Kolkata beat mumbai by 34 runs

Herschelle heavily hit Russell's innings, Kolkata beat Mumbai by 34 runs

Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 34 runs with the help of an explosive innings of Andre Russell and Shubhaman Gill in an important IPL encounter in Kolkata's Eden Gardens.

Kolkata beat mumbai by 34 runs 


Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 34 runs with the help of an explosive innings of Andre Russell and Shubhaman Gill in an important IPL encounter in Kolkata's Eden Gardens. With this win, Kolkata has kept its hopes of reaching the playoffs in the league.

This is 100th victory in Kolkata Knight Riders' IPL history. Right now, this is the first win of Kolkata 4 years after Mumbai. Two-time champion Kolkata batted first, scored 232 for two wickets and then restricted Mumbai to 198 for 7 wickets in 20 overs.

This is the 5th victory in Kolkata's 12 matches. The team has now reached 10 points, which has reached number 5 in the numerical position. The team still has the expectations of reaching the playoffs. This is the first win of Kolkata after losing 6 consecutive matches this season. At the same time, Mumbai had to face the fifth defeat in 12 matches. The team is at number three with 14 points.

Kolkata beat mumbai by 34 runs 

Chasing a huge target of 233 runs from Kolkata, Mumbai lost their four wickets in 58.2 overs in 8.2 overs. These 4 wickets included the wickets of Quinton de Kock (0), Captain Rohit Sharma (12), Evelyn Lewis (15) and Suryakumar Yadav (26). After that, Kieron Pollard (20) and Hardik Pandya (91) shared a 63-run partnership for the 5th wicket to take Mumbai to a lesser extent. Pollard was out on 121; He hit 2 fours in 21 balls.

Hearty blast

Kolkata beat mumbai by 34 runs 

After Pollard was dismissed, Hardik held one end and made the fastest half-century of this season. He scored 52 runs in 17 balls, which is the fastest half-century of this season. Earlier, Delhi Capitals batsman Rishabh Pant completed his half-century in 18 balls.

Hardik added 64 runs for his sixth wicket with his elder brother, Kunal Pandya (24). Hurricaneously moving towards the hundred with the help of a hurricane innings, Harry Gurney almost convinced Kolkata's victory by catching him at the hands of Andre Russell. Hardik hit six fours and nine sixes in just 34 balls.

Mumbai were to score 48 runs to win in the last two overs but the team could only manage 198 runs at 7 for 7 after playing the entire 20 overs. Russell, Sunil Narine and Garney from hosts Kolkata 2-2 while Piyush Chawla took one wicket. Chawla's IPL has also completed 150 wickets and he has become the third bowler to do so.

Earlier, Kolkata made a huge score of 232 for two wickets with the help of explosive batsman Andre Russell (80 not out), Shubhaman Gill (76) and Chris Lynn (54).

This Kolkata score is the second highest score in IPL history. At the same time, Kolkata has the biggest IPL score on this field. Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 263 runs for 5 wickets in 2013, which is the biggest score in IPL history.

Kolkata's banging start

Kolkata started early, with the help of a fantastic start by Chris Lynn and Shubhaman Gill, the team scored 50 runs without losing wickets in the powerplay. After the powerplay, the two batsmen increased the speed of the runs and lost 89 without loss in 9 overs. However, in the next over, Rahul Chahar caught Chris Lynn for 54 in the hands of Iwann Lewis.

However, after the fall of this wicket, there was no break at the pace of the run and the Kolkata team made 157 runs in 15 overs at a loss of one wicket. However, in the next over, Kolkata got a second blow and Shubhaman Gill was hit on 76 by Hardik Pandya. He was caught by Ewan Lewis at the boundary. Shubhaman Gill hit four sixes and six fours in his 76-run knock.

Russell's storm ...

After the second wicket fell, Russell and Karthik took charge of batting and made several big shots. Russell completed 50 runs in 30 balls. Russell played an aggressive innings of 80 runs in 40 balls. Apart from them, captain Dinesh Karthik also opened his hand in the end overs and scored 15 runs in 7 balls to give the team a huge total of 232 runs. Rahul Chahar and Hardik Pandya took 1-1 wickets from Mumbai.

Earlier, Mumbai Indians (MI) won the toss and decided to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Birla Sharan made his debut in the IPL from Mumbai.