Mumbai Indians won yet another contest and remained alive in the IPL 2018 after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders by 13 runs in today's match at the Wankhede Stadium.
In the 37th match of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Mumbai Indians won yet another contest and remained alive in the IPL 2018 after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders in today's match at the Wankhede Stadium. Batting first, Mumbai put up a target of 182 runs and Kolkata was short of 13 runs at the end of their 20 overs. Mumbai bowlers performed well and managed to get the victory for the team.
Earlier, Mumbai cruised to a brilliant start as Suryakumar Yadav and Evin Lewis started the attack early. Kolkata bowlers could not get an early breakthrough and the batsmen maintained the dominant position throughout. The runs were flowing with around 10 per over. KKR got their first breakthrough in the 10th over as Russell took the wicket of Lewis on a slower delivery. Mumbai Indians were 95/1 after 10 overs. Suryakumar Yadav made his fifty, Rohit Sharma failed again as he was caught after scoring 11 runs. Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav were taking the innings ahead. Russell removed Suryakumar Yadav in the 15th over. The run rate slid off a bit but Mumbai had enough overs left to bring it back on track. The remaining batsmen added runs for the team and took the total to 181 after 20 overs. Chasing the target of 182, both the openers Shubman Gill and Chris Gill got out. KKR were 47/1 after the end of the powerplay.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Analysis
Chris Lynn and Shubhman Gill opened the batting for KKR, Mitchell McClenaghan came for the first over. Just two runs came off the first over. Jasprit Bumrah took the next over, the fourth ball went to the third man for a four, Lynn went for a four yet again in the next ball, the last ball also went for a boundary. Lynn hit a hattrick of fours in the third over by McClenaghan. The bowler took his revenge in the next ball by dismissing Lynn. Hardik Pandya removed Shubhman Gill on the first ball of the next over, Nitish Rana replaced him. McClenaghan came for the 5th over, apart from doubles, Rana hit him for a six on the last ball.Hardik took the 6th over, Uthappa was dropped on the second ball. Just 3 runs came in the over. Krunal Pandya took the 7th over, Uthappa went for a six and Rana hit a four after that.
Bumrah came for the 10th over and conceded just 4 runs off it. Ben Cutting took the 11th over, Uthappa hit four consecutive boundaries in the over. Markande got Uthappa’s wicket in the next over and Dinesh Karthik came after him, just 2 runs came off the over. Hardik Pandya got Nitish Rana on the third ball of the next over. Andre Russell came in after that, 5 runs came off the over, all in singles. McClenaghan was back into the attack in the 15th over, he gave 4 runs and the ball was in Markande's hands, 6 runs came off it, including a boundary. Bumrah came next and managed to get the wicket of Russell on the fourth ball, Karthik hit two consecutive boundaries after that. Pandya took the 18th Karthik hit a boundary on the fourth ball. KKR needed 37 in the last two overs. Bumrah came for the second last over, Karthik hit a six on the second ball, a boundary came off the second last ball. Another four came off the last ball. Krunal Pandya took the last over, a boundary came on the first ball, Narine was out in the next ball. 19 runs were required in the last 4 balls. Karthik hit a boundary on the second last ball but nothing much could be done after that. Mumbai won by 13 runs in the end.
Mumbai Indians innings analysis
Suryakumar Yadav and Lewis came to open for Mumbai Indians and Nitish Rana just gave a single off it. Yadav hit a boundary off Prasidh in the next over, JOhnson came for the third over, Yadav started the hitting, including a six and two boundaries. Lewis swung into action in the next over and hit Sunil Narine for two consecutive boundaries. Prasidh took the 5th over and after some singles, he hit a six. Lewis smashed a six and two boundaries in the next over off Piyush Chawla. Kuldeep Yadav started well but Yadav hit him for a six on the 4th ball.
Mumbai Indians were 66/0 after 7 overs. Suryakumar Yadav 33 (23) and Evin Lewis 33 (19) were at the crease. The run rate was 9.4 per over.
Nitish Rana came for the 8th over, the batsmen continued the attack. It was a big over for Mumbai as they collected 16 runs off it. Kuldeep Yadav came for the 9th over and apart from singles, a boundary came off the last ball. Russell took the much needed wicket of Lewis on the second ball of the 10th over, capttain Rohit Sharma came to replace him. Piyush Chawla came for the 11th over, Rohit hit a boundary on the second ball, the rest of the over went in singles and doubles. Sunil Narine took the 12th over, Suryakumar Yadav brought in his fifty by taking a single on the first ball. Rohit sharma faced another failure with the bat and was caught on Narine's fourth ball. Hardik Pandya came to replace the captain.
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