Venkatesh Iyer's maiden ton went in vain as Ishan Kishan's fifty and Suryakumar Yadav's quick-fire knock of 43 runs guided Mumbai Indians (MI) to a 5-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.
Mumbai Indians batter Suryakumar Yadav bounced back against Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 after failing to perform in the first three matches for MI.
In the absence of MI captain Rohit Sharma, who decided to sit out the match with a stomach bug, Suryakumar Yadav will lead the side on to the field. While Arjun Tendulkar will also makes his IPL debut for MI. KKR made no changes to their playing eleven.
While Suryakumar currently holds a commanding lead at the top of the T20I rankings for batters with 906 rating points, second-placed Rizwan (811) and third-placed Babar (755) could make gains while the India star is playing IPL
Jason Behrendorff and Piyush Chawla's three-wicket hauls followed by captain Rohit Sharma's half-century and Tilak Verma's 41 powered Mumbai Indians (MI) to a comprehensive 6-wicket win over Delhi Capitals (DC) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match at Arun Jaitley Stadium here on T
With this win, CSK has jumped to fourth position in the points table with two wins and a loss and four points. On the other hand, MI is at eighth position in the points table, having lost both of their games so far
Ahead of the big match, local favourite Suryakumar Yadav spoke about his various memories associated with playing at the Wankhede as a Mumbaikar. Suryakumar compared the feeling of returning to the Wankhede to the emotion of returning to one's home.
Ponting named Starc, especially looking into his performance in the recent ODI series against India where he picked batter Suryakumar Yadav for golden ducks twice in the series.
MI finished their innings at 171/7 with Tilak being the one-man army, unbeaten at 84 off 46 balls, with nine fours and four sixes. Arshad Khan was unbeaten at 15 off 9 balls. The duo put on 48 for the eighth wicket.