Pat Cummins stars in a run-chase against Mumbai Indians

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) crushed the Mumbai Indians (MI) by five wickets at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.

Set to pursue 162, Kolkata cavorted home in 16 overs as Pat Cummins rose to the record for the quickest IPL fifty.

Cummins came into bat in the fourteenth over after Andre Russell’s dismissal. The match was finely adjusted by then, with Kolkata requiring 61 from 41 balls. Nonetheless, Cummins was totally exciting with his huge hitting and clubbed an unbeaten 56 off just 15 balls, with four fours and six sixes, to make a joke of the chase.

He started with a six and four off Tymal Mills to end the fourteenth over. Jasprit Bumrah was then clacked for a six and a four. With 35 required off five overs, Mumbai actually had faint expectations. It dissipated quickly as Cummins cudgeled the initial four balls from Daniel Sams for 6,4,6,6.

There was more dramatization as the KKR batter was caught off a high full throw, which was known as a no-ball.

Cummins approached the record for the quickest IPL fifty (14 balls) by pulling a more slower ball to deep square leg for four. The free-hit in the over permitted Cummins to polish off the match in style as he dispatched one more length delivery over the bowler’s head for a six. Before Mumbai could deal with what had hit them, the game was done with four full overs left.

At the opposite end, Venkatesh Iyer was starting to find me momentum. Venkatesh raised a hard battled fifty and afterward partook in the show from the opposite end as Cummins came, saw and won.