KKR vs MI Video Highlights IPL 2018: Kolkata Knight Riders Slump to Their Biggest Ever Defeat
The win was MI’s eighth straight over KKR.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) slumped to their biggest defeat ever as Mumbai Indians dished out a clinical performance. Chasing mammoth 211, KKR were bundled out for just 108 runs in 18.1 overs and thus were handed a 102-run defeat. The win was MI’s eighth straight over KKR. With this victory, the defending champions move to fourth place on the IPL 2018 points table while Knight Riders drop to the fifth spot. The win has also boosted MI’s net run-rate.
KKR never looked in contention in their chase and lost both their openers Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn inside the Powerplay overs. Knight Riders were further dented when they lost Robin Uthappa and Andre Russell in back to back overs.
None of the KKR batsmen got going as they kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. The home side were eventually bowled out. For Mumbai, Pandya brothers picked two wickets each while rest of the bowlers chipped in with a wicket apiece. You can watch video highlights of KKR vs MI here.
Earlier put to bat, young wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan blasted a 21-ball 62 to help Mumbai Indians post the huge total. The Jharkhand left-hander's pyrotechnics between the 10th and 15th over propelled MI from 62/2 in nine overs to 145/3 after 15 overs.
Ishan, whose innings was laced with five fours and six sixes, brought up his fifty in 17 balls, the joint second-fastest to reach the milestone with Sunil Narine who also completed his half-century in 17 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore here. Lokesh Rahul had smashed a 14-ball 50 this season, IPL's fastest.
Ishan and skipper Rohit Sharma (36; 31b; 2x4, 1x6) joined hands for an 82-run partnership for the third wicket off just 34 balls. Rohit was dropped by Nitish Rana on 10 when the team was on 90/2. In the end, Ben Cutting's 9-ball 24 took MI past 200 as the last over went for 24 runs off Piyush Chawla (3/48). (With IANS inputs).
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