Varma hands Punjab fifth successive loss in IPL
Tilak Varma’s blistering unbeaten half century helped give Jasprit Bumrah a winning debut as captain of Mumbai Indians, and handed Punjab Kings a fifth consecutive loss in the Indian Premier League.
The left-handed Varma struck back-to-back sixes against Xavier Barlett in the final over to hit a belligerent 75 not out off 33 balls and the two big hits took Mumbai to 205 for 4 for a six-wicket win.
Prabhsimran Singh made a half century after getting two chances and Azmatullah Omarzai added 38 in his first IPL game of the season, to take Punjab to 200-8 after Bumrah won the toss and elected to field.
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