IPL 2023 [Twitter reactions]: Venkatesh Iyer’s ton in vain as Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders in Wankhede

Mumbai Indians (MI) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) faced each other in the Sunday afternoon clash of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, where Mumbai managed to defeat Kolkata by five wickets.

Put to bat first, the Knight Riders got off to a shaky start as they lost two early wickets without scoring any runs. However, Venkatesh Iyer played a scintillating knock and smashed his maiden century to bail KKR out of trouble. He scored 104 off just 51 balls, which included 6 fours and 9 sixes, to help his team post a challenging total of 185/6 in 20 overs. Hrithik Shokeen was the༺ pick of the bowlers for Mumbai Indians as he picked up 2 wickets for 34 runs in his 4 overs.

Chasing a target of 186 runs, Mumbai got off to a decent start with Rohit Sharma scoring 20 runs off 13 balls. However, it was Ishan Kishan who turned the match in Mumbai Indians’ favour with a brilliant innings of 58 off just 25 balls, which included 5 fours and 5 sixes.

Stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav and batter Tilak Varma also contributed with scores of 43 and 30, respectively, while Tim David played a quickfire knock of 24 runs off 13 balls. Mumbai Indians cꦓhased doওwn the target with 2.2 overs to spare and 5 wickets in hand.

For KKR, Suyash Sharma was the most successful bowler, bagging two wickets for 27 runs in his quota of 4 overs. However, it wasn’t enough to prevent Mumbai Indians from winning the match.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

🔥 start, 🅠classy f𝓰ifty & 💯% entertainment 😎

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)

Venkatesh Iyer won the✤ Player of the match award for his terrific hundred.

It came in losing cause but one to remember in IPL his�ꦬ�tory.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)

Very impressive chase that from . Venkatesh Iyer's century dominated the first half but batters went a step ahead. Also delighted to see Arjun Tendulkar make his IPL debut today.

— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03)

Its 23 vs 9 in head to head between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders respectively. Sheer domination this by Rohit's team. 🙌🙌

— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima)

At the Wankhede🌞, 186 is like 140 on a two-paced deck. Only V Iyer could hit top form for them.

— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)

Venkatesh Iyer…the wait is over. Only three boundaries were hit while he was at the꧑ crease. Unbelievable knock. Proper definition of a ‘one man show’. 🍬

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)

Pretty historic day

Tendulkar’s aꦉre the first father-son pair to play in IPL.

Marco 🌳Jansen and Duan Jansen are the fir🌠st twins to play in IPL.

☂Venkatesh Iyer only 2nd KKR batsman to get a 100 after Brendon McCullum!

— Saiyami Kher (@SaiyamiKher)

Clinical MI thump KKR:

— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)

Except for the first game vs RCB, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan gaveꦚ good start in all three last games. My openers 💙

— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan)

We have trolled Ishan Kishan a lot 𓆉but need to appreciate when he does well.

Great Knock, Ishan Kishan. 👏👏

— ANSHUMAN🚩 (@AvengerReturns)

MI batters to hit 50 ꦦin 21 balls or less most ℱtimes in IPL:

5 – Pollard
3 – ISHAN KISHAN
2 – H Pandya
1 – Harbhajan, D Smith

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)