KKR’s first match of the season did not end on a positive note. Kolkata Knight Riders, who took on Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, lost by a huge margin of 49 runs.Now, let’s just focus on some of the talking points of the game:
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Sharma-Suryakumar standMI opener Quinton de Kock departed early after which Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav shouldered the responsibility. Both made a 90-run partnership between them.
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RoHIT SharmaRohit Sharma scored 80 off 54 balls and made spectacular records. He surpassed David Warner (829 runs) and became the leading run-scorer against the Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL with 904 runs. By smashing 6 sixes, he has become the fourth batsmen to hit more than 200 sixes in IPL.
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Economical Mavi-NarineThese two bowlers did some economical bowling unlike KKR’s rest of the bowlers who gave too many runs.
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KKR’s shaky performanceThe opener, Shubman Gill collapsed early, and hardly did the team see any major contribution with the bat.
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Ironic Pat CumminsThe 15.5 crore bid was quite expensive with his bowling (for which he is famous) with 16.30 economy rate. However, he did compensate with the bat where he had a strike rate of 275.
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MI exceptional bowlingAll MI bowlers except Krunal Pandya were quite economical with the ball and kept scalping wickets.
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