Kolkata: The bowlers made it easy. But still, KKR snatched the win with some difficulty. Ajinkya Rahane’s team won by 4 wickets against Mumbai Indians at their home ground Eden Gardens. And with the victory of this match, the points table rose to number 6 KKR. 13 points in 13 matches. In this scenario, Knights will have to win their last match against Delhi Capitals, even if Punjab and Rajasthan lose their last matches, then the Knights will make it to the playoffs.

team the match victory rate point
Royal Challengers Bangalore 13 9 4 18
Gujarat Titans 13 8 5 16
Sunrisers Hyderabad 13 8 5 16
Rajasthan Royals 13 7 6 14
Punjab Kings 13 6 6 13
Kolkata Knight Riders 13 6 6 13
Chennai Super Kings 13 6 7 12
Delhi Capitals 13 6 7 12
Mumbai Indians 13 4 9 8
Lucknow Supergiants 13 4 9 8

The spin duo of Sunil Narine, Varun Chakraborty. The pace attack of Sourav Dubey and Cameron Green cornered Mumbai at the Eden. KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and decided to field first. The bowlers did the job perfectly. Mumbai’s innings ended with just 148 runs. IPL KKR had to beat Mumbai Indians to have any hope of making it to the playoffs. Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and sent Mumbai Indians to bat first. Mumbai Indians were stuck at 147/8 in the rain-hit first innings. Mumbai Indians were 105/7 at one point. Mumbai scored 52 runs in the last 4 overs. Corbin Bosque scored an unbeaten 32 off 18 balls. Durant bowled fast Sunil Narain. One wicket for just 13 runs in 4 overs. 2 wickets each for Cameron Green, Sourav Dubey and Karthik Tyagi.

After coming down to bat, KKR got a shock at the beginning. Finn Allen could not score more runs. Ajink Rahane and Manish Pandey paired up. After Rahane returned with 21 runs, Powell and Manish continued to take the team’s score forward. However, the Knights lost a few quick wickets towards the end. But Rinku ended the match by hitting a boundary with 7 balls left.



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