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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lost their oꦬpening match against Mumbai Indians (MI) by 49 runs on Wednesday, September 23. Thꦛe Knight Riders wꦰere outclassed by the Rohit Sharma-led side in every department of the game.
Dinesh Karthik won the toss and invited MI to bat first. Quinton de Kock (1) departed quickly, but Rohit Sharma and Surya🌄kumar Yadav stitched 90-runs partnership for the third wicket.
KKR bowlers barring Sunil Narine looked a bit rusty, and they struggled to get in the groove. Pat Cummins had a forgettable day with the ball as he leaked 🌺49 runs in just three overs without picking up any wickets.
The Australian tearaway was acquired by KKR for a whopping INR 15.50 crores. With great price comes even gr𝓀eater responsibility. But Cummins failed to live up to the hype and expectation 🌄in his first outing.
Cummins’ was brought in the fourth over of the match when Rohit Sharma was at the crease. The pacer started with a wide and followed it with a back-of-length delivery. Rohit had no problems dealing with those as he quickly dispatched anything bowled short of the length with an immaculate pull.
Later on, Hardik Pandya clobbered two fours and a six off Cummin’s third over, which also proved to be the last of his game.
Whether it was the preಌssure of living up to a hefty price tag or the challenging conditions for the pacers in the 🍨UAE, the 27-year-old looked totally out-of-rhythm.
However, Cummins ( 33 off 12) made s☂ome atonements with the bat, albeit in a losing cause. He smashed Jasprit Bumrah for four sixes in an over, but it was not enough to win the game for his side.
Here are some of the best reactions:
Can someone ask if he has not seen bat before or their analyst has not shown him the strength of the . If you bowl to him there, he will keep hitting you out of the park all d💫ay.
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
बहुत महंगे थे Auction में…बहुत महंगे रहे पहले ओवर में भी।
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
That's the problem with hefty price tag, they come after your life just after one bad day.
— Vishesh Roy (@vroy38)
Later tonight, someone will be do a ROI presen꧑tation to the owners.
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket)
Number 1 bowler apne ghar mein hoga, idhar toh Dharavi🌄 ka bowler samajhke koot rahe hain dono ko. 😂
— Tejan Shrivastava (@BeingTeJan)
in yesterday's match
— Rajendra_Chilakala (@Rajendr99494547)
— Lubana/لبانا/ਲੁਬਾਣਾ (@Sandeep01874)
Seriously only now is feeling the pressure being the 3mill player??? I knew from day 1 he is a te✅st/ODI bowler not a $3million T20 bowler 🤷🏻♂️
— Alan (@amparkee28)
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