In the IPL 2023 clash at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, Mumbai Indians (MI) secured back-to-back wins by beating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) with a five-wicket win after a disappointing start to the season. Chasing a challenging 186, Rohit Sharma, who came in as an Impact Substitute, partnered with the aggressive Ishan Kishan to give Mumbai a solid start. However, Suyash Sharma removed Rohit for 20(13), and Ishan also fell shortly after being cleaned up by a Varun Chakravarthy yorker for 58(25). Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma kept Mumbai moving forward as they added 60 runs for the third wicket and swung the momentum into Mumbai’s favor. Tim David finished off with an unbeaten 24 off 13 deliveries as Mumbai completed the run chase with 2.2 overs to spare. Earlier, Venkatesh Iyer knocked his first IPL century, getting out for 104 off 51 balls. After KKR lost Jagadeesan for 0, Iyer maintained an attacking approach and reached his half-century in 23 balls and then triple digits in 49 balls. However, KKR struggled in the death overs and only managed to accumulate 45 runs in the final five overs. Check out the highlights of Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders.
