MI vs KKR, IPL 2023: Back-to-back wins for Mumbai Indians, win by 5 wickets
Karen Noronha
Last Updated: 05.36 AM, May 15, 2023
Mumbai Indians (MI) take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Match 22 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. While KKR has played good cricket so far, MI has not yet found proper momentum.
Even if no tickets were sold, the game nonetheless has a packed house, which is a unique aspect. About 19,000 children from 36 NGOs received free entrance to the home franchise.
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MI vs KKR: WICKET - Review goes in favour of Kolkata
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MI vs KKR: WICKET - SKY goes for 43
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MI vs KKR: WICKET - Tilak Varma bowled for 30
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MI vs KKR: WICKET - Chakaravarthy gets the better of Ishan Kishan
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MI vs KKR: 50 for Ishan Kishan
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MI vs KKR: WICKET - Rohit Sharma walks back for 20
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MI vs KKR: WICKET - Rinku Singh departs for 18
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MI vs KKR: WICKET - Venkatesh Iyer's fantastic knock comes to an end
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MI vs KKR: 100 for Venkatesh Iyer
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MI vs KKR: WICKET - Shardul Thakur goes for 13
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MI vs KKR: 50 for Venkatesh Iyer
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MI vs KKR: WICKET - Nitish Rana departs for 5, exchanges words with Hrithik Shokeen
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MI vs KKR: WICKET - Chawla strikes in his first over
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MI vs KKR: WICKET - Hrithik Shokeen takes a fine catch
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MI vs KKR: TOSS - Mumbai opt to bowl
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MI vs KKR: Mumbai Indians win by 5 wickets
Back-to-back wins for MI!
Venkatesh Iyer's 100 goes in vain as Ishan Kishan and SKY both get back in form and lead their side to victory.
Suyash Sharma takes 2 wickets while Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakaravarthy and Lockie Ferguson gets 1 each.
MI vs KKR: WICKET - Review goes in favour of Kolkata
A review is taken and goes in favour of Kolkata.
Wadhera shuffled in and had a poke, only to get a faint edge through to the keeper.
Nehal Wadhera c Gurbaz b Ferguson 6(4) [4s-1]
MI vs KKR: WICKET - SKY goes for 43
It was a cutter from a hard length outside off and Suryakumar tried to ramp it over the keeper.
But he only managed to get a faint edge onto Gurbaz.
Suryakumar Yadav c Gurbaz b Thakur 43(25) [4s-4 6s-3]
MI vs KKR: WICKET - Tilak Varma bowled for 30
The pressure was building with four dot balls and Suyash finally got his man.
The ball spun in ever so slightly and took the inside edge onto the stumps.
Tilak Varma b Suyash Sharma 30(25) [4s-3 6s-1]
MI vs KKR: WICKET - Chakaravarthy gets the better of Ishan Kishan
Big wicket for KKR!
Chakaravarthy pushes it fuller for Kishan to slog and the southpaw plays the big heave.
But this time the ball gets under him, inside edged onto the pads and deflects onto the stumps.
Ishan Kishan b Chakaravarthy 58(25) [4s-5 6s-5]
MI vs KKR: 50 for Ishan Kishan
Brilliant Fifty for Ishan Kishan, only off 21 balls!
The opening batter has been attacking from the start and has put MI in a good position.
MI vs KKR: WICKET - Rohit Sharma walks back for 20
Brilliant take from Umesh and this is exactly what KKR badly needed.
Rohit Sharma came in as an impact sub and started hitting the ball across the park. He proved to be dangerous and needed to be stopped.
Rohit c Umesh Yadav b Suyash Sharma 20(13) [4s-1 6s-2]
MI vs KKR: Impact subs
Rohit Sharma comes in as the Impact sub for MI.
Venky Iyer has been subbed out and Suyash has come in as the Impact sub for KKR.
MI vs KKR: WICKET - Rinku Singh departs for 18
It was on a length well outside off and slower in pace too and Rinku Singh went to reach out for it.
He flat-bats it towards long-on but does not get the elevation and the ball lands straight down the throat of long-on.
Rinku Singh c Nehal Wadhera b Jansen 18(18) [4s-2]
MI vs KKR: WICKET - Venkatesh Iyer's fantastic knock comes to an end
Venkatesh Iyer departs after a fantastic knock!
The batter premeditated his shot and switched his stance.
He tried to reverse hit it over short third man but does not get the elevation and Jansen catches it safely.
Venkatesh Iyer c Jansen b Meredith 104(51) [4s-6 6s-9]
MI vs KKR: 100 for Venkatesh Iyer
It's the first IPL hundred for Venkatesh Iyer!
He raised his bat and the dressing room is up on its feet.
MI vs KKR: WICKET - Shardul Thakur goes for 13
It was a tossed up delivery by Hrithik Shokeen and Shardul Thakur slogged it towards deep mid-wicket.
Tilak went on to take a good low catch, just inches above the ground.
Thakur c Tilak Varma b Hrithik Shokeen 13(11) [4s-1]
MI vs KKR: 50 for Venkatesh Iyer
Fifty for Venkatesh Iyer!
He is till now the only batter who has played for KKR.
With a boundary at fine leg he notches up the half-century.
MI vs KKR: WICKET - Nitish Rana departs for 5, exchanges words with Hrithik Shokeen
A few words exchanged between Hrithik Shokeen and Rana!
Nitish Rana gets plenty of height on the ball, but not the distance. Ramandeep Singh in the deep completes a safe catch.
Nitish Rana c (sub)Ramandeep Singh b Hrithik Shokeen 5(10)
MI vs KKR: WICKET - Chawla strikes in his first over
It was pitched up by the bowler and Gurbaz made room and swung hard at it.
But he got a thick outside edge that saw the catch been taken by the fielder at short third man.
Gurbaz c Jansen b Chawla 8(12)
MI vs KKR: WICKET - Hrithik Shokeen takes a fine catch
A clean catch by Shokeen and that's the 1st wicket for MI!
It was pitched up by Green and the batter sliced it uppishly.
However, Shokeen dives forward and gets his fingers underneath the ball to take a fine catch.
It saw Jagadeesan go for a duck!,
N Jagadeesan c Hrithik Shokeen b Green 0(5)
MI vs KKR: TOSS - Mumbai opt to bowl
Suryakumar to lead Mumbai Indians today. Arjun Tendulkar is set to make his IPL debut.
Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy,
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan(w), Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Riley Meredith
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