KKR vs MI Match 65 Results

7:20 PM IST KKR level it up against MI - It was MI who dominated the Knight Riders at the Wankhede earlier this season. But come this evening at the Eden Gardens, KKR have returned the favour on home soil. They stay at home as they prepare for their final league fixture against the Delhi Capitals, on Sunday, May 24th, a game that will also be the last of the league stage this season. They will know their fate by then. For the Mumbai Indians, they head back home to wrap their season with an aim to finish with a win and give their home crowd something to smile about. They play against the Rajasthan Royals on Sunday, 24th May, and it will be an afternoon game just before the KKR vs DC match.

7:20 PM IST All eyes on Ahmedabad - Thursday, 21st May takes us to the gigantic Narendra Modi Stadium as the Gujarat Titans host the Chennai Super Kings. The first ball of that game will be bowled at 7.30 pm IST (2 pm GMT). But our buildup begins well in advance. Until then, we sign off from here. Cheers!

7:19 PM IST PLAYER OF THE MATCH - KKR's Manish Pandey receives the award for his brilliant 45 off 33 balls. Pandey says it feels really great to be a part of this setup, and KKR has been really nice and kind to him. Manish adds that he was looking to stay out in the middle till the end to see the side home, but he is really happy that the team got the points they were after at the end. Manish details that a couple of boundaries he hit off Deepak and Bumrah off his back foot were the ones that gave him a lot of confidence. Adds that it was important for him to feel like a part of the squad even though he was not featuring in the XI. Manish concludes by saying that his forte has been to contribute in whatever way he can, be it saving a single or a boundary or taking a regulation catch or a blinder, he just wants to make every ball count for the betterment of the side.

7:17 PM IST KKR's bowlers outfox MI - A pitch well-suited for the KKR bowling attack made life difficult for Mumbai Indians from the outset. Cameron Green struck twice early to leave MI reeling, and though Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav offered brief resistance, MI's top four fell inside the Powerplay. A rain interruption did little to change Mumbai's fortunes as Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma struggled to get going in the middle overs, never finding the fluency to shift the momentum. The spin trio of Narine, Chakaravarthy, and Anukul were particularly impressive, conceding just 47 runs across 9 overs between them. MI never quite broke free, and while Bosch's late cameo pushed them close to the 150-run mark, it was a hugely collective bowling effort from KKR.

7:16 PM IST Pandey and Powell make it look easy - The target was never truly a source of anxiety for KKR, who simply needed one steady partnership to see them through the tricky middle phase, and they found exactly that through Powell and Pandey. The two allied for an untroubled 64-run stand that took the game firmly away from the Mumbai Indians. MI did try to claw their way back, picking up a couple of wickets to reduce KKR from 118/3 to 140/6, but by then the damage was well and truly done. With less than a run a ball needed and the groundwork laid beautifully, Rinku Singh strolled out and did what Rinku Singh does, hitting the winning runs in the end.

7:15 PM IST Ball dominating the bat - This was the case throughout the game. KKR began on similar lines as their opponents, as they lost Finn Allen inside the Powerplay, though they managed 51 runs through the restrictions. However, Rahane and Manish Pandey put together a steady alliance, navigating a new swinging ball with variable bounce against Chahar and Bumrah, before Rahane fell in the final over of the Powerplay. It was Bosch who made those inroads, eventually accounting for Cameron Green as well, reducing KKR to 54/3 at one stage.