Kolkata Knight Riders entered the IPL playoffs with an 18-run victory over Mumbai Indians here on Saturday. The match was reduced to 16 overs a side contest after a late start due to rain. The match was reduced to 16 overs a side contest after a late start due to rain.
Batting first in the rain-curtailed match, KKR scored 157 for 7. In reply, MI were stopped at 139 for eight. In reply, MI were stopped at 139 for eight.
Spinners Varun Chakaravarthy (2/17) and Sunil Narine (1/21) bowled beautifully in the middle overs after Ishan Kishan got MI off to a brisk start with a 22-ball 40. Tilak Varma smashed 32 in 17 balls, but he could not take his team over the line. Earlier, Venkatesh Iyer top-scored with a 21-ball 42 while Rinku Singh (20 off 12 balls) and Andre Russell (24 off 14 balls) chipped in useful contributions, as KKR crossed 150. Nitish Rana made 33 in 23 balls. Earlier, Venkatesh Iyer top-scored with a 21-ball 42 while Rinku Singh (20 off 12 balls) and Andre Russell (24 off 14 balls) chipped in useful contributions, as KKR crossed 150. Nitish Rana made 33 in 23 balls.
For MI, lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah bowled well to finish with figures of 2/39 in four overs and veteran spinner Piyush Chawla also took two wickets, giving away 28 runs in three overs.
Here are the key moments of the match:
1st Innings
Mumbai Indians win the toss, decide to bowl first
Match is reduced to 16-over-a-side due to delayed start
Phil Salt goes for 6 runs, Thushara gets the wicket
Sunil Narine bowled by Bumrah on 0, KKR 10/2
Shreyas Iyer dismissed by Kamboj, KKR 42/3
Piyush Chawla strikes on the first ball of his spell to dismiss dangerous Venkatesh on 42. KKR 77/4
Nitish gets out, brilliant run out by Tilak Verma
Andre Russell gets out, Piyush Chawla gets the wicket
Rinku Singh goes for 20, Bumrah takes the wicket. KKR 148/7
2nd Innings
Mumbai Indians start their chase against KKR
Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan open the innings
MI reached 59/0 after 5 overs, end of powerplay
Ishan Kishan goes for 40, Narine gets the breakthrough
Rohit Sharma goes for 19, Chakravarthy gets the wicket, MI 67/2
Suryakumar Yadav gets out on 11, Russell gets the wicket. MI 87/3
Hardik Pandya gets out on 2, Chakravarthy gets the wicket. MI 91/4
David goes for duck, Russell gets the wicket. MI 92/5
Harshit gets two wickets in the last over
KKR beat MI by 18 runs, seal their berth in the playoffs
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