00:00Mumbai Indians were desperate to end the rut after three straight defeats against the unbeaten
00:05Punjab Kings.
00:09Quinton de Kock replaced injured Roed Sharma atop the order but lost his partner Ryan Rickleton
00:14in the third over.
00:17And Suya Kumar Yadav joined him the next ball to an on-fire Ashdeep Singh.
00:22But Quinton de Kock would justify his selection for Mumbai.
00:28And he had the perfect partner in the man Deere.
00:33The two quickly turned around the poor start with an impressive stand of 122.
00:40Deere though fell on an even 50.
00:46But De Kock was on a mission.
00:56Mumbai had visions of getting over 200 with De Kock going strong.
01:00But he got little support down the stretch as Ashdeep Singh grabbed a third wicket.
01:07De Kock remained unbeaten on 112 but Mumbai fell short of expectations finishing on 195 for
01:14six.
01:14The Kings have successfully chased in each of their three victories and started confidently
01:21in pursuit of 196.
01:24But Alaa Muhammad Guzanfa struck twice in consecutive overs.
01:31Mumbai Indians were back in the game at 45 for two.
01:37But as quickly as they were back in the match, the Kings were in a hurry to take them back
01:41out.
01:43Ashprav Simran Singh and Shriyas Aya dropped anchor.
01:49The pair snuffed the hoop away from Mumbai with a stand of 139.
01:56When IFL on a polished 66, Punjab Kings were just 12 runs away.
02:03Singh remained there to finish off the job, top scoring with 80.
02:11As Punjab Kings remained perfect as Mumbai Indians dropped four in a row, losing by seven
02:17wickets.
02:17And they finish it off in 16.3 overs.
02:21Terence Clark, TV6 Sport.
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