Last night’s match was one anticipated clash between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians. Kolkata Knight Riders lost their second match to Mumbai Indians but this time with 102 runs. Yes, the team was brutally defeated by Mumbai Indians at the Eden Gardens of Kolkata.
Here, we bring you 5 reasons explaining what exactly went wrong for Dinesh Karthik led Kolkata Knight Riders, have a look:
- Ishan Kishan’s Devastating Performance:
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He gave another thrilling performance last night at Eden Gardens by scoring 62 off 21 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders. He smashed 6 sixes and 5 fours and was titled Man of the match. With only 21 balls, he stretched the total runs to 210 runs.
2. Kuldeep Yadav’s Off Day:
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Kuldeep Yadav has been playing like a trump card for the Kolkata Knight Riders team. However, he has a disastrous spell last night as Ishan Kishan went on to score 43 runs in the 3 overs he delivered.
3. Ben Cutting’s Vital Cameo:
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Last night, unlike the previous matches, Ben Cutting was sent up from his batting order. Ben Cuttling destroyed the ace bowler of KKR, Piyush Chawla in the last over he delivered. He scored 16 runs off the first 3 balls. During his knock last night, he scored 24 runs off 9 balls.
4. Top Batsmen Failed To Perform:
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The top batsmen of KKR, including Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn but however all the top batsmen failed to perform in the last night’s match and ended up scoring only single digits.
5. Hardik Pandya:
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The all-rounder of Mumbai Indians, shined the brightest last night. Hardik Pandya delivered a great innings by taking many crucial wickets last night. He didn’t spare free runs to any players and only conceded 16 runs off his 3 overs.
Mumbai Indians played the game very well last night and won the match by like true champions by outplaying Kolkata Knight Riders in all the three departments of the game.
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