The fiery Mumbai Indians (MI) pacer, Jofra Archer is one of the most fearsome fast bowlers around the globe but hasn’t been delivering to the best of his abilities in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. However, against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Mohali, he stooped to new levels by conceding 21 runs in an over, including three swashbuckling fours from Liam Livingstone.
Batting first against MI, PBSK was heading towards a huge total with the scoreboard reading 152/3 after 16 overs. Liam Livingstone proved to be key for PBKS while Jitesh Sharma also decided to go bonkers, the duo unbeaten at the crease. MI did have a trump card in their hand in the form of fearsome fast bowler, Jofra Archer but the Englishman had been off-color since the start of the tournament. The pacer conceded 21 runs in an over and the right-arm pacer received a lot of backlashes for such poor bowling.
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Archer was bowling the 13th over of the innings and he started with a no-ball to Livingstone. The batter got off the mark, allowing Jitesh Sharma to go on a carnage. The uncapped Indian batter smacked three boundaries against the speedster in the over. However, the troubles for Archer didn’t stop there as he leaked four more runs on the last ball after the Kookaburra flew to the boundary line after a collision with the batter’s pads. In his next over, Liam Livingstone smashed Archer for three back-to-back sixes.
Here is the video of Liam Livingstone smashing three consecutive sixes off Jofra Archer:
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
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Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan
In total, Jofra Archer conceded 21 overs which helped PBKS gain momentum and Twitterati bashed him for bowling such a poor over.
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— PRUDHVI🐉 (@mutualaccount1) May 3, 2023
— Mr.కార్తీక్ (@Karthikbubby) May 3, 2023
Enga umbi kaatu
— 𝘼𝘽𝙄𝙉𝙀𝙎𝙃 ᵘᶜʰⁱʰᵃ 🇪🇸 (@Mr_Stranger8) May 3, 2023
Vadu vachadani muggulesaru…vadu tintadani gaarelesaru @JofraArcher pic.twitter.com/KigX73pYhn
— Raghu (@Urstruly__Raghu) May 3, 2023
kitna bada scam hai jofra archer bhai tu😭😭
— Gagan (@BLUEBERRY4592) May 3, 2023
Oka wicket ayina tisav ra ee ipl loo @JofraArcher
— I Know U (@Udontknowwwwwme) May 3, 2023
https://twitter.com/7teenMagic/status/1653778181156130816?s=20
Is Jofra Archer even fit? He is bowling like a medium pacer. Every alternate ball is a cutter.
Don't think the owners bought him in the auction to bowl around 130kmph.#PBKSvMI
— Farzan Patel (@TheTipsyParsi) May 3, 2023
