Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 52 runs in the 56th match of the 2022 Indian Premier League in Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium on Monday.     

MI skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first. Venkatesh Iyer (43 off 24 balls) and Nitish Rana (43 off 26 balls) performed well with the bat for KKR before the team was restricted to 165 for nine, thanks to Jasprit Bumrah‘s maiden five-wicket haul.

MI failed to chase down the target as they were bowled out for 113 in 17.3 overs. Ishan Kishan (51 off 43) was the top scorer for MI.

Pat Cummins, on the other hand, picked up three wickets for KKR, giving away 22 runs.

With this massive win, KKR remain in the competition.

“I would take that total on that pitch. Was a great effort from the bowling unit, Bumrah was special. Disappointed the way we batted. Poor from the batters. Not really (difficulty of batting on this pitch). We are playing our fourth game here and we know what to expect here. We know seam bowlers will get some help from the pitch. We didn’t get partnerships and you need partnerships chasing a total like that. I don’t think so (if MI could have restricted KKR to a lower total). Looking at the way they batted in the first 10 overs, they were 100 runs in 10 or 11 overs. But the way we came back was brilliant,” Rohit Sharma said.

“Great effort from Bumrah and the entire bowling unit. Batters let us down. It’s been that kind of a season where both departments weren’t consistent enough. It is something that we wanted to improve today but couldn’t do it.”

Brief Scores:

Kolkata Knight Riders: 165/9 in 20 overs (Venkatesh Iyer 43, Nitish Rana 43; Jasprit Bumrah 5/10).

Mumbai Indians: 113 all out in 17.3 overs (Ishan Kishan 51; Pat Cummins 3/22).