Punjab Kings openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh became the first unbeaten pair to cross 1000 run partnership in IPL. The milestone was reached when the team’s score moved to 24 during PBKS’s match against Mumbai Indians on Thursday.The duo also added a 50-run stand in the match before the partnership was broken by Deepak Chahar, who dismissed Priyansh Arya for 22.Prabhsimran Singh, who scored 549 runs in 2025 and 439* in 2026, also became only the third Indian uncapped player to score 400 or more runs in multiple IPL seasons. The other two are Suryakumar Yadav (2018, 2019 and 2020) and Abhishek Sharma (2022 and 2024).Earlier, Mumbai Indians captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and opted to field first against Punjab Kings in their IPL 2026 match at Dharamsala on Thursday.Bumrah leads Mumbai Indians for the first time in the IPL. Regular skipper Hardik Pandya is recovering from a back spasm while stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav is unavailable due to personal reasons.Punjab Kings came into the match on the back of four consecutive defeats at a crucial stage of the season. They were top of the table after seven games but have since fallen in the battle for the top two spots.Mumbai Indians are also having a poor season overall, with three wins from 11 matches and ninth place in the points table.On the toss, Bumrah said, “We decided to play first. We saw the last match and felt that maybe with the cold weather coming in, the wicket would stabilize. I didn’t think I would be the Test captain before I became the MI captain (smiles). As we can, we still have three matches to play and we want to enjoy ourselves and maybe mess up a few teams, he is not here for personal reasons.PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer said, “We would also bowl first. The wicket looks a bit drier. I still don’t know how the pitch will play, so just be positive. We should stop thinking about what went wrong. We have to think about being fit and having a positive mindset. Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett and Azmatullah are coming.”
