Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav guide Mumbai Indians to five-wicket win over KKR

Ishan Kishan 58 and Suryakumar Yadav 43 led the charge as Mumbai Indians handed Kolkata Knight Riders a fivewicket defeat in their Indian Premier League match here on SundayThe fastest century in this years IPL for Venkatesh Iyer 104 off 51 balls 6x4s 9x6s went in vain for KKR who suffered their ninth defeat in 10 matches here at the Wankhede Stadium and an overall 23rd in 32 matches against Mumbai IndiansThe highlight of Mumbai Indians win was not just their sturdy response with the bat chasing 186 but their key middleorder batter Suryakumar banishing batting woes with a 25ball 43 laced with four fours and three sixesSuryakumar also stepped up to lead Mumbai Indians in the game in which regular captain Rohit Sharma played as an impact substitute owing to a stomach bug as MI won with 14 balls to spare finishing at 1865 in 174 oversTim David struck an unbeaten 24 off 13 balls with two sixes and a four as MI recorded a second successive win while chasingThe platform however was laid early by Kishan and Sharma who went hammer and tongs from the second over onwards to add 65 for the first wicket in 45 overs attacking the KKR pacers Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur in particularAlso ReadMI vs KKR highlights SKY soars high at Wankhede as Mumbai clinch second win on the trotThe firstwicket partnership looked ominous for KKR who managed to break through with Yadav taking a fine diving catch at midon off Suyash Sharma in the fifth overSharma fell for a 13ball 20 with two sixes and a four after helping MI past 50run mark inside four oversOn the other end Kishan brought up his fifty in 21 balls with five fours and four sixes His charge was stopped by Varun Chakravarthy with the KKR mystery spinner cleaning up Kishan after a 25ball 58 with five sixes and as many foursThe rookie legspinner Suyash claimed his second wicket in the form of Tilak Varma in the 14th over who played one onto his wickets after a 25ball 30 3x4s 1x6s having added 60 from 38 balls with Suryakumar for the third wicketEarlier in the afternoon Iyers maiden century in IPL powered Kolkata Knight Riders to 1856The 28yearold India and KKR batting allrounder Iyer waged a lone battle with the bat against Mumbai Indians recording his highest score in the IPL as well as this season among all batters hitting an overall six fours and nine sixes to bring up the second century of this IPL edition from only 49 ballsIyer bettered the record set by Sunrisers Hyderabads Harry Brook a couple of nights ago in terms of fastest century this season who made 100 from 55 balls against KKRWhile Iyer who injured his knee at the start of his innings while attempting a ramp shot off Cameron Green dominated the Mumbai Indians bowlers none of the KKR toporder batter could trouble the scorersA game and victory lap for some fans OneFamily ESADay MIvKKR MumbaiMeriJaan MumbaiIndians IPL2023 TATAIPLpictwittercom4MX4PrfMHSmdash Mumbai Indians mipaltan April 16 2023The blow was indeed painful as Iyer playing in his third IPL season for KKR hobbled between the wickets to complete runs but the pain eventually subsided which gave the lefthanded batter a chance to play naturallyIn an innings replete with strokes hit all around the park Iyer completed his maiden IPL century with five fours and nine sixesWhile most of the KKR batters did not last long enough Iyer also did well to score heavily in his 48run stand for the second wicket with Rahmanullah Gurbaz 8 50 runs for the fourth wicket with Shardul Thakur 14 and 36 for the fifth wicket with Rinku Singh 18Nitish Rana 5 also had a game to forget with the bat mistiming one to long on off Shokeen and walked away after exchanging a few words with the spin bowlerKKRs latest sensation Rinku fell for a runaball 18 with two fours and allrounder Andre Russell freed up his arms scoring his first doubledigit total after three games to finish on 21 not out from 11 balls 3x4s 1x6sMI handed debut to Arjun Tendulkar who opened the attack and got the ball to swing back into the KKR righthanders sending down two largely impressive oversThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever