Kolkata Knight Riders were in deep trouble at 45/5 at the end of the seventh over after being put in to bat by Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday.
Trent Boult began the carnage by castling Sunil Narine for a duck in the first over, while Deepak Chahar then removed Quinton de Kock for one in the second over. The South African was caught by debutant Ashwani Kumar at mid-off.
Left arm pacer Kumar’s day got better when he took a wicket with his very first delivery in the IPL, sending KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane back to the dugout for 11.
Rahane was caught at deep backward point by Tilak Varma who almost made a hash of the chance but managed to grab it on the second attempt.
Kumar was in the thick of the action again, dropping a sitter to reprieve Venkatesh Iyer off Boult.
But the chance did not prove costly as Iyer fell in the following over by Chahar for three, attempting a ramp that went into keeper Ryan Rickelton’s gloves.
Skipper Hardik Pandya then brought himself on for the seventh over and deepened KKR’s woes by having Angkrish Raghuvanshi caught at deep midwicket by Naman Dhir for 26.
KKR made one change to their side with Narine returning in place of Moeen Ali, while MI brought back Will Jacks and also handed a debut to Ashwani Kumar.
MI have lost their opening two matches to Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans.
KKR, on the other hand, recovered from an opening loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore by posting a comfortable win over Rajasthan Royals.
