IPL 2023 / Arshdeep's stump had to be broken twice, BCCI lost millions

Zoom News : Apr 23, 2023, 11:10 AM
IPL 2023: In the 31st match of IPL 2023, the team of Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 13 runs. Batting first in this match, the Punjab team scored 214 runs losing 8 wickets on the board. In response to which the Mumbai team was able to score only 201 runs after losing 6 wickets. Arshdeep Singh was the hero of Punjab's victory. Arshdeep took 4 wickets in this match. But the excellent bowling of Arshdeep cost the BCCI dearly.

Arshdeep broke the stumps

Mumbai Indians needed 16 runs to win in the last over. Then Punjab Kings captain Sam Karan handed the ball to Arshdeep Singh. He bowled brilliantly in the last over. Tim David took a single off his first ball. Then he did not give any run on the second ball. After this, he clean bowled Tilak Verma on the third ball and also broke the middle stump. Then on the fourth ball too, he broke the stump and clean bowled Nehal Vadera. This time the stump broke and fell away.

Loss to BCCI

Arshdeep Singh saved Punjab's team by saving 16 runs in the last over, but the BCCI suffered a loss of about Rs 20 lakh. According to media reports, the cost of a set of LED stumps and jingle bells is around $40,000 i.e. around Rs 30 lakh. Arshdeep broke the stumps twice one after the other, in such a situation the board is bound to suffer a loss of lakhs.

Punjab won the exciting match

Punjab Kings gave a target of 215 runs to win the Mumbai team. The start of Mumbai Indians has not been great. When opener Ishaan Kishan got out after scoring just one run. After this Rohit Sharma and Cameron Green played amazing innings. When both these batsmen were playing. Then Mumbai's victory seemed certain, but Rohit got out after scoring 44 runs. Green contributed 67 runs.

Suryakumar Yadav took over the responsibility of scoring runs after Rohit's dismissal. He played some attractive strokes. Surya scored 57 runs in 26 balls, which included 7 fours and 3 long sixes. Tim David scored 25 runs in 13 balls, but he could not win Mumbai Indians.

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