The exhilarating action is continuing in the Indian Premier League season 16 as Mumbai Indians are hosting Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 22 on Sunday, April 16 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Mumbai Indians captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and invited KKR to bat first. The Nitish Rana-led side has got off to a good start to the innings courtesy of Venkatesh Iyer’s brilliant fifty.
Mumbai’s scorching heat seemed to be affecting players with temperatures flaring on the field as Nitish Rana and Hrithik Shokeen were involved in a scuffle in the ninth over of the innings. The KKR captain got holed out at long on on the first ball of the over and was making his way back to the dug out.
As Rana was leaving the pitch, Shokeen seemed to have given him a send-off by saying something which annoyed the KKR captain as he answered back and was about to charge towards the bowler when Suryakumar intervened. Seeing the situation getting intense, the MI captain stepped in to interfere and both players were separated.