Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wkts
MI – 155/6 (20)
KKR – 159/3 (15.1)
Player of the Match – Sunil Narine
It’s just the sheer audacity of a 26-year-old playing only his second IPL game that’s done it for KKR. Venkatesh Iyer played an essential role. So he came out, cut loose immediately and went after everything, and everyone. Pace, spin, lack of pace, everything. Rahul Tripathi was an able partner-in-crime, making sure the runs didn’t slow down after Gill fell, as he kept tonking it from the other side. To be fair, KKR’s bowlers did claw it back in the second half of Mumbai’s innings, reducing them from what looked like a certain 180 to a pretty undercooked 155. It was quite strange from Rohit Sharma in his strategies to hold Rahul Chahar back until the eighth over, and use Bumrah for only one over inside the powerplay despite all the carnage.
KKR wins against MI
By nine wkts, Kolkata, 2010
By 32 runs, Mumbai WS, 2012
By 41 runs, Abu Dhabi, 2014
By six wkts, Cuttack, 2014
By seven wkts, Kolkata, 2015
By 34 runs, Kolkata, 2019
By seven wkts, Abu Dhabi, 2021
MI 155-6 (20 Ovs)
Batting
de Kock(wk) 55(42)
Rohit(c) 33(30)
Bowling
Lockie Ferguson 2/27
Prasidh 2/43
KKR 159-3 (15.1 Ovs)
Batting
Rahul Tripathi 74(42)
Venkatesh Iyer 53(30)
Bowling
Jasprit Bumrah 3/43
Krunal Pandya 0/25
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