Journalism of Courage
Mumbai Indians moved to the top of the points table after they beat Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets in the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday. (Source: IPL)
KKR lost Rahul Tripathi in the third over after Suryakumar Yadav took a stunner at point to help Trent Boult pick his 50th IPL wicket. After KKR opener crunched a short ball, Surya did not have much time, but did a remarkable job to complete the catch. (Source: IPL)
MI struck for the second time in the powerplay as Coulter-Nile picked his first wicket for the Rohit Sharma-led unit, dismissing Nitish Rana with a short ball. (Source: IPL)
KKR needed a partnership to stop the slide and skipper Morgan and Pat Cummins delivered. In the 20th over, the Australian creamed a four through extra-cover to bring up his maiden IPL half-century. (Source: IPL)
Needing 149 runs to win, MI made their intentions clear on the first ball of the chase as Rohit Sharma hit a four off debutant Chris Green. The opening pair of Rohit and Quinton de Kock added 94 for the first wicket. (Source: IPL)
Shivam Mavi got KKR their first breakthrough.
MI lost Suryakumar Yadav after the MI batsman dragged one back onto the stumps off Chakravarthy’s bowling. However, after that Mi went on to close the game with 19 balls to spare and eight wickets in hand. (Source: IPL)
