IPL 2023: Venkatesh Iyer became Player of the Match on Mumbai's victory, equaled batsmen like Yuvi, Pant, and Hardik by hitting 9 sixes in the innings
Despite KKR's defeat, Venkatesh Iyer, who scored a century against Mumbai, was awarded the Player of the Match title.
Venkatesh Iyer equals batsmen like Yuvraj, Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant
Venkatesh Iyer scored the first century of his IPL career against Mumbai and he scored 104 runs in 51 balls with the help of 9 sixes and 6 fours in this match. In this innings, he hit 9 sixes and equaled batsmen like Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson, Robin Uthappa, Ishaan Kishan and Rituraj Gaikwad for most sixes in an IPL innings.
Murali Vijay is the Indian batsman who has hit the most sixes in an innings in IPL with 11 sixes while Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer are joint second with 10-10 sixes during an innings.
Mumbai won by the innings of Suryakumar and Ishaan
Let us tell you that in the match played between Mumbai and KKR, KKR had batted first and scored 185 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs on the basis of Iyer's century. In response, the Mumbai team scored 186 runs for 5 wickets in 17.4 overs on the basis of Ishaan Kishan's half-century innings of 58 runs and won the match. This was Mumbai's second win while KKR's third loss in five matches. Suryakumar Yadav, who was the captain in this match, also played a good inning and scored 43 runs in 25 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 4 fours.
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