balls and scored 20 runs for Chahal.
Tilak Verma is batting on 56 runs in 27 balls; He is sticking to one end and striking the ball hard, looking to finish off games for the five-time champions. The southpaw has struggled in the tournament and will be looking to avenge that tonight. He has scored a century against Gujarat Titans this season.
Jasprit Bumrah becomes the 10th captain of Mumbai
Talking about the match, MI was without two of its star players, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav, so Jasprit Bumrah took the leadership role, and became the 10th captain of the team. The latter won the toss and decided to field first, making two changes: Shardul Thakur and Sherfane Rutherford came in.
Shreyas Iyer’s team, which entered the match with four consecutive defeats, made three changes, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod and Azmatullah Omarzai got a chance. When invited to bat first, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh made a good start and Priyansh lost his wicket for 22 runs. The latter scored 57 runs and PBKS had a small collapse in the middle overs.
Mumbai Indians had a solid start to chase the target, but at one end, Ryan Rickelton played a brilliant inning of 48 runs. But Rohit Sharma could not find the rhythm tonight and scored 25 runs in 26 balls. Naman Dheer once again had a disappointing night and was out early.
Now Tilak Verma and Will Jacques are at the crease and want to finish the game and score two points for the franchise.
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