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England all-rounder Will Jacks and India's Tilak Varma led Mumbai Indians to a last gasp victory over Punjab Kings by chasing 201 with a ball to spare in Dharamshala.

Mumbai needed 50 from the last three overs but Jacks hit two sixes and two fours while Varma finished 75 not out from 33 balls.

After being joined by Jacks in the 17th over with Mumbai four down, Varma struck South Africa's Marco Jansen for two sixes and a four to start the 18th.

Varma added another six and Jacks a four to take 22 from the over before Jacks hit a six and a four in the penultimate over.

That left 15 to get from the last and Jacks began with a straight six and Varma hit Australian Xavier Bartlett for two more to complete the win.

Mumbai, who were captained for the first time by bowler Jasprit Bumrah in the absence of Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav, are already unable to reach the play-offs but the six-wicket defeat dents Punjab's hopes.

They were unbeaten after seven matches but have now lost five in a row. They are still fourth but could drop to sixth by the next time they play.

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England all-rounder Jamie Overton has been ruled out of the remainder of the Indian Premier League season with a thigh injury.

Overton, 32, has had an impressive season with Chennai Super Kings, playing in 10 of their 11 matches and taking 14 wickets.

He is also fourth on their run-scorers list with 136, including knocks of 43 not out against Rajasthan Royals and 37 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Overton's next cricket after the IPL is due to be for Surrey in the T20 Blast.

They have seven fixtures between 24 May and 5 June, though Overton would have missed much of that run had Chennai qualified for the play-offs.

The all-rounder retired from red-ball cricket last summer to concentrate on the shorter formats and was part of England's 2026 T20 World Cup squad.

England's next white-ball matches are against India in July.

Overton has been replaced by South African all-rounder Dian Forrester, who has played five T20s for the Proteas and will now begin a planned stint in the Blast with Kent later than planned.

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Virat Kohli hit a brilliant unbeaten 105 as Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets to move top of the Indian Premier League table.

Opening the batting, the 37-year-old struck 11 fours and three sixes in his 60-ball innings as RCB chased down their target of 193 with five balls to spare.

Kohli, who was dismissed for ducks in his two previous innings but is still averaging over 50 for the fourth consecutive year, lost opening partner Jacob Bethell for 15 when he was caught and bowled by Kartik Tyagi.

He put on 92 with Devdutt Padikkal (37), before the impact substitute was dismissed by Tyagi, who would later remove Tim David on his way to figures of 3-32.

By that point RCB were in full control of the chase, needing 13 off 13 balls, and Kohli had time to bring up his first hundred of the season, off 58 deliveries, before Jitesh Sharma struck a winning four.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi was the top-scorer in the KKR innings after they were put into bat, striking 71 off 46 balls from number three.

The wicketkeeper put on partnerships of 68 with Cameron Green (32) and 76 with Rinku Singh (49 not out) and was run out off the final ball of the KKR innings as they closed on 192-4.

The win moves defending champions RCB above Gujarat Titans at the top of the table on net run-rate, while KKR remain eighth after four-match winning streak was brought to an end.

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