MI vs PBKS: Arjun Tendulkar bowls joint-most expensive over of IPL 2023, concedes 31 runs
MI vs PBKS: Mumbai Indians seamer Arjun Tendulkar recorded the joint-most expensive over of IPL 2023 against Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
Brought in the 16th over for his third of the night, Arjun ended up conceding a whopping 31 runs in the over to Sam Curran and Harpreet Bhatia.
This was definetely the momentum-shifting over Kings needed so desperately. Tendulkar returns for his third only to be taken apart by Curran and Bhatia. The pair hit two sixes and four fours in a 31-run over that also included a beamer. That would have been the last ball of the over – it hit Bhatia’s glove and beat short third. The resulting free hit was short and down the leg side and Bhatia pulled that past a diving Chawla at short fine leg.
Arjun Tendulkar bowls joint-most expensive of IPL 2023
Arjun equalled Gujarat Titans seamer Yash Dayal for the dubious feat of having bowled the most expensive over this season. The left-armer Dayal had earlier conceded a staggering five sixes off successive balls to Rinku Singh when Kolkata Knight Riders required 31 runs to win in the final over.
Arjun’s 31-run over is also the second-worst ever by a MI bowler behind Daniel Sams who conceded 35 runs in an over against KKR last season.
List of bowlers who have conceded the most runs in an over
| Batter | Bowler | Runs | Season |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Harshal Patel | 37 | IPL 2022 |
| Chris Gayle | Prasanth Parameswaran | 34 | IPL 2011 |
| Suresh Raina | Parvinder Awana | 32 | IPL 2014 |
| Virat Kohli | Shivil Kaushik | 30 | IPL 2016 |
| Pat Cummins | Sam Curran | 30 | IPL 2021 |
IPL 2023 MI vs PBKS: Curran, Jitesh’s blitz help Punjab score 200+
Earlier, Rohit Sharma won the toss and Mumbai Indians opted to field first against Punjab Kings in their Indian Premier League match on Saturday at the Wankhede Stadium. Sam Curran is leading the PBKS tonight as regular skipper Shikhar Dhawan misses out due to injury.
Punjab Kings have set a target of 215 runs vs Mumbai Indians in Match 31 of IPL 2023, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, on Saturday. A quickfire knock of 55 runs off 29 balls by Sam Curran helped PBKS reach 214/8 in 20 overs.
Meanwhile, Harpreet Singh Bhatia and Jitesh Sharma also played crucial knocks. Harpeet slammed 41 off 28 balls and Jitesh smacked 25 off 7 balls. For MI’s bowling department, Cameron Green and Piyush Chawla took two wickets each, Arjun Tendulkar, Jason Behrendorff and Jofra Archer scalped a dismissal each.
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