PBKS vs MI: Punjab Kings want to play aggressive, hard cricket - Mayank Agarwal after thrilling win over Mumbai Indians
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IPL 2022, MI vs PBKS: After Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 12 runs, skipper and player of the match Mayank Agarwal said that the team wanted to play this hard and aggressive cricket.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) came out victorious in a clash with five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) and won the match by 12 runs at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Wednesday, April 13.
Mumbai Indians' skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field against Punjab Kings. Sent in to bat first, Kings' openers Mayank Agarwal (52 off 32) and Shikhar Dhawan (70 off 50) made an excellent start to give PBKS a solid platform.
Kicking off a flying start, the duo scored 65 runs in the powerplay and put on 97 on the scoreboard before skipper Agarwal fell after a well-made half-century. Agarwal scored his 12th IPL fifty before Murugan Ashwin sent him back in the 10th over. This was Agarwal's first fifty as a captain this season after a few failures.
Winning captain and Player of the Match, Agarwal, was elated to contribute to the team's win and said that the Kings wanted to play an attacking brand of cricket. Agarwal said that the team was a lot more aware and careful this time and did not try to give wickets to the main bowlers of the opposition.
"It was a good night, very happy to contribute to the team's win. The crucial thing for us was the two points. There were a lot of crucial moments and more often than not, we were nailing and winning those moments," Agarwal said in the post-match presentation ceremony.
"When the game was 50-50, we won those moments and it came towards us. It wasn't batting alone, it was periods in the game. That's the brand of cricket we want to play, we want to play aggressive, hard cricket. With that, we got to show a good mindset. We were a lot smarter as well," he added.
PBKS have scored more than 180 runs in four of the five matches this season. Punjab had lost their last game to the Gujarat Titans by six wickets at the Brabourne Stadium.
