PBKS vs MI, Match 46 IPL 2023 Stats Review: Liam Livingstone’s career best, Jofra Archer and Arshdeep Singh’s unwanted feats and other stats

Liam Livingstone’s 82* went in vain as Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav smashed 75 off 41 and 66 off 31 respectively to help Mumbai Indians (MI) defeat Punjab Kings (PBKS) by six wickets in a high-scoring in Mohali. With this, MI successfully chased down their second-highest target of 215 in the league.

Talking about how the game unfolded, skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to field first. Prabhsimran Singh got dismissed for just nine while skipper Shikhar Dhawan made 30 off 20. Livingstone and wicketkeeper batter Jitesh Sharma joined hands to stitch an unbeaten 119-run stand for the fourth wicket. Livignstone racked up an unbeaten 82 off just 42 with seven fours and four maximums, his first fifty since returning from injury last month and his highest IPL score, while Jitesh amassed an unbeaten 49 off 27 as the Kings reached 214/3. Pacer Jofra Archer delivered his most expensive spell of 0/56 in the IPL.

In reply, Rohit recorded his 15^th duck in IPL as he got out in the first over. Cameron Green mustered 23 before getting dismissed against Nathan Ellis. Meanwhile, Ishan and Suryakumar then stole the show with their powerful hitting as the duo 116 runs for the third wicket. Both eventually got out, but Tim David and Tilak Varma then remained not out on 19 and 26 runs respectively to take their side over the line. Kishan won the Player of the Match award for his half-century.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from Match No. 46 between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League 2023:

200 – Rohit Sharma appeared in his 200^th match for MI in all T20s. Kieron Pollard is on top with 211 games for the franchise.

0/56 – Jofra Archer delivered his most expensive spell in the IPL. Previously, the speedster conceded 47 runs for one wicket against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Jaipur in 2019.

82* - Liam Livingstone struck his highest score of 82* in the IPL. His previous best (70) came against RCB in Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium) in 2022.

15 – Rohit is now joint-top with Mandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, and Dinesh Karthik for registering the most ducks (15) in the IPL.

10 – Rohit is now also tied with Gautam Gambhir at the top position for the most ducks (ten) as a captain in the cash-rich league.

214/3 – PBKS registered their joint-second-highest total of 214/3 against MI in the league. They posted the same score (214/8) in the reverse fixture. Their best (230/3) came in Mumbai in 2017.

1/66 – Arshdeep Singh delivered his most expensive spell. Previously, he conceded 54 runs for one wicket against Lucknow Super Giants in this edition.

215 – MI chased down their second-highest target (215) in IPL. They beat Chennai Super Kings by chasing down 218 in Delhi in 2021. 

1 – MI became the first time to successfully chase 200-plus targets in consecutive IPL matches.

15 – Piyush Chawla has now picked up 15 wickets in nine innings at an impressive average of 17 and a strike rate of 14 with an economy rate of just 7.28 in IPL 2023.

1/66 – Arshdeep is now joint-top with Mujeeb ur Rahman for bowling the most expensive spell (1/66) by a PBKS bowler. Mujeeb conceded 66 runs for no wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad in 2019.

50 – Livingstone reached the milestone of 50 maximums in the IPL.

215 – MI also scripted the highest successful target of 215 in Mohali in the league. Previously, PBKS chased down targets of 191 against Deccan Chargers in 2012 and against RCB in 2013.

119* - Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma recorded the second-highest fourth-wicket partnership (119*) for the Kings. The pair surpassed David Miller and Glenn Maxwell’s stand of 115 against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Abu Dhabi in 2014. Miller and Mandeep are on top for their unbeaten 128-run stand against Pune Warriors India in Mohali in 2013.

3 – MI became the third side to chase a target of above 200 twice in a single season. CSK and MI did it in 2018 and 2023 editions, respectively.