Ashutosh Sharma gave Mumbai Indians a huge scare with a stunning knock of 61 in Thursday’s IPL match at Mullanpur, after which the five-time champions finished with nine The winning streak came in the form of a win over the Punjab Kings. Ashutosh hit a string of sixes in his 28-ball knock to take Punjab from the brink to near the finish line, but his dismissal in the 18th over tipped the game back in favor of Mumbai Indians . Punjab faltered at 17/4 in the chase of 193 but got through Ashutosh and Shashank Singh (41 off 25) before ending up all out for 183 in 19.1 overs roared back.

The win helped Mumbai Indians move up to seventh place, while Gujarat Titans and Kings XI Punjab dropped one spot to eighth and ninth respectively. The rest of the standings remain unchanged.

Virat Kohli remains at the top of the run-scoring charts, Jasprit Bumrah replaces Yuzvendra Chahal for Purple Caps member.

Suryakumar Yadav (78) played a starring role with the bat for Mumbai Indians, helping them score 192 runs in 7 games.

It was Mumbai’s third win in seven matches while Punjab’s slide continued as they suffered their fifth defeat in seven matches.

Despite an early four-wicket blast from pacers Jasprit Bumrah (3/21) and Gerald Coetzee (3/32), MI again struggled for the ball Mediocrity comes at a heavy price. Akash Madhwal conceded 46 balls for 1 wicket in 3.1 overs.

After Shashank’s counterattack got Punjab back on track after an early wicket, Ashutosh played a stunning knock, hitting seven sixes and two fours.

Right-hander Shashank knocked each of his three sixes off leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal (1/26).

Ashutosh bats very skillfully, especially on the leg side.

Harpreet Brar proved that he is no dummy with the bat either as the left-hand bowler struck high with two fours and a six in his crucial 20-ball 21 of batting. The poor performance of top-order Prabhsimran Singh (0) continued as the right-hander was caught by a diving Ishan Kishan at one run down, Coetzee made amends for a goal he conceded after a poor start.

Bumrah put Mumbai Indians in complete command with two goals in the opening over.

In his fourth delivery, the ace pacer bowled a vicious in-swinging yorker that nearly tipped Rilee Rossouw (0), uprooting his mid-stump.

Late in the game, a smart review against the field-calling off-spinner resulted in Bumrah picking up his second wicket via an innocuous delivery.

The ball, which went off the leg and kissed the bat of Sam Curran (6) before falling into the gloves of Ishan Kishan, was reviewed by DRS confirmation.

Coetzee then caused more pain to error-prone Punjab by dismissing Liam Livingstone (1).

Earlier, Suryakumar and Tilak Varma (34 off 18) put up a gritty knock on the slow wicket to hold Mumbai Indians to a competitive total.

On a typically slow pitch here, the MI batsmen struggled to get the timing right but managed to score their highest total so far at the IPL’s latest venue.

Rohit (36 off 25) and Suryakumar provided a solid 81-run stand for the second wicket, followed by Varma and Tim David (14 off 7) Found their magic.

Rohit was playing his 250th IPL match in which he scored 6,500 runs.

(with PTI input)