Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians in a surprising match with a score below 200. This win improved their ranking in the top four teams. It was their first victory at this stadium since 2012. Initially, kolkotta king rider faced batting struggles, but Venkatesh Iyer’s performance helped them reach a score of 169 on a new and tricky pitch. Mitchell Starc took wickets both at the beginning and end of the innings. The spinners also caused trouble for Mumbai Indians during the middle of their chase, despite Suryakumar Yadav’s strong efforts.
Where was the game won
Surya kumar kept mumbai going until they needed 51 runs from 30 balls, but when he got out in the 16th over, mumbai started struggling and couldn’t bounce back. Meanwhile, kolkott kings riders lost half of their players but still managed to score enough runs to give their bowlers a chance to defend.
PowerPlay: KKR top-order misread ‘fresh’ Wankhede pitch
Nuwan Thushara got three wickets in only two overs. Phil Salt, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, and Shreyas Iyer got out fast. Tilak Varma caught Salt after a teammate bumped into him.The next two batters hit the ball . Narine hit a six in the fifth over but got out on the next ball when Pandya, the bowler, hit his leg stump.
Middle-overs: Venkatesh Iyer, Manish Pandey steady the ship
Rinku Singh hit the ball to Piyush Chawla. Then, Manish Pandey came in to replace him. Manish and Venkatesh Iyer played carefully to make a comeback. Piyush bowled three good overs and gave away only 15 runs. But Manish and Venkatesh scored runs from Naman Dhir’s two overs. Then, they scored more runs from Gerald Coetzee and Bumrah. Venkatesh got more than 50 runs for the fourth time against KKR, while Manish took advantage of his chance to play for the franchise this year.
Death-overs: Bumrah mops up after Russell run-out
Hardik kept the ball slow, and it helped him get Pandey out for 42 runs. Then, Andre Russell came in and hit a big six, boosting KKR’s score. But, a bad decision by Venkatesh got Russell out. Bumrah then took charge, getting two more wickets, and Venkatesh added some runs before getting out too. In the end, Venkatesh scored 70 runs in 52 balls.
Mumbai Indians
Mitchell Starc began the game by getting rid of Ishan Kishan, who got out after hitting a six on the last ball. Naman Dhir tried to move forward but was dismissed by Varun Chakravarthy on the first ball of the fourth over. Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians’ key player, got out next when he made a mistake while attempting a pull shot against Sunil Narine in the sixth over. It was the eighth time he fell to the spinner in the tournament.
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