Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders played the IPL 22nd match in Wankhede Stadium. However, Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl first. With the ball, they failed to stop KKR at a low target. Consequently, KKR scored 185 runs in 20 overs with the fall of 6 wickets. Initially, it seems like KKR will defend the target but they failed to do so. In 17.4 overs Mumbai Indians won the match.
Players like Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav played very well in this match. Moreover, Suryakumar Yadav was leading the team in this match. Below you will get the summary of the match.
Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Narayan Jagadeesan opened the innings for the team. However, both players failed to give a good start to the team. Moreover, consistently Gurbaz is not scoring good runs as an opener. He scored 8 runs in 12 balls. D Jansen caught him on the ball of Piyush Chawla.
Furthermore, Narayan Jagadeesan got out on 0 runs. H Shokeen caught him on the ball of C Green.
Venkatesh Iyer came to bat at number three. However, he is the only player of KKR who performed excellently in this IPL 22nd match. He scored a century in this match. In 51 balls he scored 104 runs. D Jansen caught him on the ball off Riley Meredith.
Nitish Rana came to bat at number four. He scored 5 runs in 10 balls. H Shokeen bowled him. Shardul Thakur came to bat at number five. He scored 13 runs in 11 balls. Tilak Verma caught him on the ball of H Shokeen.
Moreover, Rinku Singh came to bat at number six. He scored 18 runs in 18 balls. D Jansen bowled him. In 20 overs KKR scored 185 runs with the fall of 6 wickets. However, it was a good score to defend but this time KKR bowlers failed to do so and lost the IPL 22nd match.
Kolkata Knight Riders Bowling Scorecard
| Bowlers | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets |
| Umesh Yadav | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Shardul Thakur | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Sunil Narine | 3 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| Suyash Sharma | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Lockie Ferguson | 1.4 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Andre Russell | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Mumbai Indians Innings
Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan opened the innings for the team. However, both players played well for the team. Rohit Sharma scored 20 runs in 13 balls. UT Yadav caught him on the ball of Suyash Sharma.
Moreover, Ishan Kishan scored fifty in this match. After a long time, he played a good inning for the team. He scored 58 runs in 25 balls. Varun Chakravarthy bowled him.
Suryakumar Yadav came to bat at number three. However, in this IPL 22nd match Surya was playing as a captain. Since the start of IPL, he was not in form but in this match he played a very good inning as a captain He scored 43 runs in 25 balls. Gurbaz caught him on the ball of Shardul Thakur.
Tilak Verma came to bat at number four. He scored 30 runs in 25 balls. Suyash Sharma bowled him.
Indeed the target was tough to chase but not for Mumbai Indians in their home ground. In 17.4 overs Mumbai Indians reached the target. Majority of the matches KKR lost against Mumbai in Mumbai. KKR played very well with the bat but their bowlers failed to defend this target.
Tim David and C Green were on the pitch in the last overs and played the winning shot.
Mumbai Indians Bowling Scorecard
| Bowlers | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arjun Tendulkar | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Cameron Green | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Duan Jansen | 4 | 0 | 53 | 1 |
| Piyush Chawla | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Hrithik Shokeen | 4 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| Riley Meredith | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI
- Venkatesh Iyer
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz(WK)
- Sunil Narine
- Nitish Rana(C)
- Narayan Jagadeesan
- Andre Russell
- Rinku Singh
- Shardul Thakur
- Lockie Ferguson
- Umesh Yadav
- Varun Chakravarthy
- Suyash Sharma
Mumbai Indians Playing XI
- Cameron Green
- Ishan Kishan(WK)
- Tilak Varma
- Suryakumar Yadav(C)
- Tim David
- Nehal Wadhera
- Arjun Tendulkar
- Hrithik Shokeen
- Piyush Chawla
- Duan Jansen
- Riley Meredith
- Rohit Sharma
