34th Match: Mumbai XI vs Kolkata XI at Abu Dhabi, Sep 23, 2021
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wkts
Mumbai XI 155/6 (20)
Kolkata XI 159/3 (15.1)
RR: 10.48
Last 12 Balls: 1 . . 1 . . | W W W W W W 4 4
Last Wicket: Rahul Tripathi 74(42)
Sunil Narine is the Player of the Match
Eoin Morgan(KKR): "Its been a long time since we've played like this. Baz has taken over for almost two seasons, so the way we are playing is now getting into his style. To hold such a strong Mumbai team, and chase it down in the manner we did gives us confidence. We were trying to fit Iyer into the XI with a lot of talented guys, and its fantastic with the manner he has scored runs. We never put a number on him, on how many games he will get. In the practice games he has gone out to play this way. Baz backs him to the hilt. Just a second game for him but played with full confidence. Sunil and Varun are formidable bowlers. Sunil has been integral in winning KKR championships in the past. Varun is a fresh guy. The first two games in this second phase has been a great template for us to play. There's only one way for us to go in the points table, and that's up.
Rohit Sharma (MI): Few areas (went wrong). We started really well but didn't get enough towards the back end. I thought it was a good pitch, we failed to capitalize on the start we got and we didn't bowl well at the start. I don't want to look into it too much, things can happen and you have to move on. After a good start we had to get small partnerships but we kept losing wickets at regular intervals, it is not easy for new batters to go in and start hitting the ball. It is something that happened in the last game as well and we will address it. It is always there at the back of the mind on where you stand, we are still in the middle of the table, so we have to get back and fight and hopefully get some wins on the trot.
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
15.1
4
4
Over 15.1 Rohit Sharma tossed up delivery to Nitish Rana, Boundary!gets Goes down on his knee and reverse-sweeps away backward of point for four.
Over 14.6 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a pitched up delivery to Rahul Tripathi, 2 runs, comes on to the front foot and drives it straight down the ground and picks up a couple of runs.
