Kolkata Knight Riders have ended their 12-year-long hoodoo at the Wankhede Stadium towards Mumbai Indians as they registered a uncommon win towards the five-time champions at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday, May 3.
The Shreyas Iyer-led aspect outclassed Hardik Pandya‘s MI on a difficult floor of the Wankhede Stadium. Batting first KKR managed to make 169 in 19.5 overs as their batters bore the brunt of the two-paced floor. But Venkatesh Iyer and Manish Pandey stood tall within the dire circumstances to take the group to a aggressive complete. Iyer, who was lengthy pending for a notable knock for the Knight Riders this season, lastly arrived with a rating of 70 from 52 balls. Manish, who got here in as an affect sub, made 42 from 31 deliveries.
The bowlers set-up an excellent win for the guests within the second innings. Mitchell Starc’s four-wicket haul, and two wickets every from Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell helped the Knight Riders win the competition by 24 runs. This is KKR’s first win over MI at the Wankhede Stadium aftwer 12 years. Their final win towards them got here wat again in 2012.
Mumbai Indians misplaced Ishan Kishan early within the second over when Mitchell Starc made an early strike by cleansing up the MI opener. Rohit Sharma and Naman Dhir couldn’t contribute a lot and fell for equivalent scores of 11 every with MI in gap at 46/3 They went into deeper hassle with the departure of Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera and Hardik Pandya – MI had been reeling at 71/6 in 11.2 overs. Hardik, who had a superb day within the bowling, couldn’t make it an honest day with the bat as he was dismissed for one run.
Suryakumar Yadav inflicted the impetus and the much-needed hope into the hosts camp as he made a stroke-filled 56 from 35 balls. But when he fell within the sixteenth over with MI nonetheless needing 50 extra, the pendulum swung in favour of the guests. Tim David held one end up and tried taking the group over the road. MI wanted 32 from the final over of Starc and it was means an excessive amount of even for David as he fell after hitting the primary ball for a six. Starc was on a hat-trick as he eliminated Piyush Chawla on the subsequent ball however Jasprit Bumrah saved the hat-trick just for Gerald Coetzee to be bowled out on the subsequent ball.
