April 21 (CRICKETNMORE) - Mumbai Indians comfortably beat Kings XI Punjab by 8 wickets on Thursday to occupy the top spot in IPL 2017 Points table. Check the match highlights below:

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Mumbai Indian Captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to field. Hashim Amla & Shaun Marsh opened the innings for Punjab:

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Shaun Marsh started off well but failed to play a long innings and was dismissed for 26.

 
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Punjab Skipper Glenn Maxwell played a cameo of 40 from 18 balls.

 

Hashim Amla scored his first hundred of IPL and helped Punjab post 198/4 in 20 Overs. He scored an unbeaten104 off 60 balls.

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Nitesh Rana played an important innings for Mumbai and scored an unbeaten 62 of 34 balls.

 
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Jos Buttler smashed 77 off 37 balls to guide his team to a 8-wicket victory over Punjab. he was awarded Player of the Match.


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