Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians, 9th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Well, Mohali is turning out to be quite a fortress for Punjab. Now they have defeated their nemesis Mumbai Indians too after a gap of 8 years at this venue. They seem to have right ammunition for these long boundaries at this venue. Their mainstay in batting Rahul is back in the business of scoring runs too. And Ashwin would be one happy man now. We are done and dusted with the first game of the evening, quickly switch tabs for the second one where men from Capitals take on Knight Riders of Kolkata. That's it from the first match, this is Varun Dixit signing off on behalf of Hariprasad, Pradeep, Akshay, Vineet and Naga. See you for the second match.

Harsha Bhogle: Many issues to resolve for MI. The logjam in the middle and the rekindling of Hardik Pandya the bowler.

19:40 Local Time, 14:10 GMT, 19:40 IST: Well, Kings portrayed an epitome of chasing down a stiff total in this format and have made some statement here at home. They were unbeaten at Mohali last year and they have continued that winning run into this year. Both Rahul and Gayle who are renowned for using the powerplay held themselves back as Bumrah and Malinga were controlling the proceedings at that time. As soon as Pandya came to the crease, Gayle clobbered him for a a couple of sixes. But Rohit's gamble of bringing Krunal paid off. Mayank came at number three and played a gem of a knock. At that point, Rahul was struggling but Mayank ensured there wasn't any pressure on his partner. And when Mayank was dismissed, Rahul got his touch back and took control of proceedings. He stayed till the end and steered Punjab to their second victory.

Bumrah to Miller, 1 run, home crowd erupts! This is a massive victory for Kings. Ravi Ashwin has a bright smile on his face and why wouldn't he. It was banged in short, Miller jumps in the crease a touch and pulls it wide of deep mid-wicket to complete the formality

Bumrah to Miller, no run, good length delivery angling away from Miller, he wanted to clip it to the leg-side, the angle takes him away and he ends up missing it

Bumrah to Rahul, 1 run, short one down the leg-side and Rahul pulls it straight to fine leg. Only a single and Miller will have the strike

Bumrah to Rahul, FOUR, cheeky from Rahul. He is taking his side over the line for sure. It was on a length and there was just a bit of room, Rahul waits for it to arrive, opens the face of the bat at the very last moment and guides it fine of third man who had no chance to stop it

McClenaghan to Miller, FOUR, smashed! Punjab are just a hit away from winning this. It was a fuller length delivery and was wide of off, Miller backs away, makes room and thumps it wide of deep cover for a boundary. It rockets to the fence!

McClenaghan to Miller, wide, 50-run partnership comes up. It has been a match-winning one for Punjab. McClenaghan gets his line wrong this time, it was well down the leg-side and Miller lets it go

McClenaghan to Rahul, 1 run, all wrist on that shot as he flicks it wide of fine leg

McClenaghan to Rahul, no run, slower one down the leg-side, Rahul backs away and wanted to punch it wide of cover, ends up fighting Rohit there

McClenaghan to Miller, 1 run, you can't nail the yorker any better! It was nipping back in and was directed on the stumps, Miller gets his bat down just in time and digs it out to the on-side for a run

McClenaghan to Miller, no run, banged in halfway down the track, it was wide of off and Miller lets it go

McClenaghan to Rahul, 1 run, slower one down the leg-side, he wanted to paddle it fine of short fine, misses it. It hits his inside edge and ends up wide of short fine for a single

Mitchell McClenaghan [3.0-0-27-0] is back into the attack

Bumrah to Rahul, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the stumps and Rahul drives it wide of cover. He will retain the strike, he wants to finish the job all by himself now

Bumrah to Rahul, no run, short of length delivery wide of off, Rahul wanted to upper cut it, it skids quickly off the deck and it beats Rahul

Bumrah to Rahul, FOUR, he looks in fabulous touch, how quickly things can change for a batter in this format. It was a back of a length delivery on the stumps, Rahul hops a touch and half-pulls it wide of deep square leg for a boundary. Sweet timing!

Bumrah to Rahul, FOUR, Bumrah misses the yorker. This is rare from India's number-one bowler. Rahul has got his touch back and he punches it wide of long-off for a boundary

Bumrah to Rahul, 2 runs, this one was angled back into the stumps, Rahul carves it wide of backward point where Yuvi couldn't field it properly and Rahul will take a couple

Bumrah to Rahul, no run, on a good length and on the stumps, Rahul punches it straight to mid-off and denies the single