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IPL 2020: Mumbai Indians bounce back with comprehensive 49-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders
1 / 8Rohit Sharma led from the front as Mumbai Indians (MI) beat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 49 runs and secured their first win of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. (Source: BCCI)
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2 / 8After KKR won the toss and elected to field in their first game of the season, Shivam Mavi struck early, to dismiss Quinton de Kock in the second over. (Source: BCCI)
3 / 8But MI skipper Rohit and Suryakumar Yadav counterattacked and cashed in on every scoring opportunity. (Source: BCCI)
4 / 8KKR got a lucky breakthrough in the 19th over as Hardik got out hit-wicket off Russell’s bowling. MI scored 13 runs in the final over to take their run-tally to 195/5. (Source: BCCI)
5 / 8Needing 196 runs to win, KKR lost their first wicket in the third over of the chase as Trent Boult dismissed Shubman Gill. While KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik hit a couple of crisp fours, MI got their second wicket as de Kock held onto a fine flying catch off James Pattinson’s bowling to get Narine out in the fifth over. (Source: BCCI)
6 / 8Nitish Rana replaced Narine in the middle and hardly wasted any time to make his intentions clear. However, in the 14th over ,Hardik displayed a piece of fielding brilliance. After Rana went aerial off Pollard’s bowling, Hardik, manning the sweeper cover area, ran towards his left held on to a fine catch, kept his composure and balance to not touch the rope and gave MI their fourth wicket. (Source: BCCI)
7 / 8Morgan was then joined by Russell as KKR, who reached the three-figure mark in the 15th over, were in need to go big to win the game. But Bumrah dismissed both the batsmen in the 16th over. First, he disturbed the timber to end Russell’s stay in the middle, and then, had Morgan caught behind the wickets for 16. (Source: BCCI)
8 / 8Cummins, then, put up some show with the bat, scoring 33 off 12 balls, hitting Bumrah for three sixes in the 18th over. But he was dismissed in the penultimate over by James Pattinson. Chahar, on the final ball of the match, had Mavi stumped as MI sealed a win. (Source: BCCI)
