It was a sensational performance by the players of the defending champions Mumbai Indians, as the team performed superbly in both batting as well as bowling department. With all-round performance, Mumbai Indians registered 8 wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in an empty stadium of Abu Dhabi. So without making any further delay let’s dive into the article to check out the complete the details of the match between Mumbai Indians versus Kolkata Knight Riders.
Kolkata Knight Riders came with the new captain for its side, as Dinesh Karthik gave-up his captaincy and Morgan is the new man who took the responsibility of the team. But the change of leader isn’t working for Kolkata Knight Riders as they did find momentum in any department of the game and the same resulted a massive defeat against the defending champions. Kolkata came out to bat first in the middle of Abu Dhabi cricket stadium but they did not start with positivity, as it lost wickets in the early stage of the match and continued throughout the innings as the team continued to lose wickets in regular intervals.
Rahul Chahar, the new spinning sensation of Mumbai Indians team took two wickets of the Kolkata Knight Riders also gave an economical spell as well as he gave just 18 runs in his four overs and the same restricted Kolkata Knight Riders very hardly. All the other bowlers of Mumbai Indians pick wickets and didn’t allow the team to build a partnership and that pushed the team into a deep trouble.
But the captain of KKR Morgan and Pat Cummins fireworks in the last 3 overs and the same help the team to score 148 runs on the board after 20 overs. It is worth to mention that Cummins played amazing innings and scored half century.
In reply, Mumbai Indians got a solid start as the captain Rohit Sharma played with an amazing shot to the boundary and de Kock played great innings and unbeaten by scoring half century for his side. Both the openers of Mumbai Indians smashed 94 runs in 10 overs and made everything comfortable for the victory but the team lost its captain Rohit Sharma and the suryakumar Yadav, but south African wicket keeper and Hardik Pandya guided to the victory with 8 wickets and 19 balls to spare. With the victory, Mumbai Indians got 12 points and goes to the top position of the points table of IPL 2020.
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