Pat Cummins' quick 14-ball fifty powers Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets.
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The 14th Match of the Indian Premier League 2022 was played today bitween Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, in which, Kolkata Knight Riders beats Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elect to field first, Mumbai Indians batted first, started the inning not very well, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 6 runs, Rohit Sharma dismissed just for 6 runs in 2.5 over, next batsman Dewald Brevis came to bat and handled the inning with Ishan Kishan, the second wicket has gone for 45 runs in 7.5 over, Dewald Brevis dismissed after playing a quick inning of 29 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 19 balls, followed by Suryakumar Yadav came to bat, after few moments the third wicket has also gone for 55 runs in last ball of the 11th over, Ishan Kishan dismissed after scoring 14 runs in 21 balls, next batsman Tilak Varma came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 83 runs with Suryakumar Yadav, the fourth wicket has gone for 138 runs in first ball of the final over, Suryakumar Yadav dismissed after plying a very brilliant half-century inning of 52 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 36 balls, next batsman Kieron Pollard came to bat and played a very brilliant quick unbeaten inning of 22 runs with the help of 3 sixes in just 5 ball with Tilak Varma, and Tilak Varma also played an unbeaten inning of 38 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 27 balls. In this way, Mumbai Indians batted first after losing the toss scored 161 runs for the loss of just 4 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 161 runs in front of Kolkata Knight Riders.
Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers Pat Cummins took 2 wickets, Varun Chakravarthy and Umesh Yadav got 1 wicket.
Kolkata Knight Riders chased the target very easily by losing just 5 wickets in the 16th over and won the match by 5 wickets. Kolkata Knight Riders also started the inning not very well but ending was very brilliant, Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone just for 16 runs in 4.1 over, Ajinkya Rahane dismissed just for 7 runs in 11 balls, next batsman Shreyas Iyer came to bat and he also dismissed just for 10 runs in 6 balls as second wicket in last ball of the 6th over, the team score was 35 runs, next batsman Sam Billings came to bat, and played well for a while with Venkatesh Iyer, the thid wicket has gone for 67 runs in 9.5 over, Sam Billings dismissed for 17 runs in 12 balls, followed by Nitish Rana came to bat, and he also dismissed just for 8 runs as fourth wicket in 11.4 over, the team score was 83 runs, next batsman Andre Russell came to bat, and he also dismissed very quickly just for 11 runs in 5 balls in 13.1 over, the team score was 101 runs, followed by Pat Cummins came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant quick half-century and victory inning of 56 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 15 balls with Venkatesh Iyer, and Venkatesh Iyer was came to start the inning and played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 50 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 41 balls. In this way, Kolkata Knight Riders achived the target very easily by losing just 5 wickets in the 16th over and won the match by 5 wickets.
Mumbai Indians bowlers Murugan Ashwin and Tymal Mills and Ashleigh Gardner got 2-2 wickets and Daniel Sams got 1 wicket.
Kolkata Knight Riders's all-rounder Pat Cummins selected the best player of the match, he performed very brilliant bating as well as also in blowing, played a very brilliant quick half-century victory inning of 56 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 15 balls, and took 2 wickets for 49 runs.
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