KKR beat Mumbai by 7 wickets Morgan Co reached top-4 in points table with a bang

Mumbai Indians (MI) face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2021 Phase-2 today. The match started with KKR winning the toss and electing to bowl. Batting first, Mumbai scored 155/6. KKR had a target of 156 runs, which the team easily achieved in the 16th over at the loss of just 3 wickets.

Iyer created panic

KKR opener Venkatesh Iyer played a blistering innings of 53 runs in 30 balls. He hit four fours and three long sixes in his innings. Iyer had completed his maiden IPL fifty in just 25 balls. Iyer and Rahul Tripathi shared a partnership of 88 runs in 52 balls for the second wicket.

Gill-Iyer's stormy start

KKR's first wicket fell as Shubman Gill (13), his wicket came in the account of Jasprit Bumrah and he bowled Gill on a slow ball. Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer added 40 runs in just 3 overs before getting out.

MI could have scored big

Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock put on a partnership of 78 runs for the first wicket. Looking at the pair, it seemed that Mumbai would easily be able to score 200+, but the entire team could only manage a score of 155/6. After the first wicket, the team lost the last five wickets for 77 runs.

Rohit was dismissed by Sunil Narine after scoring 33 runs off 30 balls. This was the 7th time in IPL and 9th in T20 format when Rohit's wicket has come in Narine's account. After the hitman's wicket, the famous Krishna picked up the wickets of Suryakumar Yadav (5) and Quinton de Kock (55), who completed his 16th half-century. Ishan Kishan (14) also could not do much and gave his wicket to Lockie Ferguson. Pollard played an innings of (21) runs, but he too could not support the team till the end. Krishna and Lockie Ferguson, famous for KKR, managed to pick up two wickets each.

Mumbai Indians (MI) face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2021 Phase-2 today. The match started with KKR winning the toss and electing to bowl. Batting first, Mumbai scored 155 runs for the loss of 6 wickets and set a target of 156 runs in front of KKR.

Mumbai Indians (MI) face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2021 Phase-2 today. The match started with KKR winning the toss and electing to bowl. For six overs, Mumbai's score is 56 runs for no loss. Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock are batting for the team.

Rohit created history

With the first 18 runs in the match, Rohit Sharma completed his 1000 IPL runs against KKR. He became the first player in the history of the tournament to score 1000 runs against a single team in the IPL.

Hardik back on the bench

Once again in the match, all-rounder Hardik Pandya did not get a chance to play in the playing XI. Earlier, he was also kept out of the playing XI against CSK. Hardik is currently not fully fit and due to that he has not got a chance to play in the first two matches of Phase 2.

If Mumbai wins today's match, it will move to the third position in the points table with 10 points. On the other hand, if KKR wins, it will occupy the number-4 position and Mumbai will be out of the top-4.

Mumbai won in 12 of the last 13 encounters

Mumbai has a huge advantage against Kolkata in the IPL. Mumbai has won 22 of the total 28 matches played between the two teams in the league so far. Kolkata has won only 6 matches. In the last 13 encounters, Mumbai's team has dominated even more with 12 wins.

Trent Boult maintains suspense

In the press conference held a day before the match, Mumbai pacer Trent Boult did not reveal whether skipper Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya would play. It is definitely believed that the hope of playing Rohit Sharma is high. Rohit has also been Mumbai's most successful batsman against Kolkata since the 2019 season.

Bumrah can be a weapon against Russell

Kolkata has a destructive all-rounder in the form of Andre Russell. Russell has the power to change the direction and condition of the match in a few balls with the bat. However, in the form of Jasprit Bumrah, Mumbai has a strong weapon to stop Russell. Bumrah has so far bowled 51 deliveries against Russell in the IPL and conceded just 51 runs. He has dismissed Russell thrice during this period. On the other hand Dinesh Karthik can prove to be Bumrah's bite in this match. Karthik has played 33 balls against Bumrah and scored 54 runs without getting out even once.

Russell's bowling comes in handy against Pollard

Kieron Pollard is considered to be Mumbai's death over specialist batsman. When he comes to bat, it is possible that Kolkata captain Oen Morgan will call Andre Russell to bowl. Russell has so far bowled 25 balls to Pollard in the IPL and has spent only 16 runs. He has also dismissed Pollard once.

both teams

MI: Rohit Sharma (capt), Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (wk), Kieron Pollard, Saurabh Tiwary, Kunal Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult.

KKR - Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakraborty, Pranbhav Krishna.