Mumbai Indians won their second game of the season against Kolkata Knight Riders on April 16.
It was also a special win for Mumbai, who had paid a heartwarming tribute to the Harmanpreet Kaur-led team as they donned the jersey from the franchise’s winning campaign in the inaugural WPL season amid 19000 young girls who were present at the iconic ground. Hence, MI had broken into a manic celebration after the match, during which Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan had hijacked Zaheer Khan’s interview and took him into their celebratory parade.
Mumbai India regular captain Rohit Sharma was captaining the side in this match, instead, Suryakumar Yadav was given the captaincy duties. Suryakumar Yadav, who was going through a lean patch, bounced back to form with his impressive knock of 43 off 25.
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“We had a chat in the dugout, we just had to carry the momentum from the previous game and the boys put on a show. I would have loved to finish the game but very happy with how things went. In the afternoon, I thought the wicket was a bit dry but the way the guys batted, it settled down in the evening. At Wankhede, 180-190 was quite chaseable and Ishan took us off to a great start,” Suryakumar said after the win.