KKR vs MI: Kolkata Knight Riders beats Mumbai once again, KKR reaches playoffs

Struggle for Mumbai Indians

But the innings faltered as soon as Ishan Kishan was out. Rohit Sharma also could not do anything special. Even in this match, he could not make an impact and was out after scoring 19 runs in 24 balls. His strike rate was 79.17. There were expectations from Suryakumar Yadav in this match but he also failed to score a big score. He scored 1 run on 14 balls. Its economy rate was 78.57.

It was expected that Captain Hardik Pandya would show the way to victory. But he also returned to the tent after scoring only 2 runs. Varun Chakraborty pulled him into his spin net. So it seemed that Tim David would close the gap between runs and balls by hitting a hit. But nothing like this happened. He could not even open his account. Andre Russell showed him the way to the tent. Tilak Verma tried to fight from one side. But after every run, the distance between the run and the ball was increasing. Due to an increase in run rate, Mumbai did not get good overs for big hits. After this Raman Dheer played a good innings. Scored 17 runs in 6 balls but could not win.

Kolkata Knight Riders Secure Playoffs

Kolkata Knight Riders has become the first team to qualify for the playoffs. After the victory in this match, Kolkata has 18 points and is in first place. Now there is a tie between six teams for third and fourth place

Both teams playing XI

Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan (wk), Naman Dheer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Nehal Wadhera, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Anshul Kamboj, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy.

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