HIGHLIGHTS
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As defending champions in 2013, Brett Lee opened Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) campaign with a first-ball wicket getting Eden Gardens to twist and shout. Shivam Mavi’s wicket maiden against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Wednesday would be next in terms of impact. Mavi struck with his second ball when Quinton de Kock skied a pull and then kept Rohit Sharma quiet.
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Having missed IPL2019 due to injury, Mavi returned to bowl at the death and got Sharma too but that was after the MI skipper had scored 80 (54b; 3×4; 6×6), the sixes coming mostly of pulls because KKR bowled short. KKR also bowled 11 wides and a no-ball, the erratic performance encapsulated by Pat Cummins’s third over where he kept banging it in only for Hardik Pandya to move inside the line and pull him for two fours and a six.
CONCLUSION
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This the 20th time MI have beaten KKR, which is the most times a team has beaten any one team in the IPL. This is also the first time MI have managed to win a match in the UAE. KKR’s captain Dinesh Karthik says Cummins and Morgan had got very little time after their quarantine to be with the team, and that he does not want to get analytical about the result today.
A look at the Points Table after Match 5 of #Dream11IPL 2020. pic.twitter.com/zJjwGqErxE
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Hitman is adjudged the Man of the Match for his match-winning knock of 80 off 54 deliveries.#Dream11IPL #KKRvMI pic.twitter.com/nwReQGCc9o
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