Ruthless MI stunned Knight Riders

Mumbai Indians, after disappointing first half in this IPL, back to win third consecutive match as they beat Kolkata Knight Riders by big margin of 102-runs at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Wednesday (May 9). With the help of this win MI moved up to number 4 for the first time in this IPL.

It was the must-win game for Mumbai Indians to stay alive in this tournament and they won it with the bang. MI posted 210 runs on board after sizzling knock of 62 off 21 balls by Ishan Kishan. And then MI's bowlers did the job by bowled out KKR on 108 in 18.1 overs. Ishan Kishan awarded Man Of The Match for his sensational knock.



Ishan Kishan show at the Eden Gardens

After winning the toss, KKR invited MI to bat first. MI started well and put on a 47-run for the first wicket. However, Piyush Chawla got two wickets in two successive overs and left MI to 62 for 2 after 9 overs. Then it was all Ishan Kishan show at Kolkata. He started his innings with a six to Kuldeep Yadav only on second ball he faced. He followed the six with three boundaries to Chawla in next over. That over gave momentum to his innings and he never looked back after that. He hit two boundaries to Andre Russell and Prasidh Krishna, one to each in next two overs. But his take on to Kuldeep Yadav in next over was the highlight of his innings where he hit 4 back to back sixes to Yadav and reached to his fifty in only 17 balls. However, he couldn't control his shots and got out Narine after hitting six in the previous ball. Before he got out, he scored 62 off 21 balls including 5 fours and 6 sixes. Later in the innings, Ben Cutting's quickfire cameo of 24 off 19 balls help MI to reach to 210 after 20 overs.

Too much reliance on spinners, let down KKR



Spinners have always been the strength of KKR. But in this match, they were taken all-around the park. However, their ever-reliable Sunil Narine bowled a decent spell of 4 overs 1 for 27 but other two had a horrible night with the ball. First Ishan Kishan took on Kuldeep for 5 sixes of his balls and then Ben Cutting came hard on Chawla in last over of the innings in which MI scored 22 runs. Kuldeep couldn't complete his spell and given away 43 runs in 3 overs without taking any wicket while Chawla after bowled excellent first two overs, went for 48 runs in 4 overs and took 3 wickets.

Target of 211 proved too big for KKR

Chasing 211, was always going to tough for KKR. Still they were hoping that their openers will provide them a solid start. But on such day where nothing went KKR way, their openers too fell quick . Narine after hitting boundary of the first ball of the innings, got out on next ball to Mitchell McClenaghan. Robin Uthappa tried to break the shekels after hitting 2 sixes to Krunal and Bumrah. But he ran out his Partner Chris Lynn in a bit of Yes-No confusion. Lynn made 21 off 15 balls. Two overs later, Mayank Markande dismissed Uthappa after scoring 14 off 13 balls. After that none of the other batsmen shown good intent and kept losing wickets. And they fumbled out on 108 with 11 balls to spare.



Mumbai Indians bowled really well and didn't allow KKR to came back in game. Pandya brothers were the star with ball and picked two wickets each. Each of their bowlers took at least 1 wicket. It was a collective effort by MI bowlers.

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