MI GO BOOM & BUST

Bumrah's 5-10 In Vain As Batsmen Flop, KKR Stay Alive After 52-Run Win

- Gaurav.Gupta

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 five for 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 Russel (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. With 10 points (five wins and seven losses), the Knight Riders climbed from the ninth to the seventh spot, with two games to go.

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.