The 25-year-old Punjab Kings (PBKS) batsman Ashutosh Sharma as soon as once more performed a blinder for his workforce within the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) as he shined with the bat towards the Mumbai Indians (MI) within the thirty third match of the competitors on Thursday, April 18, on the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, New Chandigarh.
The Madhya Pradesh-born participant has been extraordinarily spectacular together with his performances within the ongoing version of the Indian Premier League. Ashutosh Sharma has performed some sensational innings whereas batting down the order and caught the eye of many.
In his first three innings within the Indian Premier League 2024, Ashutosh Sharma produced beautiful knocks of 31, 33*, and 31 runs respectively towards Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals, and Mumbai Indians.
His greatest got here within the match towards the Mumbai Indians as he single-handedly modified the momentum of the sport and introduced his workforce again into the match from a shedding place. He smashed 61 runs off 28 balls, with 2 fours and seven sixes, however wasn’t capable of assist the workforce win the match as they misplaced by 9 runs.
Two of his sixes that caught the eye of each one have been off Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Madhwal. On the fifth ball of the thirteenth over, Ashutosh swept a Jasprit Bumrah yorker for a sensational six whereas on the 4th ball of the sixteenth over, he smashed Akash Madhwal a reverse-scoop over quick third for a six.
Watch: Ashutosh Sharma’s Sensational Sixes
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Hardik Pandya and Sam Curran reward Ashutosh Sharma
Talking after the match, Hardik Pandya labeled Ashutosh Sharma’s innings as unbelievable and showered wealthy reward on him for taking part in a sensational knock below stress. Hardik Pandya mentioned:
“Unbelievable – coming in and taking part in like that (Ashutosh’s knock). Nearly each ball hitting the center. Completely happy for him and satisfied for his future.”
Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran additionally lauded Ashutosh Sharma for his good innings. Sam Curran was additionally in awe of Ashutosh taking part in a sweep off Jasprit Bumrah for a six. Sam Curran elaborated:
“One other unimaginable knock from the younger man (on Ashutosh), however one other shut loss. It is very robust, you wish to lose shut video games quite than getting completely thumped, however we have misplaced quite a lot of wickets at first, the way in which the youthful guys have taken the workforce so shut is heartening (on Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma). They’ve unimaginable confidence, you see a man like Ashutosh having the boldness to play the sweeps and the massive hits towards pacers, it is so nice to look at them in motion”
Speaking concerning the match, the Mumbai Indians acquired again to their profitable methods by defeating Punjab Kings by 9 runs in a completely thrilling match. Jasprit Bumrah was awarded Participant of the Match for as soon as once more delivering a surprising spell and taking part in the position of MVP within the victory of the 5-time champions within the Indian Premier League 2024.
