IPL23 Match no 22 KKR vs MI this match MI win by 5 wickets. Venkatesh Iyer: "Thank you, would have beenhappier if we had finished on a winning note butnonetheless, pleased with my batting. That is therole that management has assigned to me, andit is my responsibility to repay them. Obviously, itwas a lovely wicket to bat on. Once you've sCored30-40 runs, scoring becomes easy. I'm overjoyedto have sCoreda hundred. Their new ball bowlersare both swing bowlers, and it becomes difficultonce they settle down. So I didn't want to allowthem to settle. It becomes easier to play themonce the swing goes off. When you're out theredoing something for the team, you forget aboutyour injury. The wicket was fantastic, andI washaving a great time out there. In retrospect, Ibelieve we scored 15-20 runs fewer, and theway MI was going, they could have scoredit inanother over. But yeah, we were short" Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians Captain):"Obviously we are happy. And that is what thechat was all about before the game. I would haveloved to finish the game but happy with the wayI batted. I was very pleased with how the teamperformed. We thought the wicket was a littledry in the afternoon, but the way the guys battedsettled it down in the evening. In day games atthe Wankhede, 160-170 is a good score and canbe chasable too if one gets a good start. That iswhat exactly Kishan did. He got us off to a greatstart. I took my time with the first five-seven balls,thinking that if I could get my eye in, I couldsCore. I walked onto bat very confident, relaxedand tension free. We know what kind of firepowerwe have lower down the order if the top order gives us a good start. (Piyush Chawla)It was alegenday spell. He raised his hand when wereunder pressure. He always asks for the bowlingwhenever the pressure is there."Active Catch of the Match: Hrithik ShokeenLongest Six Hit in the Match: Tim David (95m)Most Fours Hit in the Match: Venkatesh Iyer Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders Captain): "Ithink we were 15-20 runs shot Feeling sorry forVenky, that he played so well, scoreda hundredand still ended up on the losing side. Wholeteams knows that (Venky lyer is the secondcenturion for KKR). In the upcoming matches,hopefully even others will score centuries.The way Ishan targeted Sunny, was special. Wecould have dragged the game had we bowledbetter in power-play. Would want mny bowlingto deliver. 1-2 bad games is nota cause of worry,but if we are failing in 5 matches, that is a sign of Rohit Sharma came in as an impact playerand opened the batting for MI alongsideIshan Kishan. Both came out all guns blazingand smashed the KKR bowlers to all parts ofMumbai. While Kishan hammered boundaryafter boundary, Rohit's stay was short but was anentertaining one. Umesh Yadav took a blinder atthe edge of the circle to dismiss Hitman (20 off13) in the 5th over. But before getting out, Rohitadded 65 runs for the first wicket in no time withhis partner Kishan doing all the hard yards oftonking boundaries. Kishan (58 off 25) went on to score his firstIPL fifty this year and was out a few balls afterthe milestone, while the number three batterSuryakumar Yadav (43 off 25) playeda quickfireknock and came back into the form with a bang.He was magnificent with his trademark shotsand alongside Tilak Varma (30 off 25) set up thematch for MI. Both added 60 runs for the thirdwicket before the latter lost his stumps to SuyashSharma (2/27), who was brilliant with the ballfKKR.Tim David and SKY plaved some good shots and tried to finish the game early. But a coupleof wickets with MI needing a few runs delayedthe finish only for a few deliveries. David (24* off13) remained unbeaten and took the team homewith 14 balls remaining!Earlier in the afternoon, the stand-in skipper ofMI, Suryakumar Yadav, won the toss and decidedto bowl first. KKR didn't start well, as they lostNarayan Jagadeesan for a duck in the secondOver.Venkatesh Iyer came at number three, and then it was all about him. The southpaw smashed all theboundaries until the 10th over and fought likealone warrior with a sour knee. He added 46 runsfor the second wicket alongside RahmanullahGurbaz, who didn't contribute much and hadanother failure in the IPL Soon after, KKR Ilosttheir skipper Nitish Rana in the bowling of HrithikShokeen.But Shardul Thakur was promoted up theorder, and he supported the Madhya Pradeshall-rounder in resurrecting the innings with apartnership of 50 runs for the fourth wicket. While Thakur rotated the strike, Venky Iyer was theaggressor smashing boundary after boundary.After the dismissal of Shardul in the 13th over,Venky slowed down a touch but didn't lose themomentum and completed his maiden IPLhundred. This was KKR's first hundred afterBrendon McCullum's 158 against RCB in 2008.Venkatesh Iyer was out at 104 off 51 balls,including 9 sixes and 6 fours, with the team scoreat 159/6. While Rinku Singh failed to give theteam a good finishing, Andre Russell finally strucKsome lusty blows to propel the team to185/6 in their allotted 20 overs.For MI, Shokeen picked two wickets and was thebest bowler, while apart from debutant ArjunTendulkar, everyone who bowled scalped a wicketeach.7:20 PM ISTI Mumbai Indians dominate therun chase as they go home with two more pointsby beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets'Venkatesh Iyer's century goes in vain as KKRbowlers fail to restrict the opposition. On the otherhand, MI batters Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav comeback to form by scoring a goodamount of runs in the fixture!