MI Won By 8 Wickets Against KKR
MI Won By 8 Wickets Against KKR
Mumbai Indians have won convincingly by eight wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders on March 31, 2025, at Wankhede Stadium, having chased down the target of 117 in 12.5 overs. With this victory, Hardik Pandya's side was placed sixth in the points table and had a positive net run rate (+0.309). Meanwhile, the defending champions, KKR, despite trying their best, scraped the bottom of the table with a negative net run rate (-1.426).
On paper, Mumbai has a strong team that should be able to crush any opposition, yet it has failed to find its rhythm thus far. The bowlers, with the exception of some uneconomical overs, bowled well against the Chennai Super Kings, and it was batting that let them down. Against Gujarat Titans, they failed big time in the batting and bowling departments, and their fielding ended up being costly.
Kolkata captain Rahane seemed confused at the start of their first game but has since made some brave tactical decisions against the Royals. Their spinners Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine have found form again, but now it's the turn of the pacers to come to the party for Kolkata's bowling attack to be truly formidable. Batting has also been inconsistent for KKR. In what would surely be termed an abject failure, KKR could not pose a competitive target despite Rahane's half-century in the opener versus the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Mumbai's win has given them immense confidence, not to talk about the far-reaching lessons of putting in a performance that encompasses everything that they did from all four departments.
Score-
KKR- 116/10(16.2)
MI-121/2(12.5)
Player of the match- Ashwani Kumar-4/24(3 overs vs KKR).
Todays Match
LSG-PBKS
Lucknow
7.30pm.
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