Kishan, Suryakumar gave victory to Mumbai

Mumbai (Uttam Hindu News): With the innings of Ishaan Kishan (25 balls, 58 runs) and Suryakumar Yadav (25 balls, 43 runs) going through poor form, Mumbai Indians defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (Knight Riders) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday. KKR) by five wickets.

Batting first, KKR scored 185 runs in 20 overs thanks to an explosive century by Venkatesh Iyer (51 balls, 104 runs), however, due to the failure of other batsmen, his hundred did not work and Mumbai achieved the target in 17.4 overs. took.

Opener Kishan scored 58 off 25 balls with the help of five fours and five sixes, while Suryakumar Yadav, captaining in the absence of Rohit Sharma, scored 43 off 25 balls with four fours and three sixes.

Mumbai are currently eighth in the points table with two wins and two losses, while KKR are fifth with two wins and three losses from five matches.

Bowling after winning the toss, Mumbai dismissed opener Narayan Jagadishan for zero, but Iyer looked aggressive from the very first ball. Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (12 balls, eight runs) and skipper Nitish Rana (10 balls, five runs) could not touch double figures, but Iyer batted furiously to take KKR to 57 runs in the powerplay.

Amidst falling wickets, KKR needed a partnership which was seen between Shardul Thakur and Iyer. Iyer completed his half-century with a four off the 23rd ball and then added 50 runs for the fourth wicket with Thakur. Thakur scored 13 runs off 11 balls before returning to the pavilion.

KKR were on course for 200 by scoring 135/4 in 14 overs but Mumbai bowlers bowled brilliantly in the final overs. Hrithik Shokeen scored only five runs in the 15th over, while Piyush Chawla conceded six runs in the 16th over. Jansen scored nine runs in the 17th over but Riley Meredith took the big wicket of Iyer in the 18th over for just five runs. Iyer scored 104 off 51 balls with the help of six fours and nine sixes. With this, he also became the first batsman since Brendon McCullum (2008) to score a century for KKR.

Rinku Singh could only manage 18 runs off 18 balls before getting dismissed, after which Andre Russell (11 balls, 21 not out) took KKR to a score of 185/6 in 20 overs.