MUMBAI, April 1 -- There's a reason why pace bowlers love the opportunity of bowling at the Wankhede Stadium. Among Indian venues, it is a ground which offers pace, bounce and movement. In Monday evening's Indian Premier League game, the conditions were ideal for them with breeze blowing across the ground from the Arabian Sea.
To their credit, MI's pace attack did well to exploit the conditions to telling effect after electing to bowl against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Trent Boult and Deepak Chahar set the tone with wickets in the first two overs, left-armer Ashwani Kumar was absolutely lethal on his debut while captain Hardik Pandya also bowled expertly to maintain pressure. The result -- KKR were blown away for 116 in 16.2 overs.
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