MI Defeat KKR By 8 Wickets In Wankhede Stadium
Mumbai Indians Beat Kolkata Knight Riders By 8 Wickets: Five-time champions Mumbai Indians registered their first win of the ongoing IPL. They opened their points account and ended their last-place run deficit by beating last-place winners Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets. Kolkata had set a target of just 117 runs on Monday in the Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai easily achieved this to register their win and also significantly increase their run rate. After losing their first two away matches, Mumbai had the advantage at home by adopting a new strategy. Know the MI VS KKR head-to-head Scoreboard. Former captain Rohit Sharma (13), who played as an impact player, failed for the third consecutive match.
Mumbai Indians Beat Kolkata Knight Riders
However, the opportunity was seized with both hands by opener Ryan Rickelton, one of the involved players. Rickelton was the captain to have led the chase successfully for Mumbai with a brilliant half-century. Rickelton remained unbeaten at six-two runs off forty-one balls. Mumbai thereby comfortably crossed the winning line after losing only two wickets, with the team reaching the target in seven-point-one overs. Consequently, Mumbai, having claimed its first win in the third match, climbed from the tenth position to sixth. Kolkata, on the other hand, fell to its second defeat in its third match, slipping from sixth to seventh. In the season’s first match, played at the Wankhede Stadium and embellished with music and dance, Mumbai won the toss and invited Kolkata to bat on Monday.
The decision ultimately proved to be a masterstroke for Mumbai. Trent Boult and Deepak Chahar shared the wickets of the two opposing openers, Sunil Narine (0) and Quinton de Kock (1), to give Kolkata two huge blows in two overs. Then, the emerging left-arm fast bowler Ashwini Kumar (4/24) devastated the Kolkata middle order with his swing bowling. Kolkata, which struggled after losing four wickets in the power play, did not stop there. Kolkata, who lost Rink Singh and Manish Pandey in the eleventh over, were all out for just 117 runs in 16.2 overs.
Making five changes at once for this crucial match proved fatal for Kolkata. Two impact players, Angakris Raghuvanshi, top-scored with 26 runs, while Ramandeep Singh, the last batsman to be out, scored 22 runs. With a sharp bowling, Mumbai’s four fast bowlers Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Ashwin Kumar, and Hardik Pandya together took 8 wickets for Kolkata. Ashwini was considered the best player. Brief Scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 116 in 16.2 overs (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 26, Ramandeep Singh 22, Ashwini Kumar 4/24, Deepak Chahar 2/19). Mumbai Indians 122/2 in 12.5 overs (Ryan Rickelton 62, Suryakumar Yadav 27, Andre Russell 2/35).
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