Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians Match Scorecard

MI needs 22 runs to win. Naman Dhir on strike. Harshit Rana with the ball. Length ball and Naman fails to get the necessary connection. Goes high and Rinku completes a safe catch. New batter Kamboj takes a single first ball. Harshit keeps it wide and Tilak edges it to the keeper. That should be it for KKR.

Tilak Varma c †Salt b Harshit Rana 32 (17b 5×4 1×6)

And KKR wins and becomes first to qualify for the playoffs this season.

Low full toss from Russell and Naman Dhir manages to get underneath it. Crashed over square leg for a six. Russell responds with a sharp yorker. Another low full toss now. Naman Dhir gets it over long on for another six. He isn’t done though. Smokes one over extra cover for a four.

Harshit with the 14th and Tilak takes him on. First with a sweep/scoop which runs away for a four. Now he brings out the slog and adds another six. Now he brings out the reverse hit. FOUR MORE!!!

MI looks to squeeze in a double last ball. But Wadhera is nowhere in the frame.

Nehal Wadhera run out (Starc/†Salt) 3 (3b 0x4 0x6)

The pressure of the run rate gets to Mumbai Indians. Tim David tries to go big. But it a bottom edge and easy catch for Shreyas. MI well and truly sinking now.

Tim David c SS Iyer b Russell 0 (3b 0x4 0x6)

MI 101/5 in 13 overs

Varun will be the bowler to bowl four as KKR looks to go for the kill. Dot ball to star t with. Hardik manages a single before Tilak is beaten by an off-break from Varun. Another single follows.

Quicker one from Varun and Hardik mishits it. Spliced and easy catch inside the circle.

Hardik Pandya c Arora b Varun 2 (4b 0x4 0x6)

MI 92/4 in 12 overs

KKR turns to Andre Russell as the chase enters the last six overs. Width from the pacer and Tilak Verma manages to get it over extra cover for a welcome four for MI. SKY too goes for a boundary. But he fails to clear the deep fielder. MI’s chase starting to sink.

Suryakumar Yadav c Ramandeep Singh b Russell 11 (14b 1×4 0x6)

Varun beats SKY with his variation. Lucky break for the MI batter as the ball misses hitting the top of the stumps by inches. This has been an impressive spell from the KKR spinner.

Narine goes wide of the off stump against Suryakumar Yadav. Beats him twice. But SKY is ready for the third time. Cuts it between backward point and third man for a four.

Varun continues. Dot ball against Rohit to start with. Couple of singles follow. Rohit tries to break free with a sweep shot. Top edge and it is an easy catch for Narine.

Rohit Sharma c Narine b Varun 19 (24b 1×4 1×6)

MI 71/2 in 8 overs

Narine gets another crack. Rohit tries a reverse sweep, but can’t clear the fine leg fielder. But a poor throw from Harshit means Rohit gets off the strike. Kishan with a double to keep the scoreboard ticking.

Full from Narine and Kishan tries to go over mid wicket, but can’t clear the fielder there. OUT!!

Ishan Kishan c Singh b Narine 40 (22b 5×4 2×6)

MI 65/1 in 7 overs

Varun Chakravarthy into the attack. Another single from Rohit to get the over going. Wide from Varun now and Kishan hits it to deep cover for a single.

Varun beats Rohit’s inside edge with a slider. Umpire turns down the appeal and KKR goes for the review. Wickets missing and Rohit survives.

Sunil Narine gets an over in the PowerPlay. Rohit with a sweep shot to take a single. Kishan adds a double before whipping out the reverse hit. Brilliant strike. FOUR!! Now Narine goes short and Kishan launches it over deep mid wicket for a six.

Back of a length from Harshit Rana. Ishan Kishan shuffles across before pulling it in front of square for a four. Harshit goes wider now and Kishan slashes it and it flies over first slip for another four. Harshit goes too full now. Kishan brings out the flair with a flourishing flick. SIX!!!

Second over for Vaibhav Arora. The ball slips out of his hand and lands outside the pitch and runs away for a four. And it is a no-ball and a free hit. Another wide from Vaibhav. Pressure is mounting on the pacer. High full toss now and Rohit puts it away for a six. MI wastes a review for a waist-high no ball. Arora bounces back with a couple of dot balls.

Starc into the attack. Full and on the pads. Easy-peasy for Rohit Sharma. Flicked away for a four. Outside the off-stump now. Rohit taps it to mid off for a single. Full toss from Starc and Kishan slices it away for a couple of runs. Kishan adds another four of the last ball of the over with a late cut.

Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan are out in the middle and Mumbai Indians begins the chase.

Kishan gets going with a single off the first ball against Vaibhav Arora. The KKR pacer beats Rohit’s outside edge with an outswinger. Rohit gets off the mark with a single to mid on. Full from Arora and Kishan clips it off his pads for the first four of the innings.

MI 6/0 in 1 over