KKR Vs MI– IPL 2021 Match #5 Quick Review! The Mumbai Indians sure know how to win games & Kolkata Knight Riders sure know how to lose them. As a KKR fan, the ending was hard to watch. Great heist from MI nevertheless.
Match Details, Scorecard, & Video Highlights
Scorecard: KKR Vs MI Video Highlights
Toss: KKR won the toss and chose to field first.
Venue: MA Chidambaram, Chepauk, Chennai
Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin & Chris Gaffaney
What Actually Happened: Collapse of Epic Proportions
- Winner: MI won by 10 runs
- Scores: MI 152/10 Vs KKR 142/7
- Player of the Match: Rahul Chahar
- Best Figures
- Andre Russell – 5/15
- Rahul Chahar – 4/27
- Most Runs
- Suryakumar Yadav 56 (36)
- Nitish Rana 57 (47)
Moments of The Day: Rahul Chahar Turns The Game
The IPL is full of surprises and memorable moments. Here are my moments of today:
- Andre Russell, the bowler had a dream of a game. Barely able to lift himself with all the injuries & muscle, he came up with figures of 5-15 in 2 overs. Cleaned up the tail pretty nicely.
- Rahul Chahar turns the game, literally. Chahar was the catalyst of the collapse that turned 72-0 in 8.4 overs to 142/7 in 20. Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan, & most importantly, the well set Nitish Rana. The ball that dismissed Tripathi was the ball of the tournament so far. Rana unnecessarily danced down the pitch (to Chahar’s last ball by the way) & Shakib threw it away back-to-back sent panic into the KKR dressing room. DK-Russell lost their natural games trying to preserve their wickets, and in the process, gifted MI the game.
Honorable Mentions: Bumrah’s 19th shows his class; Russell’s 2 dropped catches a blessing in disguise
T20 World Cup Watch: Suryakumar, Krunal Strengthen Their Cases
Given that the T20I World Cup is around the corner, and pandemic induced rules has changed the rules to 23-player squad, we will be analyzing the impact of each match on the T20I World Cup squad.
- In a pitch where nobody got going, Suryakumar Yadav batted beautifully – 56 (36) with 2 sixes. SKY is going from strength to strength after the India debut. He has a foot inside that World Cup squad.
- The difference between the two sides was Krunal Pandya. From 126/7 in 17.3 overs, Krunal’s 15 (9) in 3 overs took MI to a respectable 152. When KKR were in a comfortable position, a miserly spell of 4-0-13-1 stalled KKR’s chase. He has been in-and-out of the T20I side, and this performance will just push him up the ladder.
Broken Cricket Dream of the Day: KKR Fans
- The senior KKR batsman fail to live up to the hype. The strength of KKR was supposed to be their star-studded middle order—Eoin Morgan 9 (9), Dinesh Karthik 8* (11), Russell 9 (15), & Shakib 9 (9) this season. Yet, their only victories in the last two seasons have been due to Rana-Tripathi-Gill or Varun-Lockie.
- DK not being able to finish the game & not even hitting a boundary was quite unlike him. Morgan hit one boundary, Shakib’s only 4 was an under edge against Rohit Sharma, & Russell’s only 4 was off of a free hit. Andre Russell, the batsman, has been especially disappointing over the last two seasons. 2019 apart and his contributions from the bat are minimal, especially with the likes of Lockie Ferguson & Ben Cutting on the sidelines.
Shah Rukh Khan summed it up perfectly.
- Also hope Rohit Sharma is okay – twisted his ankle before his first ball. Ended up completing the over, but given his injury history, definitely a concern.
IPL 2021 Points Table
No need to go elsewhere for the Points Table. We will keep updating it in every article!
| Teams | Played | Won | Lost | Tied No-Result | Points | Net Run Rate |
| 1. Delhi Capitals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.779 |
| 2. Mumbai Indians | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +0.225 |
| 3. Punjab Kings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | + 0.2 |
| 4. Royal Challengers Bangalore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.05 |
| 5. Kolkata Knight Riders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 6. Rajasthan Royals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 |
| 7. Sunrisers Hyderabad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 |
| 8.. Chennai Super Kings | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.779 |
Tomorrow’s Preview
The Sunrisers Hyderabad take on the Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai. Who do you think will win this one?
Also, if you have not yet read our IPL Previews, here is a list of all of them! Check them out and share ahead:
- Chennai Super Kings – CSK Preview
- Delhi Capitals – DC Preview
- Kolkata Knight Riders – KKR Preview
- Mumbai Indians – MI Preview
- Punjab Kings – PBKS Preview
- Rajasthan Royals – RR Preview
- Royal Challengers Bangalore – RCB Preview
- Sunrisers Hyderabad – SRH Preview
Copyright (2021: 4/13/2021)– @Nitesh Mathur, aka Nit-X – bcd@brokokencricketdreams.com
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