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In the 56th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) cr🌺ushed Mumbai In꧋dians (MI) by 52 runs at Mumbai’s Dr DY Patil Sp꧂orts Academy to keep their caಞmpaign hopes alive.
Put to bat first, the Knight Riders posted 165/9 in their allotted 20 overs, thanks to crucial knocks by Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana. Iyer smashed 43 off 24 balls with the help of seven boundaries, inꦆcluding four si🎃xes. Similarly, Rana also scored 43 from 26 deliveries, including 3 fours and 4 maximums.
For Mumbai, Jasprit Bumrah was at his best, picking 🌱up a brilliant 🥂five-wicket haul while conceding only 10 runs in his quota of 4 overs.
In response, the Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai got bundled out for just 113 in 17.3 oversও to lose the contest by 5🥃2 runs.
Opener Ishan Kishan was the only batter who could stand tall in front of the high-quality bowling display by KKR. Kishan smacked 51 from 43 balls before Pat Cummins dismissed him. The Aussie st🎀ar bagged two more scalps to return෴ with impressive figures of 4-0-22-3.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
That's that from Match 56. take this home comfortably with a 52-run win over
Scorecard –
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
A top team effort! 👏
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
KKR right now:
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Congratulations 𝓰for the top win. A complete team show tonight 👍
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Players of the Match from the losing team in this 𓆏IPL:
Umran Malik 5/25 v GT
Jasprit Bumrah 5/10 v KKR— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
KKR win by 52 runs.
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
⚡ A SHOT IN THE ARMS! Cummins stuns Mumbai again as Kolk൲ata keep their playoff hopes alive 🔥
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— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
This is the firsꦐt time in IPL history, Mumbai🧸 Indians has lost 9 matches in a single IPL season.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Cummins was paid 7+ Cr by KKꦯR just to wi𓃲n them both the games against MI against whom they never win.
— arfan (@Im__Arfan)
Despite Bumrah's incredible performance, Mumbai still lost by 52 runs
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)