“His bat swing has separate fan base” – Twitter reacts after Liam Livingstone smashes a blazing fifty against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2023

Punjab Kings are now locking horns with Mumbai Indians in the 46th match of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League. The game is currently being held at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.

Punjab Kings are sixth on the points table as they have won five games and lost the other four games, collecting 10 points. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians are seventh on the table with four wins and four defeats, accumulating 8 points.

Talking about the game, Mumbai Indians won the toss and invited Punjab Kings to bat first. The Mohali-based franchise got off to a sloppy start to the game as they lost Prabhsimran Singh for just 9 runs as Arshad Khan took his wicket.

After his dismissal, skipper Shikhar Dhawan and Matthew Short added 49 runs for the second wicket before Piyush Chawla dismissed Dhawan for 30 runs (5 fours), courtesy of quick stumping by wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan.

On the other hand, Matthew Short was bowled by Piyush Chawla for 27 runs. He struck two fours and a six during his stay at the crease. After his departure, Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma took the game away from the opposition with fearless display of batting.

Liam Livingstone smashes a blazing fifty against Mumbai Indians

England international Liam Livingstone played one heck of an inning against Mumbai Indians in the ongoing game. The right-handed batsman played quite sensibly by ticking the flow of runs when it mattered the most. He smashed a fifty off 32 balls where he struck seven fours and a six.

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

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

His bat swing has separate fanbase🔥

— hanny shaik (@hanny_shaik2) May 3, 2023

Brutal hitting man😈🔥🔥

— 𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈 𝙎𝙪𝙮𝙖𝙨𝙝 (@VirMessiSuyash) May 3, 2023

Livi storm 🌪️

— cricket is love 😍 (@Sarandeep__) May 3, 2023

Fifty for Livingstone, the brute force from England has arrived in IPL 2023.

53* from 32 balls, What a ball striker.#MIvsPBKS #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/kZdvrS3yEm

— SPORTSBUZZINFO (@Sportsbuzinfo) May 3, 2023

Good calculated innings from Livingstone

— CricRoyale (@cricroyale) May 3, 2023

Well played Liam Livingstone.

— Royals Cricket (@ImHimanshu_Raj) May 3, 2023

Preity Zinta stands and claps for Liam Livingstone after he completed his fifty. 53 from 32 balls. What an inning. pic.twitter.com/RHnCZCWLev

— Vikram Rajput (@iVikramRajput) May 3, 2023

Livingstone is literally bashing these young and inexperienced MI bowlers like kids 😂😂🙈 #PBKSvMI #IPL2023

— 𝘾𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙆𝙀𝙏 𝘾𝙍𝘼𝙕𝙔 𝘼𝘿𝙄𝙏𝙔𝘼 🏏 (@imAditya168_) May 3, 2023