Bumrah's 5/10 in vain as batsmen flop
MUMBAI: Jasprit Bumrah bowled one of the finest spells you would have ever seen in the IPL at the DY Patil Stadium on Monday night, but it wasn't enough to lift Mumbai Indians from the mediocrity that they have slipped into in IPL 2022.
After Bumrah's devastating 5/10 in four overs of high-class pace bowling restricted Kolkata Knight Riders to 165 for nine in 20 overs, the two-time champions came roaring back into the contest, as Pat Cummins (3/22), Andre Russell (2/22) and Tim Southee (1/10) returned fire with fire to ensure a 52-run win which keeps their team alive in the race for the playoffs.
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With 10 points (five wins and seven losses), the Knight Riders climbed from the ninth to the seventh spot, with two games to go.
1/10:Kolkata beat Mumbai
<p>Kolkata Knight Riders hammered Mumbai Indians by 52 runs on Monday to stay in hunt for IPL play-offs despite Jasprit Bumrah's best Twenty20 figures of 5-10. (BCCI/IPL Photo)</p>
2/10:Kolkata 165/9
<p>Venkatesh Iyer (43) and Nitish Rana (43) guided Kolkata to 165/9, a total their bowlers defended by bowling out Mumbai for 113. (BCCI/IPL Photo)</p>
3/10:Pat Cummins
<p>Pat Cummins took three wickets in one over to return figures of 3-22 as Kolkata moved from ninth to seventh in the 10-team table. (BCCI/IPL Photo)</p>
4/10:Kolkata's brisk start
<p>Venkatesh gave Kolkata a brisk start as they reached 64-1 in the first six overs after being put into bat first. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)</p>
5/10:Venkatesh Iyer
<p>Venkatesh smashed four sixes in his 24-ball knock but fell short of his fifty after being caught at covers in his attempt to go big again. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)</p>
6/10:Nitish Rana
<p>Rana took on the opposition bowlers in a 26-ball blitz and Kolkata looked like getting past 190 before Bumrah came roaring back in his second over. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)</p>
7/10:Jasprit Bumrah
<p>Bumrah struck twice and followed that with a triple-wicket maiden in his third over. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)</p>
8/10:Boom Boom Bumrah!
<p>Bumrah sent back Andre Russell for nine, had Rana caught behind and took three wickets in four balls but Tim Southee averted a hat-trick. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)</p>
9/10:Rohit Sharma
<p>In reply, Mumbai lost Rohit Sharma for two, caught behind off Southee as Kolkata successfully reviewed the call in their favour after the on-field umpire denied the appeal. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)</p>
10/10:Ishan Kishan
<p>Russell struck twice, but Ishan Kishan attempted to revive the chase in his 43-ball 51. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)</p>Badly missing Suryakumar Yadav, who's out of the rest of the IPL due to a left forearm muscle injury, MI, done and dusted, crashed to 113 all out in just 17.3 overs, losing their last eight wickets for 44 runs in merely 42 balls.
Fielding like tigers, KKR pulled off three run outs as MI suffered their ninth loss in an embarrassing season.
Bowling like a raging tornado, Bumrah, after taking just five wickets in 10 matches in IPL 15, tore into the Knight Riders to record his best-ever figures in T20 cricket, even as his effort went in vain.
Breathing fire, the 28-year-old used the short ball to deadly effect to blow away KKR taking two wickets in his third over, then delivering a triple wicket maiden 18th over (he took three wickets in four balls and narrowly missed out on a hat-trick), and then a one-run 20th over to completely dismantle the second half of the KKR innings. How much he dominated the batsmen reflects in the fact that he bowled as many as 18 dot balls.
Bumrah's sensational, devastating spell meant that KKR, who looked set for a big total after coasting to 87 for one in the first 10 overs, collapsed astonishingly in the second half of their innings, losing eight wickets for 78 runs in the last 10.
