Mumbai Indians suffers 9th loss against KKR

Jasprit Bumrah’s five-wicket haul was undone by clinical Kolkata Knight Riders as they defeated Mumbai Indians. 52 runs in their IPL 2022 match at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy here on Monday.

This is Rohit Sharma-led MI’s ninth defeat in the ongoing 15th edition of the IPL. While for Kolkata, their 5th win in 12 matches have kept their 2022 campaign alive.

 Pat Cummins bagged three wickets in one over to derail MI’s hopes while Andre Russell bagged two to guide KKR to a comfortable 52 runs win.

Batting first, Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana’s 43 each for Kolkata and a quick unbeaten 23 by Rinku Singh guided KKR to a respectable total of 165/9. For Mumbai, Jasprit Bumrah bagged five wickets while Kumar Kartikeya picked up two wickets.

Ishan Kishan was then joined by youngster Tilak Varma but the latter’s time at the crease was cut short by Andre Russell in the 5th over. After the powerplay, the score of Mumbai Indians read 37/2.

Ramandeep Singh did play a good hand with opener Ishan Kishan as the duo steadied the ship for five-time champions in the middle overs. MI then slid to 69 for 3 in the 11th over when Russell returned and dismissed Ramandeep.

Pat Cummins struck thrice in the 15th over to dismantle the chase of MI.

The wickets then kept falling for MI as KKR bowled them out for 113 in the 18th over.

The duo kept on thrashing the MI bowlers and kept up the momentum.

Rana was joined by the skipper Shreyas Iyer and they continued the carnage. The duo took their team’s total beyond the 100-run mark in the 11th over.

Murugan Ashwin was brought back into the attack and he dismissed Shreyas Iyer for 6 runs.