Arshdeep Singh delivered a brilliant, disciplined spell to guide Punjab Kings (PBKS) to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians (MI) in IPL 2026 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on April 16. After restricting MI to under the 200-run mark, PBKS chased down the 196-run target with 3.3 overs and seven wickets to spare.
During the post-match presentation, Arshdeep opened upabout his rhythm and a conversation with head coach Ricky Ponting ahead of the match. “Feels good, it goes back to having a chat with Ricky,” Arshdeep said. “Told him the ball didn’t feel right when it left the hand. Had a good session yesterday and the control returned, ball was seaming and swinging. The chat was nothing technical, I was expecting too many things from myself. He told me you’re coming off a high from the WC win and you can’t maintain that all the time.”
The 27-year-old finished with impressive figures of 3/22 in his four overs at an economy rate of 5.50. On the first ball of the third over, Arshdeep dismissed Ryan Rickelton and on the very next delivery removed Suryakumar Yadav for a golden duck, creating early pressure on Mumbai. He later returned in the 19th over and dismissed Sherfane Rutherford with a perfect yorker, earning him the Player of the Match award.However, With the Rickleton wicket, he also bagged his 100thIPL wicket before adding two more to his tally.
Explaining his variations, the left-arm pacer added, “The wobble ball is what I’ve worked on, still not there yet but I’mworking on that as a variation. Wasn’t the way I was expecting to get him out but you accept whatever comes in T20s. Wide yorkers I’ve been bowling a lot, wides too, but the plan is simple if the batters are set and there’s a longer boundary. Sometimes, when the yorker is coming off nicely or the batter is new, you attack the stumps. When they’re set you go wide.”
Punjab will next face Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on April 19 in New Chandigarh.
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