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Best performances - Batsmen

MK Pandey
MK Pandey
45(33) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 7 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
12 0 2 6 4 11 6 4
R Powell
R Powell
40(30) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 9 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
4 6 8 1 10 3 7 1

Best performances - Bowlers

C Bosch
O3
M0
R30
W3
Eco10
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
C Green
C Green
O3
M0
R23
W2
Eco7.66
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45

Match days

20 May 2026 - night match (20-over match)

Kolkata Knight Riders replacement

T Dahiya for A Raghuvanshi (Kolkata Knight Riders innings, 15.2 ov)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Mumbai Indians 0

Scorer: Chetan Kumar | Commentator: George Binoy

Prakhar: "I just checked that Rinku was dismissed last time more than a month ago, on 17th April!"

With six wins in their last seven games, KKR are now in sixth place with 13 points. They still need to win their last game against DC, and hope PBKS and RR lose their last league games too.

Mustafa Moudi : "Extraordinary stuff from KKR after remaining winless in their first 6 matches. 2014, 2021 and now 2026.. People often talk about MI Comebacks, but KKR is really King of Comebacks !!"

Hardik reckons MI were 20 short. "I don't mind playing on such wickets where bowlers have something to do, IPL is becoming batting dominated where bowlers are helpless ... so I kind of enjoyed this pitch. (on the fielding) I don't know, we have been quite poor throughout the season, no one wants to do it, but there's no hiding away, we haven't taken those chances. Last game is an ESA game for the children, want to give them a smile, entertain them and make them happy, lifetime memories for them."

Rovman Powell: "Typical Caribbean wicket. Ball was gripping, I understand how to bat on it. Once you get a start you target the short side, good to contribute to a team win. It's the beauty of the game, kep focus on the last game, don't worry about qualifying, play good cricket and whatever happens happens."

I'll have the presentation for you shortly.

KumarS: "With just one game left for each team, four teams are still vying for the 4th playoff spot, while three teams are fighting for the qualifier match. Nail-biting finish for the season!"

Giggity: "In the squads list, can Cricinfo also include the coaches information? Trying to find out the batting coach for KKR." It's Shane Watson, though his designation is assistant coach, and Andre Russell is a power coach.

Ajinkya Rahane: The belief we had ... we had good discussions among our team, after that first win we started believing, we kept a nice and positive atmosphere and preparation has been fantastic. When Green started bowling we wanted Powell to get in and what an impact he has made ... I want to mention Anukul Roy and Karthik Tyagi, amazing contributions. Really happy for Manish Pandey, his work ethic and attitude when he is not playing was fantstic. Really happy for him. We want to now be in the moment.

Manish Pandey is the Player of the Match: Definitely feels great, KKR has been kind to me, this is the only time I've batted, I've been padded up and waiting to bat, this is a special one for me. A couple of fours I got off a length off Deepak and Bumrah were really nice ... If I am not getting to play, I want to be a part of the team and whoever wants to ask me for help I'm ready to help ... Hope we finish well and squeeze into the top four. We probably end up batting for one hour at practice but also practice fielding for 45 minutes every day, I don't bowl but I really enjoy my fielding, gives me great pride to add value to the team in any way I can.

Thank you for following the game with us tonight, we'll be back with GT vs CSK in about 17 hours. Good night!

18.5
4
Jacks to Singh, FOUR, it's all over, finally! Rinku lofts back over the bowler's head to hit the winning boundary and end a scrappy contest at Eden Gardens. KKR stay alive in the race for the final playoff spot.
18.4
0
Jacks to Singh, no run, pushed towards midwicket from the crease
18.3
3
Jacks to Roy, 3 runs, tries to loft the ball over the covers but gets an edge that goes high into the air again, Dhir is the fielder that comes running in from the sweeper boundary and dives but can't reach it
18.2
0
Jacks to Roy, no run, gets squared up by one that turns across him and the leading edge goes towards cover
18.1
0
Jacks to Roy, no run, tries to drive expansively through the off side and gets an edge that falls short of short third

Jacks is going to bowl for the first time in the game.

END OF OVER:
18 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | KKR: 141/6 (7 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.83, RRR: 3.50)

  • Anukul Roy1 (1b)
  • Rinku Singh5 (3b)
  • Corbin Bosch3-0-30-3
  • Jasprit Bumrah4-0-26-1
17.6
1
Bosch to Roy, 1 run, short of a length angling across the left-hander, steered to deep third

Anukul Roy is the new batter ...

KKR 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st10AM RahaneFH Allen
2nd38AM RahaneMK Pandey
3rd6MK PandeyC Green
4th64MK PandeyR Powell
5th6RK SinghR Powell
6th16RK SinghT Dahiya
7th8RK SinghAS Roy