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NEW DELHI: Ashwani Kumar’s sensational four-wicket haul on IPL debut and Ryan Rickelton’s unbeaten 62 powered mumbai Indians to a dominant eight-wicket win over kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhede Stadium on Monday.
The 23-year-old antique left-arm seamer from Punjab’s Jhanjeri has become the primary indian to take 4 wickets on IPL debut, completing with figures of 3-0-24-4 to dismantle KKR’s batting lineup.
With just 4 senior T20s, four listing A games, and Ranji Trophy suits earlier than his IPL debut, Ashwani’s performance signaled MI’s bowling dominance. deepak chahar (2/19), Trent Boult (1/23), and hardik pandya (1/10) supported him nicely as KKR folded for a season-low 116 in sixteen-two overs.
Despite Rohit Sharma’s early dismissal for thirteen, Rickelton (62* off forty-one, 4x4s, 5x6s) anchored the chase with his maiden IPL fifty. Suryakumar Yadav’s explosive 9-ball 27*, along with a six to finish, sealed MI’s first win of the season with 7.1 overs to spare.
Ashwani struck along with his first ball, casting off Ajinkya Rahane (11) earlier than including Rinku Singh (17), impact sub manish pandey (17), and Andre Russell (five) to his tally. Boult and Chahar had earlier eliminated openers quinton de kock (1) and sunil Narine (0) in the inner two overs.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi (26) briefly resisted but perished to Pandya.
Brief scores:
kolkata Knight Riders: 116 all out in 16.2 overs (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 26; Ashwani Kumar 4/24).
mumbai Indians: 121 for 2 in 12.5 overs (Ryan Rickleton 62 now not out; Andre Russell 2/35).
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