In IPL 2023, two matches were played on Sunday. In the first match, Mumbai Indians defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets to win their second consecutive win. In this match, Mumbai surprised everyone and rested Rohit Sharma. Suryakumar Yadav was sent for the toss as captain.
Neither included in the playing XI, nor captained the Mumbai Indians team on the field, yet Rohit Sharma has written a new history at the Wankhede ground. In the 22nd match of IPL 2023, Mumbai Indians are clashing with Kolkata Knight Riders. Batting first, KKR has scored 185 runs in 20 overs on the scoreboard. Chasing the target of 186 runs, Rohit has achieved a big feat against KKR.
Suryakumar Yadav is captaining Mumbai Indians against KKR instead of Rohit Sharma due to ill health. Rohit played as an impact player. However, Hitman could not show anything special with the bat and got out after scoring 20 runs in 13 balls. KKR’s new spinner Suyash Sharma dismissed Rohit.
Rohit Sharma may have been dismissed after scoring 20 runs, but he has done a great job during his short innings. Rohit has become the highest scorer batsman playing against a team in IPL. Rohit has scored 1040 runs against KKR. He has left Shikhar Dhawan behind in this matter. Dhawan has scored 1029 runs against Chennai Super Kings. David Warner’s name is number three in this list. Warner has scored 1018 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders. At the same time, after hitting 979 runs against CSK, Virat occupies the fourth position in this list.
Talking about the match, Kolkata, batting first, scored 185 runs losing six wickets in 20 overs. Venkatesh Iyer played a brilliant inning of 104 runs in 51 balls. In his innings, he hit six fours and nine sixes. In response, Mumbai achieved the target in 17.4 overs. Ishan Kishan played an inning of 58 runs in 25 balls with the help of five fours and five sixes. Captain Suryakumar scored 43 runs in 25 balls and Tilak Verma scored 30 runs in 25 balls. Now Mumbai will clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad on 18 April.
No. Players Oppositions Matches Runs
1 Rohit Sharma Kolkata Knight Riders 29 1015
2 David Warner Punjab Kings 20 943
3 David Warner Kolkata Knight Riders 24 915
4 Virat Kohli Chennai Super Kings 24 909
5 Virat Kohli Delhi Capitals 26 895
