Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma, who won the toss in the match, chose to field. With that, openers Mathew Short (11) and Prabhasimran Singh (26) who started the Punjab innings were dismissed for a low score. Atharva (29) and Livingstone (10) who came later took wickets at crucial times. With that, no one expected the Punjab team to score 200+, which was 83/4.
But.. Harpreet Singh and Captain Sama Karan launched a counter attack against the Mumbai Indians bowlers. The two competed and hit sixes to make the score board run. In this sequence, Cameron Green separated the pair at 175 runs, who made a partnership of 92 runs for the fifth wicket. Jitesh Sharma who came after that also played big shots in a row. With that, the Punjab team managed to score 214 runs.