Last night, Mumbai Indians marked their second win against Kolkata Knight Riders but with a huge margin of 102 runs.The match turned into a complete one sided game as soon as Ishan Kishan, the young keeper-batsman stepped onto the ground and took the match by storm by giving a thrilling performance. He scored 62 runs in 21 balls.
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In the match last nigh, the players of Mumbai Indians were high on confidence, they outplayed the players of Kolkata Knight Riders in all the three departments.
Mumbai Indians played an impressive first innings and scored a mountain of a total of 210 runs. The first innings of the match was opened by Suryakumar Yadav and Evin Lewis who gave a decent start to the match.The skipper of the team, Rohit Sharma scored 36 runs off 31 balls.
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In the first innings, we saw the bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders in a great form, especially Piyush Chawla who took three wickets last night. However, in the second innings the players of the Kolkata Knight Riders failed miserably to chase the runs and were brutally defeated by 102 runs and that too at their home game. All the players were bundled up at the score of 108 runs in 18 overs.
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Ishan Kishan was given the title of Man of the match, here’s what he said:
“Had a chat with my skipper, he told me to go there and back myself. My plan was to look at the ball till the last moment and keep smacking. Have to believe in yourself, your strengths.
Win was important for us, point was to stay there, back yourself and put up a good show. I’m okay with batting anywhere depending on the team situation.”
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The skipper of Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma said:
“As a team we tend to pick up during the month of May. Hope we do it sooner. Never easy to be on the line all the time and be desperate for wins towards the second half. Would like to start the tournament on a high.
But in the past three years, we’ve been at the bottom of the table. I’m glad we came together and performed as a team today. Without a doubt, the way Ishan Kishan batted fearlessly, that was the changing point. I was assessing the pitch at that point, ball was sticking in the pitch, it wasn’t easy, but he changed the game.
We were 65 after first ten overs, but scoring 145 in last ten overs is a magnificent effort by all the batters. Ben Cutting as well, he hasn’t been getting much opportunity as well, it’s not easy to come out and play shots like that.
We as a team are prepared to post a total or chase down what is put in front of us. Can’t do much with the toss. Have to come out here and play good cricket. Last few games, the team has come together and taken responsibility.”
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The skipper of Kolkata Knight Riders, Dinesh Karthik said:
“200 is always a big ask. We didn’t bat well enough. If we had held on to our catches, you never know. It was a good batting wicket. When you lose wickets in the powerplay, you are always playing catch up.
We weren’t in the game after the powerplay. We just took it as a normal game. Chin up for the boys and keep moving forward. We need to raise our skill levels and that is the most important thing.
This kind of losses can put you down and that is where I as a leader need to stand up. Be honest about it. We need to believe and I have to make them believe we can make it to the playoffs.”
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