IPL 2026 KKR vs MI: Rain Stops Play at Eden Gardens

Samira Vishwas

Tezzbuzz|21-05-2026

IPL 2026 KKR vs MI: The clash between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians, played on May 20 at Eden Gardens, has been interrupted due to rain.

By the end of 8 overs, rain started to pour, which halted the game, and the ground staff put the covers on.

After being invited to bat first, Ryan Rickelton and Rohit Sharma opened the innings while Anukul Roy opened the bowling attack.

Cameron Green, who was introduced to bowling within the power play, bagged the wicket of Ryan Rickelton for 6 runs. He got dismissed on a catch from Manish Pandey after the batter got an edge at the cover point.

Cameron Green bagged his second wicket, dismissing Naman Dhir for a duck. He got outside edge on a full-length delivery, and Angkrish Raghuvanshi took the catch behind the wickets.

With Saurabh Dubey bagging the wicket of Rohit Sharma for 15 runs, the Mumbai Indians bagged three wickets for 22 runs. He got dismissed on full length delivery where he mistimes completely, and Cameron Green picked a tough catch.

Saurabh Dubey bagged the wicket of Suryakumar Yadav for 15 runs as the Mumbai Indians lost 4th wicket within the powerplay.

With Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya at the crease, the Mumbai Indians scored 46 runs in the power play. With the duo aiming to forge a partnership, the Mumbai Indians scored 57 runs before rain interrupted the game, which put a halt to the game at Eden Gardens.

Lucknow Super Giants playing 11: Mitchell Marsh, Arshin Kulkarni, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Akshat Raghuwanshi, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru playing 11: Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam

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