IPL 2022, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Highlights: KKR are in contention with a big win over MI. Cricket News – Times of India

Navi Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders Finally found the balance of the team they wanted to outclass Mumbai Indians by 52 runs on Monday and keep your slim IPL play-off hopes alive.
Lead Mumbai Indians Fast Bowler Jasprit Bumrah KKR were restricted to 165 for nine after taking their first five-wicket haul in IPL history. Venkatesh Iyer (43 out of 24) and Nitish Rana (43 out of 26).
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Leaving 51 runs in 43 balls Ishaan KishanMumbai’s batsmen struggled to chase as their innings ended for 113 in 17.3 overs.
KKR finally picked up Tim Southee (1/10) and . played to Pat Cummins (3/22) together and the move worked with the experienced pacers sharing four wickets. andre russell Took a couple of wickets as well.
Another big positive was Venkatesh Iyer’s return to form, who had to drop earlier in the competition due to his lean runs after a sensational debut season in 2021.

While MI were already out of the race for the play-offs, KKR, who have won five from 12 matches, can still break into the top four with two games to go.
Earlier, KKR openers Venkatesh and Ajinkya Rahane (25 off 24 balls) put on 60 runs in just 5.4 overs after batting but the Shreyas Iyer-led side failed to capitalize on that fine start.
Rana hit 43 off 26 balls, which included three fours and four sixes, but it was Bumrah (5/10), who took five wickets in two overs to put the brakes on KKR, who suffered a middle-order collapse. ,

In the 15th over, Bumrah dismissed Russell (9) and Rana and then took three wickets – Sheldon Jackson (5), Cummins (0) and Sunil Narine (0), in the 18th over, bringing back a maiden, MI. game for.
Venkatesh hit three fours and four sixes, but spinner Kumar Karthikeya Singh (2/32) got his first wicket, giving Daniel Sams a sitter in the sixth over.
Venkatesh was brutal on spinner Murugan Ashwin (1/35), hitting his first maximum, a pull shot and then a boundary.
The southpaw then hit his second six over deep mid-wicket off Daniel Sams (1/26) as KKR posted 26/0 after three overs. He then targeted Riley Meredith (0/35), hitting him for a boundary and a six, a scoop shot, in the fifth over as KKR scored 17 runs.
Mumbai bowlers conceded only 23 runs in 7-10 overs.
Karthikeya clean bowled Rahane, with a full delivery that turned as the opener was beaten while attempting a reverse-sweep.
After Rahane was dismissed, Rana went ahead and caught Karthikeya, smashing him for two consecutive sixes, one at long-on. He then hit Kieron Pollard for two sixes and a four in the 13th over, giving the team 17 runs.
But then it was Bumrah who wreaked havoc with the ball and firmly brought MI back into the competition.