Score: Mumbai Indians 161-4 in 20 overs; Kolkata Knight Riders 162-5 in 16 overs
With four overs to spare, Kolkata chased down Mumbai’s target of 162 by four wickets thanks to Cummins’ explosive performance. Cummins scored 35 off 16 overs by Daniel Sam. Four sixes and two fours, including a no-ball, were born in this over.
Earlier, Cummins conceded 49 runs in four overs, but his batting caught fire. He scored 56 off just 15 balls. Cummins, who hit six fours and four sixes in the firing half-century, holds the record for the fastest half-century in the IPL. Cummins set the record with KL Rahul’s half-century off 14 balls.
Apart from Cummins, Venkatesh Iyer (50 off 41 balls) also scored a half-century.
The Mumbai bowlers, who had bowled well in the beginning, kept Kolkata on the defensive by taking wickets at regular intervals but the game changed when Cummins reached the crease. When Cummins reached the crease in the 14th over, Kolkata were 61 runs away from victory. Cummins hit a six off the second ball at the crease to put the game in order. In the overs of Timel Mills (14th over) and Bumra (15th over), Australia’s Daniel Sams’s hit a six and a four each. Even the die-hard Kolkata fans did not think that the game would end in Sams’ over. Cummins, who hit sixes off the first ball of the innings, was later penalized by the player. Sams, who had bowled well till then, conceded 50 runs in three overs, including 35 runs in this over.
With a thumping win over Mumbai, Kolkata moved up to the top of the points table with six points from four matches with three wins and one loss. Mumbai Indians, meanwhile, are ninth in the table after failing to win their third match of the season.
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