Gerald Coetzee took three wickets in the Mumbai Indians’ nine-run win against the Punjab Kings in the IPL on Thursday.

The Proteas pace bowler finished with figures of 3-32 in his four overs as Mumbai bowled Punjab out for 183.

Earlier, Mumbai posted 192-7 thanks to Suryakumar Yadav’s 78 off 53 balls.

Openers Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma began the Mumbai innings with an 18-run partnership before Kishan, who hit eight runs off eight balls, fell in the third over.

Sharma, who scored a 25-ball 36, fell in the 12th over while Yadav was dismissed in the 17th.

Young Tilak Varma went on to rack up an 18-ball 34, with the assistance of cameos from Hardik Pandya (10) and Tim David (14).

Punjab’s innings began on a disastrous note, with Coetzee and Indian pacer Japsrit Bumrah striking early to leave them reeling at 14-3 at the end of the second over.

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Ashutosh Sharma helped rebuild the innings with an explosive 61 runs off 28 balls, aided ably by Shashank Singh (41) and Harpreet Brar (21).

Kagiso Rabada scored eight runs off three balls but ultimately Punjab ended up falling short.

Punjab acting captain Sam Curran said it was “heartbreaking” for his team to take it close and still lose.

“This team loves a close game. Got well to get close, thanks to Ashutosh … Hopefully we can win the close ones and get the momentum.”

“What a game,” said Coetzee. “We started really well. Cricket’s a funny game. We thought we had it, they battled really well. Then it was like a see-saw.”

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