That's it! Mumbai Indians win by 102 runs. What a fantastic win for Mumbai Indians. Kolkata Knight Riders have been badly hurt here. With this win, MI move to fourth place on the points table. Full Scorecard | IPL Points Table
Mumbai Indians would love to bundle out KKR here as quickly as possible. It will boost their run-rate. Meanwhile, need 166 off 30 balls.
Mere formal-ties remain now for Mumbai Indians. The required run-rate is well over 18 runs per over. Mumbai inching closer towards yet another win over KKR and in this tournamnet.
Halfway through and KKR continue to struggle. They never looked in contention in this chase thus far and now have just four wickets in hand. In next ten overs KKR need 139 runs, looks impossible for them from here.
Andre Russell departs as well. Big one for MI. KKR's slump continues, they are in further trouble now. KKR now need 144 more runs to win from 66 balls.
OUT! Big wicket this for Mumbai Indians. Robin Uthappa goes for slog sweep but finds deep mid-wicket fielder. MI further stamp their authority. Uthappa c Suryakumar Yadav b Markande 14(13)
End of powerplay overs. KKR need a big partnership here to fightback. Robin Uthappa and Nitish Rana in with a huge task. The equation now reads 164 more runs to win from 84 balls.
Poor start this for Kolkata Knight Riders. First they lost Sunil Narine in the first over who was removed by McClenaghan. And then, Chris Lynn was run-out.
The last time, Kolkata Knight Riders defatted Mumbai Indians in IPL was way back in 2015. And since then, KKR have lost seven matches against MI. This season KKR’s struggle against MI continued as the defending champions emerged victorious by 13 runs in the earlier match between the two sides. KKR are placed third on the IPL 2018 points table and a win will cement their place in the top four. MI, on the other hand, will be looking to overtake KKR and a win will help them in that. Live updates of KKR vs MI IPL T20 match will be available shortly. IPL 2018 Live Streaming, KKR vs MI
Meanwhile, this will be the 23rd meeting between these two sides. Mumbai Indians hands down lead the head-to-head record with impressive 17 wins. Also when it comes to the Eden Gardens, Mumbai Indians have won six out of eight matches.
Teams:
Mumbai Indians (From): Suryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis, Rohit Sharma(c), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Jean-Paul Duminy, Ishan Kishan(w), Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Kieron Pollard, Mustafizur Rahman, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Tiwary, Pradeep Sangwan, Tajinder Singh, Sharad Lumba, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Akila Dananjaya, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Adam Milne. IPL 2018 Day 33 Live Action: Today’s Prediction, Fantasy League Picks
Kolkata Knight Riders (From): Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Mitchell Johnson, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishank Jaggi, Vinay Kumar, Apoorv Wankhade, Rinku Singh, Shivam Mavi, Cameron Delport, Javon Searles, Tom Curran.