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In his debut IPL season, Tilak has come of age playing for the Mumbai Indians. In a season that has seen the five-time champions struggle for rhythm and consistency, Varma has been one of the few bright spots for the Rohit Sharma-led franchise.

Mumbai Indians (MI) on Thursday defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 5 wickets. Whenever the most successful teams in the IPL, CSK, and MI met, we witnessed thrillers. Sometimes the bowlers amazed us and sometimes the batters. This season is not good for both of them, but after a few games, we knew they will prepare for the next season.

Shaw has not featured in DC's last three league matches against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals after playing against Lucknow Super Giants on May 1. An Instagram story from Shaw on May 8 showed that the opener was admitted to a hospital due to fever.

The pitch does have something to offer for the bowlers, and that is when they need to grab their chance and make it count. Mumbai Indians' Australian pacers Daniel Sams, Jasprit Bumrah, and Riley Meredith made good use of the swing and bounce offered by the pitch at the Wankhede Stadium for Match 59 of IPL 2022 to bowl out Chennai Super Kings for 97 and set up their five-wicket win.

Choosing to bowl first, the Mumbai Indians pacers started well, bowled good line and length and used the conditions well. The ball was swinging even in the 8th over but there were no demons in the pitch. CSK were unlucky as they could not use the DRS in the first few overs due to some technical issues -- during which Devon Conway was hard done by a dodgy decision that he could not review, but their batters too made things easy for Mumbai Indians by playing some unnecessary shots.

Kishan had started the tournament with a bang, with scores of 81 not out and 54 in first two matches. But soon he fell into a rough patch, as seen from his scores of 14, 23, 3, 13, 0 and 8. With Mumbai now out of contention for the playoffs, it seems that Kishan is trying to get back to the style which had fetched him success in the past, chipping in with scores of 51, 45 and 26 in the last three matches.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Monday defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by 52 runs. After the big loss against LSG, KKR were back in the race for qualifying to the playoff. Bumrah's maiden T20 fifer didnt prove to be enough for his team's victory. However, it was good news for Indian cricket for upcoming T-20 world cup, as Jasprit Bumrah did  brilliant bowling.

The 28-year-old Bumrah on Monday had the best bowling figures in IPL 2022 so far, taking five wickets for 10 runs in his four overs. But his big-hearted effort was not enough as the Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians still ended up losing the match against Kolkata Knight Riders by 52 runs.

The yo-yoing of Venkatesh Iyer's batting position before he was dropped for a few games ended with him slotting back to being the opener which Kolkata needed: Someone who could get them the quick runs in powerplay and make the most out of two men standing outside the 30-yard circle. Back as an opener, a role which got him into limelight and white-ball debuts for India in 2021/22.

Barring Ishan Kishan's 51, none of the Mumbai batters in a line-up minus Suryakumar Yadav could get the big runs as Pat Cummins and Andre Russell shared five wickets between themselves, using the short balls to good effect. Kolkata drew first blood in the opening over when Sheldon Jackson flew to his right and pouched a catch on his right glove of Rohit Sharma off Tim Southee.