KKR vs MI IPL 2022: Playing his first match of the season, Pat Cummins played an absolute blinder of an innings to power Kolkata Knight Riders to a 5-wicket win against Mumbai Indians.
Chasing 162, KKR lost their first wickets in the 5th over at a low score of 16. Venkatesh Iyer however held one end and scored 50 runs off 41 balls.
However, KKR were at a point where they were 5 wickets down in 13.1 overs, still requiring 61 runs to win in 41 balls and had just lost in-form Andre Russell
Out came Pat Cummins, ahead of Sunil Narine, and slaughtered KKR bowlers as he smashed an unbeaten 56 runs off 15 balls, smacking 4 fours and 6 sixes to take KKR to their third win and top of the table.
For MI, Murugan Ashwin & Tymal Mills picked up 2 wickets each while Daniel Sams also took a wicket. However, Sams went for 35 runs in his last over as he was smacked for 4 sixes and 2 fours by Pat Cummins to finish the match.
In the first innings, making his return to cricket after almost 2 months, Suryakumar Yadav helped Mumbai Indians to a total of 161/4 against Kolkata Knight Riders.
KKR bowlers bowled tightly and didn't let KKR batters score easy runs for more than the first half of the innings. However, Suryakumar Yadav & Tilak Varma held the crease for Mumbai Indians and etched a partnership of 83 runs in 49 balls for the fourth wicket.
SKY scored 52 runs in 36 balls with 5 fours & 2 sixes while Varma scored 38* runs in 27 balls including 3 fours & 2 sixes. Pollard also smacked 22 runs off 5 balls in the last over to take the total across 150.
For KKR, Pat Cummins picked up 2 wickets in his first match of the season while Umesh Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy picked up 1 wicket each.
Earlier, KKR captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss & opted to bowl first against MI in the 14th match of IPL 2022. This match is being played at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune.
Brief Score:
- Mumbai Indians - 161/4 (Suryakumar - 52(36), Cummins - 2/47)
- Kolkata Knight Riders - 162/5 in 16 overs (Cummins - 56*, M Ashwin - 2/25)
