On April 22, at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Sam Curran, the Punjab Kings (PBKS) stand-in captain, scored an impressive half-century against Mumbai Indians (MI). The left-handed batter hit 55 runs in 29 balls with a strike rate of 189.66, including four sixes and five boundaries. Curran and Harpreet Singh Bhatia formed a crucial 92-run partnership to recover from 83/4 and lead Punjab’s fightback to post a match-winning total. Fans on Twitter celebrated Curran’s batting performance.
Here are some of the reactions from fans on Twitter:
Take a bow Sam Curran❤????
What an innings!!
Terrific batting????????— ᴇᴀꜱʜᴡᴀʀ007⚡️⚡️ (@EashwarShankar) April 22, 2023
Sam Curran has scored 142 runs in seven games with a strike rate of 137.86 in the 2023 IPL season. This was his second half-century against 5 time champion Mumbai Indians, his previous fifty was for CSK in IPL 2020.
Sam Curran helped PBKS set a mammoth 215-run target for MI
After being asked to bat first, Punjab Kings delivered a clinical batting performance and posted 214/8 in their allotted 20 overs. In addition to Curran, Jitesh Sharma played a cameo of 25 runs off just seven balls with a strike rate of 357.14, helping PBKS surpass 200. Contributions of 41, 29, and 26 were also made by Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Atharva Taide, and Prabhsimran Singh, respectively. Piyush Chawla was the standout bowler for MI with figures of 2/15, while Cameron Green also took two wickets. Arjun Tendulkar, Jason Behrendorff, and Jofra Archer each took one wicket.