Mumbai Indians (MI) reversed their UAE jinx as they defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 49 runs.
Mumbai Indians (MI) reversed their UAE jinx as they defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 49 runs. The blue and gold team made sure to turn their first game loss to a magnificent win.
The score of 196 was too much for KKR - despite having the likes of Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik, Eoin Morgan and Andre Russell.
Mumbai Indians in IPL (UAE):
Lost to KKR by 41 runs
Lost to RCB by 7 wkts
Lost to CSK by 7 wkts
Lost to DD by 6 wkts
Lost to SRH by 15 runs
Lost to CSK by 5 wkts
Won vs KKR by 49 runs*
The match saw all - from Rohit Sharma nearly batting through to Pat Cummins pulling a Jofra Archer with four sixes, the clash saw it all.
1. Rohit Sharma's 80 and reaching 200 sixes
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Rohit Sharma, in the match between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), shot his way to a majestic 80 off 54 balls.
The Mumbai skipper powered his side to an imposing 195/5 in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Rohit went especially hard against Pat Cummins, who conceded 49 runs in his three overs.
The Hitman even became the 2nd batsman after MS Dhoni to hit 200 sixes in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
2. Shivam Mavi's wicket-maiden over
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Shivam Mavi produced one of the best overs of the tournament where he picked up a wicket-maiden in his first over of the Dream11 IPL 2020 season.
After a decent opening over from Sandeep Warrier, Dinesh Karthik called in Mavi to bowl the second one ahead of star-pacer Patt Cummins.
After a dot ball off his first delivery, Mavi's change of pace caught Quinton de Kock off guard who ended up hitting the ball straight up.
Nikhil Naik kept his eyes on the ball and took an excellent catch. Mavi's then went on to produce four more dot balls to end the over.
3. Hardik Pandya's hit-wicket
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In the clash, Hardik Pandya out by hit wicket. No one knew exactly what had happened as Pandya started walking back.
It was then Karthik saw the stumps light up. Pandya had brought his bat down in such a way that it has clipped the off-bail.
Andre Russell had gone round the wicket and speared in the yorker outside off. Pandya went deep in the crease to play that but as he was about to bring his bat down, he hit the stumps.
He could be seen walking off with a smile on his face.
4. Pat Cummins bad bowling - good batting
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Pacer Pat Cummins - the most expensive foreign buy in the history of IPL - did not have the best night.
Cummins, who started his second stint with the Kolkata side, ended up giving away 49 runs from his 3 overs bowled.
He also recorded the joint second most expensive spell by a KKR bowler in the IPL history.
5. Jasprit Bumrah's mojo back
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Though Pat Cummins smashed Jasprit Bumrah for four sixes, the bowler - who was not in form - got two main players Eoin Morgan (16) and Andre Russell (11) out.
Bumrah gave away 32 runs but still proved to be lethal for Mumbai.
