IPL 2019: KKR goes all knight-in against MI, post 232 in 20 overs - The Beats

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Sunday, April 28, 2019

IPL 2019: KKR goes all knight-in against MI, post 232 in 20 overs


Shubman Gill and Chris Lynn smashed 93 for the first wicket. Image Source: KKR official twitter page
Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) posted a mammoth score of 232 against the Mumbai Indians(MI) in the match 47 of Indian Premier League. Although, Andre Russell came in one down, it was Shubman Gill who stole his thunder. He registered his highest T20 score of 76(45) opening the innings. He smashed 6 boundaries and 4 sixes before getting out in the 16th over. This is also the highest total of the season.

Gill and Chris Lynn gave a solid start to the home team. They smashed 93 within 10 overs, with both bringing up their half-centuries. It was in the halfway through the innings that Lynn mistimes a shot to wide long-on. He scored 54 off 24 with 8 boundaries and 2 sixes. However, he only went to bring in Andre Russell. Russell started slow, but made some strong connections later in the innings.

He came into the game when it mattered the most, the death overs. He was on a rampage in the last 5 overs. He hit atleast 3 boundaries in the death overs. Hitting with a strike rate of 200, he took KKR to an next to unchasable total for MI. 

For MI, the only wicket-taking bowlers were Hardik and Chahar, getting Gill and Lynn respectively. Barinder Sran and Rahul Chahar were the most expensive of the lot.

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