Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets

In the 32nd match of the 13th season of IPL, Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 8 wickets. KKR did not perform well even after changing the captaincy. In the match played in Abu Dhabi, Kolkata won the toss and gave a target of 149 runs while batting. In response, Mumbai won the match by scoring 149 runs for 2 wickets in 16.5 overs.

Mumbai opener Quinton Dickock made his 13th fifty in the IPL. He scored the most unbeaten 78 runs for the team. Hardik Pandya not out after scoring 21 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma scored 35 runs. Suryakumar Yadav was dismissed for 10 runs. KKR's Shivam Mavi and Varun Chakraborty got one wicket each.

50+ run opening partnership for Mumbai for the first time in the season

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma (35) and Quinton Dickock gave their team a great start. There was a 94-run opening partnership between the two. KKR's Shivam Mavi broke the partnership by dismissing Rohit. For the first time in the season, there was a 50+ run partnership between the Mumbai openers. At the same time, this is the first time in the season, when no wicket fell for Mumbai in the power-play.

KKR lost 2 wickets in power-play

Kolkata did not have a good start. Opener Rahul Tripathi could not do anything special. Rahul (7) was dismissed by Trent Boult. His superb catch was caught by Suryakumar Yadav. After this, Nathan Coulter-Nile showed Nitish Rana (5) the path of the pavilion. KKR scored 33 for the power-play 2 wickets.

Not even Gil-Karthik left

Dinesh Karthik, who left the captaincy of KKR, did not bat in this match. Karthik scored 4 runs off 8 balls. He was dismissed by Rahul Chahar. Chahar had shown Shubman Gill (21) the path of the pavilion on the same ball before this.

Cummins-Morgan takes over KKR

Earlier, after losing 5 wickets for 61 runs, KKR, who was in trouble, was handled by captain Eoin Morgan and Pat Cummins. Both brought the team's score to 148 for 5 wickets. Both scored an unbeaten 87-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Cummins made his first fifty in the IPL, scoring an unbeaten 53 off 36 balls and Morgan scoring 39 off 29 balls.

Rahul Chahar of Mumbai took the maximum 2 wickets. Apart from this, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult and Nathan Coulter-Nile took 1–1 wickets.

Mumbai's bowlers most effective in power-play

Mumbai Indians bowlers performed well in the season. The bowlers of the team have taken 12 wickets in the power-play at an average of 23.33. At the same time, Sunrisers Hyderabad are second with 12 wickets at an average of 28.08. Kings XI Punjab has taken 9 wickets at an average of 32.11 and is third in this list.

Bolt completed 50 wickets in IPL

Trent Boult completed his 50 wickets in the IPL. Bolt achieved this record in 41 matches. His economy in the league has been 8.59. 3 wickets for 19 runs is his best performance. The record of taking the most wickets is in the name of Malinga of Mumbai Indians. He has taken 170 wickets in 122 matches.

Second lowest target of the season

KKR gave Mumbai the second lowest target of 149 runs of the season. Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 142 for 4 against Kolkata. This match was done by Kolkata by 7 wickets. At the same time, Rajasthan Royals scored 154 runs for 6 wickets against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bengaluru won this match by 8 wickets.