Nitabani, the owner of the Mumbai Indians, looked absolutely devastated after Trent Bhult dropped Neharwadhera in the ongoing IPL 2025 Qualifying 2 with the Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The Mumbai Indians, who were asked to hit first, posted a competitive total of 203/6 in their allotted 20 overs. Rohit Sharma was unable to proceed, but other Mumbai Indian batsmen made important contributions to bring the team up to over 200 total.
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Surya and Tilak established a good foundation for Mili
Informs Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma scored top scores with five champions, both of which earned 44 runs each. Johnny Bairstow scored 38 runs and was once again impressed with the bat to help Naman Deal play a quick fire knock from 18 balls to 37 runs, crossing the 200-run mark.
With the ball, the Mumbai Indians started off well. Trent Bhult gave Mumbai his first breakthrough by dismissing Prabhsimran Singh in the third time via a great running catch from England’s Rees Topley. However, the Punjab king quickly recovered and gained momentum on their side after Josh Inglis hit Jasplit Bumra on his fifth 20th run.
However, Ashwani Kumar did not last long as Ashwani Kumar rejected Priyansh Aliya in the sixth before Hardik Pandya rejected Inglis on the 8th to reduce Punjab to 72/3.
Shreiyas Iyer leads the fight back for the Punjab Kings
The Mumbai Indians had the opportunity to score a fourth wicket after taking three wickets in a fast time, but Trent Bourto dropped the catch.
It was the final ball of the 10th. The Mumbai Indian captain bowled a short ball outside, and Wadhera went for the pull, but eventually he narrowed the ball down.
It was a regulated catch, but Boult somehow couldn’t hold onto it. Once the catch was dropped, the camera headed towards Nita Ambani, which seemed to be in ruins. Nita Ambani had her palm on her forehead and fell into her seat.
Look at the reaction from Nita Ambani:
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Coming to the game, the Punjab Kings were 128/3 on the 13th as of writing this report. Wadhera and Shrayas Iyer batted in the middle for the batting side.