IPL 2017: Mumbai Indians seal top spot, Kolkata Knight Riders enter play-offs

Hardik Pandya’s sensational spell of 2/22 helped Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by nine runs to seal top spot. Despite this loss, Kolkata Knight Riders still qualified for the play-offs. (BCCI)

Updated on: May 14, 2017 1:25 AM IST

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Hardik Pandya’s sensational spell of 2/22 helped Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by nine runs to seal top spot. Despite this loss, Kolkata Knight Riders still qualified for the play-offs. (BCCI)

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The start of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens was delayed by 40 minutes due to rain. The toss took place at 8:10 PM IST. (BCCI)

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Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to field against Mumbai Indians. (BCCI)

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Trent Boult removed Lendl Simmons for a 0 as KKR made a great start. (BCCI)

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Saurabh Tiwary showed great application and he tried to rebuild for Mumbai Indians along with skipper Rohit Sharma. (BCCI)

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Ankit Rajpoot removed Rohit for 27 as KKR fought back. (BCCI)

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Ambati Rayudu joined Tiwary and the pair put on 61 runs for the third wicket. (BCCI)

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Ambati Rayudu blasted his 14th fifty and his 37-ball 63 helped Mumbai Indians finish on 174/8 on a tricky surface. (BCCI)

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KKR got off to a bad start as Tim Southee removed Sunil Narine for a 0 as MI started brightly. (BCCI)

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Gautam Gambhir and Chris Lynn struck some big blows but wickets kept tumbling at regular intervals. (BCCI)

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Yusuf Pathan struck three sixes and he revived KKR along with Chris Lynn and Manish Pandey (BCCI)

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However, Vinay Kumar struck twice to leave KKR reeling as MI built the pressure. (BCCI)

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Manish Pandey and Colin De Grandhomme strung a solid partnership worth 42 runs in quick time as KKR closed in on a win. (BCCI)

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Hardik Pandya bowled sensationally in the death overs and he accounted for Colin de Grandhomme to get MI back in the game. (BCCI)

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Hardik Pandya got the wicket of Manish Pandey to put MI on top. (BCCI)

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Mumbai Indians held their nerve to seal a nine-run win and seal top spot in the IPL 2017 points table. (BCCI)

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Despite the loss, KKR still made it to the play-offs but they will either finish in third or fourth spot depending on the result of the league game between Rising Pune Supergiant and Kings XI Punjab. (BCCI)