MI vs KKR Who Won Yesterday's Match: In the 32nd match played yesterday Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders faced each other at Shiekh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets with 19 balls remaining. Quinton de Kock was the top performer of the match and won numerous awards.
KKR newly appointed Captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and decided they will bat first. Kolkata's top order shattered into pieces. They lost four wickets in the first eight overs. Rahul Tripathi (7), Nitish Rana (5) and Dinesh Karthik (4) failed to reach the double-digit score. Shubaman Gill (21) played some impressive shorts before being out by Rahul Chahar.
A comprehensive win for the @mipaltan here in Abu Dhabi. They win by 8 wickets against #KKR.
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 16, 2020
Quinton de Kock remains unbeaten on 78.#Dream11IPL. pic.twitter.com/BDhMILSKI0
Captain Morgan and Pat Cummins stitched a partnership of 87 runs for the seventh wicket and guided team's total close to 150. Kolkata Knight Riders managed to score 148 in 20 overs. Rahul Chahar (18-2) was the chief wrecker of Mumbai Indians side. Bumrah also did good and conceded only 22 runs and took one wicket in four overs.
Mumbai Indians comfortably chased the target with 19 balls remaining. A 94 runs partnership between Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock made things easy for the side. Hardik Pandya took a single on the second last delivery of 17th over to end the game. This was Mumbai Indians 21st triumph over Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL.
Also Read- Reasons Why Dinesh Karthik stepped down as KKR Captain
Wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock won the man of the match awards for his match-winning innings. He also got adjudged with Dream11 Game Changer, Unacademy lets crack it sixes and CRED power player of the match awards. Hardik Pandya got the Altroz super striker of the match award.
After Yesterday's Match, Mumbai Indians once again regained the top position and Kolkata Knight Riders position remained unchanged and they are at fourth position only. To check the full IPL Standings Click Here.
Next, Mumbai Indians will face Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders will face SunRisers Hyderabad on Sunday.