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Bargaon ( Saharsa) : Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated KKR by 49 runs in the 5th match of IPL 2020 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE, on SEptember 23, 2020, night, as opener Rohit Sharma ( captain) scored 84 in 54 balls hitting 3 fours and 6 sixes and Suryakumar Yadav made 47 in 28 balls with 6 fours and a six. KR had won the toss and opted to bowl.
Saurabh Tiwary made 21 in 13 balls with a four and a six while Hardik Pandya scored 18 in 13 balls hittin 2 fours and a six. Rohit Shafma and Suryakumar Yadav added 90 runs for the second wicket. Rohit Sharma and Saurabh Tiwary added 49 runs for the third wicket. Rohit fdell to Shivam Mavi making it 177/4. Batting first, MI scored 195/5 in 20 overs. Shivam Mavi took 2/32 in 4 overs.
In reply, KKR could score only 146/9 in 20 overs with fast bowler Pat Cummins scoring 33 in 12 balls with 1 four and 4 sixes and captain Dinesh Karthik (wk) scoring 30 in 23 balls with 5 fours. Nitish Rana scored 24 in 18 balls with fours and a six. For MI, Trent Boult, James Pattinson, Jasprit Bumrah, an Rahul Chahar took two wickets each while all-rounder Keiron Pollard took one wicket. Rohit Sharma was declared Player Of The Match.