Mumbai Indians faced yet another defeat in the tournament of IPL 2022 as Kolkata Knight Riders registered a thrilling victory. Pat Cummins was the man behind the victory of KKR, he smashed 56 runs from just 15 deliveries that turned around things. So without making any further delay let’s get into the article to check out the complete details of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders versus Mumbai Indians.
Shreyas Iyer won the toss for Kolkata Knight Riders and elected to field the first and Mumbai Indians didn’t had a good start as the captain Rohit Sharma went back to the pavilion after scoring just 3 runs in his account.
The top model of Mumbai Indians was travelling to score runs as the in-form batsman Ishan Kishan was also dismissed for just 14 while Dewald Brevis accelerator his innings and he smashed 29 from 19. Having said that, Suryakumar Yadav was Back in Action in the middle order for Mumbai Indians and he showcase the sensation performance in the match. He smashed 52 from just 36 deliveries.
Tilak Varma, once again showcased a decent performance as his matchstick 38 runs and remained unbeaten in the game. The big man from Caribbean land, Kieron Pollard presented a real firework in the middle as he smashed 22 from just 5 deliveries and that made Mumbai Indians to reach 161 runs with the loss of 4 wickets after 20 overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders also didn’t have a good start as they lost the opener Ajinkya Rahane for just 7 runs while his partner Venkatesh Iyer had an amazing evening as he smashed 50 from just 41 and remained unbeaten throughout the innings of Kolkata Knight Riders. The captain of the side, Shreyas Iyer was dismissed for just 10.
Sam Billings and Nitish Rana went back to the pavilion for 17 and 8 runs respectively. The sensational all-rounder of Kolkata Knight Riders Andre Russell was also dismissed for just 11 runs and that made Mumbai Indians to believe their first victory in the tournament but an amazing performance of Pat Cummins spoiled the complete hopes. As he smashed 56 runs from just 15 deliveries and that made Kolkata Knight Riders to register yet another victory in the tournament.
It is worth mentioning that Mumbai Indians didn’t won a single match in IPL 2022. We believe that Rohit Sharma and his boys will bounce back in the next match.
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