Mumbai Indians

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.

"Suryakumar Yadav has sustained a muscle strain on the left forearm and has been ruled out for the season. He has been advised rest, in consultation with the BCCI medical team," said a statement by the franchise ahead of their match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the DY Patil Stadium.

"Obviously we're not going to be able to make the playoffs, but how we set up the rest of the tournament for us is, we've got a little mini IPL. So the last six games - we've played two of them already - we're just kind of judging ourselves on that. Yes, this year we can't make the playoffs but we can still build on a lot of things for the coming season," said Sams in the pre-match virtual press conference ahead of the match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the DY Patil Stadium on Monday.

Mumbai Indians (MI) on Friday defeated Gujarat Titans (GT) by 5 runs. GT had to wait to add "Q" of qualification before their name. We witnessed the proper battle between bat and bowl. MI is the most successful team in IPL history and GT is the most successful team in IPL 2022.

Gujarat Titans were in cruise mode after openers Shubman Gill (52) and Wriddhiman Saha (55) had raised 106 for the opening wicket. But the table-toppers lost their way, falling to some good work in the field by Mumbai Indians as they were restricted to 172/5 in 20 overs, in response to Mumbai Indians' score of 177/6.

After restricting Mumbai Indians to 177/6 in 20 overs, built on vital knocks from Rohit Sharma (43), Ishan Kishan (45) and Tim David (44 not out), Gujarat Titans got off to a superb start with openers Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha raising 100 runs for the opening wicket in 66 balls. Though Gill was out for 52 runs and Saha for 55, both of them fell to leg-spinner Murugan Ashwin as Gujarat Titans reached 111/2 in the 13th over. They had laid a solid foundation from which they could cruise to victory.

Pandya said they decided to bowl first because they wanted to use the new ball well. "After the last game, we decided to forget the game as it (win) would come. Batters and bowlers know they need to get better," Pandya said, confirming that Gujarat Titans are going into the match with an unchanged playing XI.

Mumbai Indians (MI) have signed Tristan Stubbs as replacement for left-arm pacer Tymal Mills for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022.