At Wankhede Stadium, finally the sun of Mumbai Indians' fortunes shined. After suffering a defeat in their home ground, Mumbai Indians got the victory. Not only did he win, but his star batsman Suryakumar Yadav also returned to his form. Suryakumar, who became the captain of Mumbai Indians for the first time, first stopped Kolkata for 185 runs on the basis of his bowlers, which also had the best century of Venkatesh Iyer. Then he himself ended the drought of runs and won the team by 5 wickets.
2⃣ wins in a row for @mipaltan! #MI beat #KKR by 5 wickets to bag two more points!
Scorecard https://t.co/CcXVDhfzmi #TATAIPL | #MIvKKR pic.twitter.com/9oYgBrF0Fe — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 16, 2023
The season of Mumbai Indians started with two consecutive defeats. Then in the last match, he opened his account by defeating Delhi Capitals. The confidence of this victory was visible on the Mumbai players at Wankhede on Sunday. Even the absence of Rohit Sharma did not affect him. Due to stomach problem, Rohit was out of the playing XI of this match and in such a situation, Surya took command. He was successful on every front on his captaincy debut.