While the Mumbai Indians were playing at home in front of their loyal supporters, Punjab Kings got much-needed support from a certain section of the crowd. The Zimbabwe Under-19 cricket team was in attendance, cheering for the Punjab-based franchise and their hero Sikandar Raza, who paid for their tickets.
"IPL Magic @ZimCricketv U19 Coach Prosper Utseya had a surprise for the lads after today’s impressive win, an IPL fixture courtesy of King @SRazaB24 who paid tickets for the whole team. Thank you Raza u made their dream come true,” Minor Chevrons, which is the official Twitter handle for all Zimbabwe cricket’s junior teams, said in a Tweet.
Sikandar Raza replied to the tweet after the match and said, "Thanks boys for coming and am sure some of you guys in good time will be here too in future.”
The support from Zimbabwe's Under-19 players came in handy for the Punjab Kings as they managed to squeeze out a hard-fought 13-run win away from home.
After the win, the Punjab-based franchise jumped to fifth place in the points table with four wins in seven matches played. They now have eight points with an NRR of -0.162. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma's MI Rohit Sharma's men started their campaign with successive defeats but they won three consecutive matches before losing a close game against Punjab. They have an NRR of -0.254 with six points in six matches and are currently stationed in seventh place.
Punjab Kings' premier pacer Arshdeep Singh delivered a fantastic spell with the ball against Mumbai Indians and helped his side secure two points at the Wankhede Stadium on April 22 (Saturday). Arshdeep finished the game with excellent figures of 4/29 in four overs in a game in which more than 400 runs were scored. The highlight of Arshdeep's spell came in the last over of the match when he bamboozled MI batters and destroyed the middle stump on two occasions.
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