MI vs KKR / Mumbai won its second win of the season – beat KKR by 5 wickets

Zoom News : Apr 16, 2023, 07:30 PM
MI vs KKR: 5-time champions Mumbai Indians have extended the wait for Kolkata's win at the Wankhede ground in the Indian Premier League. The team defeated Knight Riders by 5 wickets in the first match of the third Super Sunday of the current season. The second match of the day is going on between defending champions Gujarat and Rajasthan in Ahmedabad. This is MI's 23rd win over KKR. So far 32 matches have been played between the two. Talking about the current season, this is Mumbai's second consecutive win. The team is at number 8 of the points table. Mumbai won the toss and decided to bowl at their home ground. Batting first, Kolkata scored 185 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Mumbai batsmen achieved the target of 186 runs in 5 wickets in 17.4 overs.

Ishan's innings heavy

Ishaan Kishan played a stormy inning of 58 runs off 25 balls. This innings overshadowed Venkatesh Iyer's century. Ishaan did half the work with an explosive opening partnership of 65 runs in 29 balls with Rohit. Surya and Tilak Verma's half-century partnership did the remaining work.

This is how Mumbai's wickets fell

First: Suyash got Rohit Sharma caught by Umesh Yadav on the 5th ball of the 5th over.

Second: Varun Chakraborty bowled Ishaan Kishan on the third ball of the 8th over.

Third: Tilak Verma was bowled by Suyash Sharma on the 5th ball of the 14th over.

Fourth: On the third ball of the 17th over, Shardul Thakur got Surya caught by Gurbaj.

Tilak-Surya's half-century partnership

After the dismissal of Rohit and Ishaan, Tilak Verma and Suryakumar Yadav shared a half-century partnership of 60 runs off 38 balls. Suyyash broke this partnership by bowling Tilak. Suyash also broke the opening partnership by bowling Rohit.

Stormy start of Mumbai, lost Rohit's wicket

Mumbai made a stormy start in the powerplay. The pair of impact players Rohit Sharma and Ishaan Kishan shared an opening partnership of 65 runs off 29 balls. Here Rohit Sharma got out after scoring 20 runs. He is playing as an impact player. For the first time in the season, the regular captain of a team landed as an impact player, although in this match only Mumbai captain Suryakumar Yadav will be called as he has done the toss.

First century of Iyer's IPL career, Kolkata scored 185 runs

Kolkata, batting first at the Wankhede ground in Mumbai, scored 185 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs.

Venkatesh Iyer played an aggressive inning of 104 runs. Lefty Batter scored 6 fours and 9 sixes in his innings. At the same time, Hrithik Shokeen of Mumbai took two wickets.

Kolkata wickets fell like this...

First: Cameron Green dismissed Narayan Jagadishan in the 5th ball of the second over. Shaukeen took a brilliant catch by Jagdishan.

Second: On the third ball of the sixth over, Piyush Chawla got Gurbaj caught by Yansen.

Third: On the first ball of the ninth over, Hrithik Shokeen got captain Nitish Rana caught by Ramandeep Singh.

Fourth: On the 5th ball of the 13th over, Hrithik Shokeen got Shardul Thakur caught by Tilak Verma.

Fifth: On the second ball of the 18th over, Venkatesh Iyer was caught by Riley Meredith at the hands of Duyan Jenson playing the debut match.

Sixth: Duyan Jenson, who was debuting, got Rinku Singh caught by Nehal Wadhera.

Iyer scored his second century of the season

Venkatesh Iyer has scored his second century of the season. Iyer completed his century in 50 balls. He scored 104 runs. Iyer hit 6 fours and 9 sixes in his innings of 51 balls. He has become the second batsman to score a century for KKR. Earlier, Brendon McCullum had played an inning of 158 runs in the first match of the first season. He has become the highest run-scorer in an innings after McCullum.

Kolkata scored 55+ runs in Powerplay

Kolkata scored 57 runs in the first powerplay of the match, but the team also suffered two setbacks. Jagdishan Zero and Gurbaj returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs. In such a situation, Venkatesh Iyer took the innings to 50.

Junior Tendulkar wearing number 24 jersey, which is Sachin's birthday

Arjun Tendulkar has landed wearing jersey number 24. Sachin Tendulkar's birthday is on 24th April. Apparently Arjun has dedicated his jersey number to his father.

Debut cap for Arjun Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun Tendulkar is making his debut for Mumbai. Duane Jansen, the twin brother of Marco Jansen, is also debuting.

Now see the playing-11 of both the teams...

Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Wicket-keeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Narayan Jagadishan, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav and Varun Chakraborty.

Impact Players: Suyash Sharma, David Vise, Anukul Roy, Mandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Duane Jenson and Riley Meredith.

Impact Players: Rohit Sharma, Arshad Khan, Vishnu Vinod, Kumar Kartikeya and Ramandeep Singh.

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