Lucknow: On Saturday, the match was played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Mumbai Indians (MI) at Eden Garden. In this match, Kolkata registered a spectacular victory and won the match by 18 runs. With the victory in this match, KKR has qualified for the playoffs and has become the first team to do so. Let us tell you that in this match, Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya had won the toss and decided to bowl first and in this rain-affected 16 over match, Kolkata scored 157 runs at the loss of 7 wickets while batting first.
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Chasing the target of 158 runs, MI made a good start and made a partnership of 65 runs for the first wicket. However, after this his team faltered and lost the match by 18 runs. In this match, Mumbai could score only 139 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 16 overs. This season has been very bad so far for the team captained by Hardik Pandya as they have won only 4 out of 13 matches and with this they are also present at 9th place in the points table.
Venkatesh Iyer performed well while batting first for Kolkata in this match. Facing 21 balls, he played an inning of 42 runs with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from him, star batsman Nitish Rana, who was returning after injury, also scored 33 runs on 23 balls. Whereas, on the basis of small innings of other players, the team captained by Shreyas Iyer reached 157 runs. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah bowled brilliantly for Mumbai and took 2 wickets while giving 39 runs in 4 overs. Apart from him, Piyush Chawla also showed the way to the pavilion to two batsmen.
In this match for MI, opener Ishan Kishan made a strong start and scored 40 runs in 22 balls with the help of 5 fours and two sixes. On the other hand, former Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma was seen struggling in this match and he could score only 19 runs in 24 balls. Young player Tilak Verma also played an aggressive inning of 32 runs but could not lead his team to victory. On the other hand, Kolkata has qualified for the playoffs with 9 wins in 12 matches.
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