MI vs KKR, IPL 2023: Back-to-back wins for Mumbai Indians, win by 5 wickets

Back-to-back wins for MI!

Venkatesh Iyer's 100 goes in vain as Ishan Kishan and SKY both get back in form and lead their side to victory.

Suyash Sharma takes 2 wickets while Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakaravarthy and Lockie Ferguson gets 1 each.

A review is taken and goes in favour of Kolkata.

Wadhera shuffled in and had a poke, only to get a faint edge through to the keeper.

Nehal Wadhera c Gurbaz b Ferguson 6(4) [4s-1]

It was a cutter from a hard length outside off and Suryakumar tried to ramp it over the keeper.

But he only managed to get a faint edge onto Gurbaz. 

Suryakumar Yadav c Gurbaz b Thakur 43(25) [4s-4 6s-3]

The pressure was building with four dot balls and Suyash finally got his man.

The ball spun in ever so slightly and took the inside edge onto the stumps. 

Tilak Varma b Suyash Sharma 30(25) [4s-3 6s-1]

Big wicket for KKR!

Chakaravarthy pushes it fuller for Kishan to slog and the southpaw plays the big heave.

But this time the ball gets under him, inside edged onto the pads and deflects onto the stumps. 

Ishan Kishan b Chakaravarthy 58(25) [4s-5 6s-5]

Brilliant Fifty for Ishan Kishan, only off 21 balls! 

The opening batter has been attacking from the start and has put MI in a good position. 

Brilliant take from Umesh and this is exactly what KKR badly needed.

Rohit Sharma came in as an impact sub and started hitting the ball across the park. He proved to be dangerous and needed to be stopped.

Rohit c Umesh Yadav b Suyash Sharma 20(13) [4s-1 6s-2]

Rohit Sharma comes in as the Impact sub for MI.

Venky Iyer has been subbed out and Suyash has come in as the Impact sub for KKR.

It was on a length well outside off and slower in pace too and Rinku Singh went to reach out for it.

He flat-bats it towards long-on but does not get the elevation and the ball lands straight down the throat of long-on.

Rinku Singh c Nehal Wadhera b Jansen 18(18) [4s-2]

Venkatesh Iyer departs after a fantastic knock! 

The batter premeditated his shot and switched his stance. 

He tried to reverse hit it over short third man but does not get the elevation and Jansen catches it safely.

Venkatesh Iyer c Jansen b Meredith 104(51) [4s-6 6s-9]

It's the first IPL hundred for Venkatesh Iyer!

He raised his bat and the dressing room is up on its feet. 

It was a tossed up delivery by Hrithik Shokeen and Shardul Thakur slogged it towards deep mid-wicket.

Tilak went on to take a good low catch, just inches above the ground. 

Thakur c Tilak Varma b Hrithik Shokeen 13(11) [4s-1]

Fifty for Venkatesh Iyer! 

He is till now the only batter who has played for KKR.

With a boundary at fine leg he notches up the half-century.

A few words exchanged between Hrithik Shokeen and Rana! 

Nitish Rana gets plenty of height on the ball, but not the distance. Ramandeep Singh in the deep completes a safe catch. 

Nitish Rana c (sub)Ramandeep Singh b Hrithik Shokeen 5(10)

It was pitched up by the bowler and Gurbaz made room and swung hard at it.

But he got a thick outside edge that saw the catch been taken by the fielder at short third man. 

Gurbaz c Jansen b Chawla 8(12)

A clean catch by Shokeen and that's the 1st wicket for MI!

It was pitched up by Green and the batter sliced it uppishly.

However, Shokeen dives forward and gets his fingers underneath the ball to take a fine catch.

It saw Jagadeesan go for a duck! 

N Jagadeesan c Hrithik Shokeen b Green 0(5)

Suryakumar to lead Mumbai Indians today. Arjun Tendulkar is set to make his IPL debut.

Teams:

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan(w), Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Riley Meredith