Mumbai Indians won yet another contest and remained alive in the IPL 2018 after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders in today's match at the Wankhede Stadium. Batting first, Mumbai put up a target of 182 runs and Kolkata was short of 13 runs at the end of their 20 overs. Mumbai bowlers performed well and managed to get the victory for the team.
Earlier, Mumbai cruised to a brilliant start as Suryakumar Yadav and Evin Lewis started the attack early. Kolkata bowlers could not get an early breakthrough and the batsmen maintained the dominant position throughout. The runs were flowing with around 10 per over. KKR got their first breakthrough in the 10th over as Russell took the wicket of Lewis on a slower delivery. Mumbai Indians were 95/1 after 10 overs. Suryakumar Yadav made his fifty, Rohit Sharma failed again as he was caught after scoring 11 runs. Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav were taking the innings ahead. Russell removed Suryakumar Yadav in the 15th over. The run rate slid off a bit but Mumbai had enough overs left to bring it back on track. The remaining batsmen added runs for the team and took the total to 181 after 20 overs. Chasing the target of 182, both the openers Shubman Gill and Chris Gill got out. KKR were 47/1 after the end of the powerplay
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