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Ashwani Kumar’s four-fer bags a comfortable win for Mumbai Indians at Wankhede

Ashwani Kumar’s four-fer bags a comfortable win for Mumbai Indians at Wankhede

After losing their first two games in IPL 2025, five-time champions Mumbai Indians finally got off the mark with a home win against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Mumbai Indians lost their first game against CSK by 4 wickets and went on to lose their second game by 36 runs against the Gujarat Titans. Notably, MI played their first two games in away conditions and played their third game in their home venue – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Speaking of the match, Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to bowl first. Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine opened the batting attack for KKR while Boult opened the bowling attack for the Mumbai Indians. In the very first over, Boult dismissed Narine for duck and made a dramatic start. While Chahar in the next over dismissed de Kock for 1 run and stunned the KKR’s dugout. Ashwani Kumar who made his debut for Mumbai Indians, bagged his maiden IPL wicket by dismissing Rahane in his very first delivery. Soon Venkatesh Iyer too lost his wicket to Chahar …

There Was No Grip On Wicket So I Experimented, Says Jasprit Bumrah After Taking Four-Fer vs Bangladesh

Pacer Jasprit Bumrah was the most successful Indian bowler on the tricky Chepauk surface as he returned with figures of 4-50 to bowl out Bangladesh for 149 in the ongoing first Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday. Bumrah revealed he experimented with his deliveries as his stock ones were not yielding any results on the second day of the contest. The pacer shared how he set up Mushfiqur Rahim’s dismissal when there was no assistance from the pitch. “The ball had become a little old, there wasn’t a lot of movement, but there was some spongy bounce on the wicket. So, I was trying to assess my options because when I tried to bowl a little fuller, there wasn’t much deviation. I was just trying to think about how I could make run-scoring difficult. That’s what I focused on, and luckily, I got the outside edge,” Bumrah told JioCinema after stumps on Day 2. Bumrah also discussed the variations he had to introduce due to the conditions. “I had no …

MI vs CSK 2024 Highlights: Pathirana’s Four-fer Outsmarts Rohit’s Ton

MI vs CSK 2024 Highlights: El-Casino of the Indian Premier League(IPL) 2024 resulted in the favour of “Men in Yellow” after Matheesha Pathirana bagged 4 crucial wickets for Chennai Super Kings. At Wankhede Stadium MI and CSK both faced each other under new captains notably not under their 5 times title winning captains. Hardik Pandya led Mumbai Indians while Ruturaj Gaikwad led Chennai Super Kings instead of Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni. Speaking on the game, Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to bowl first where surprisingly Ajinkya Rahane came out to open the inning along with Rachin Ravindra. But Chennai Super Kings’ move didn’t stand against the Mumbai Indian’s aggressive bowling attack. Gerald Coetzee dismissed homeboy for just 5 runs and drew the first blood for CSK. After Ajinkya Rahane’s dismissal, CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad made an impressive performance and scored 69 runs from 40 balls before being dismissed by Hardik Pandya in the second ball of the 16th over. On the other hand, Shivam Dube made an aggressive performance from one end …