Punjab now have 10 defeats in T20s while defending 200-plus scores. West Indies are next on the list with eight losses, followed by Royal Challengers Bangalore with seven and Chennai Super Kings third with six.Most defeats in 200+ chases in T2010 Punjab Kings8 West Indies7 Royal Challengers Bengaluru6 Chennai Super KingsAsked to bat first, Punjab got off to a strong start through Priyansh Arya (27) and Prabhasmaran Singh (57), who added 50 runs in 33 balls. Prabhasmaran later put on a 57-run stand with Cooper Connolly as PBKS crossed the 100-run mark in the 12th over.However, Mumbai pulled things back through Shardul Thakur, who took four wickets for 39 runs. He removed Prabhasmaran and skipper Shreyas Iyer (4) within three balls to swing the momentum in Mumbai’s favour.Punjab still managed to reach 200 for 8 after scoring 53 runs in the last three overs. Azmatullah Omarzai scored 38 off 17 balls while Vishnu Vinod and Xavier Bartlett added runs late on.Mumbai’s chase was led by Ryan Rickleton, who scored 48 off 23 balls with four fours and four sixes. Although Punjab fought back through Yuzvinder Chahal and reduced Mumbai to 89 for 3, Tilak Verma took control of the innings with an unbeaten 75 off 33 balls.Tilak first put on 61 runs with Sheriff Rutherford and later combined with Will Jacks to complete the chase. He hit two sixes in the last over and won with one ball to spare.The defeat also added to Shreyas Iyer’s record of defending more than 200 totals in the IPL. As captain, Iyer has now lost seven such matches in the league. In 20 IPL matches where his team scored a total of more than 200 while batting first, his teams won 12, lost seven and drew one. No other IPL captain has lost more than five such matches, while only Faf du Plessis has lost so many in all T20 cricket.Shreyas Iyer as captain in defending 200+ total in IPLMat 20 | Win 12 | Lost 7 | NR 1No other captain has lost more than five such games in the IPL while only Faf du Plessis has lost as many in all T20Is.
