Tonight, Kolkata Knight Riders are hosting the match against Mumbai Indians at the very famous Eden Gardens of Kolkata. As the league is moving towards the end, the pressure of playoffs is increasing on the teams.
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Before the match started, Mumbai Indians were invited to bat first as the toss was won by Kolkata Knight Riders who choose to bowl first.
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The star of first innings is the young keeper-batsman, Ishan Kishan who gave a thrilling performance tonight by scoring 62 runs in 21 balls. He stunned everyone by hitting 6 sixes and 5 fours. Once again, he left everyone stunned with his brilliant performance.
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Apart from, the match was opened by Suryakumar Yadav who scored 36 off 32 balls. The skipper of the team, Rohit Sharma scored 36 runs off 31 balls.The players stretched the total scores to 197 runs.
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Kolkata Knight Riders ace bowler gave an outstanding performance and took three wickets tonight.
Here’s how twitterati reacted to the first innings by Mumbai Indians, have a look:
Game changing inn #Ishankishan power hitter this lil man ? @mipaltan vs @KKRiders
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 9, 2018
This is what Ben Cutting did to Piyush Chawla #KKRvMI pic.twitter.com/NiKTrLzIBC
— Rishabh Srivastava (@AskRishabh) May 9, 2018
Umpire just got 10GB extra data added to his existing plan #KKRvMI
— Abhishek ︎ (@ImAbhishek7_) May 9, 2018
Someone tell Rohit Sharma the selection for the test team is over so he can play like a T20 batsman ? #KKRvMI
— Shakti Singh (@hey_shakti) May 9, 2018
Umpire causing blunders:
Against any other team- “That was a huge mistake this should not happen at this level”
Against MI: FIXED. FIXED. FIXED. AMBANI. MONEY. FIXED. FIXED.
Seriously guys? ? #KKRvMI— Diya (@TheCricketGirll) May 9, 2018
1⃣ four and 3⃣ huge sixes. Paltan, what was your favourite shot of @Cuttsy31‘s blitz?#CricketMeriJaan #KKRvMI #MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/dSOyQekzOf
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 9, 2018
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? Khan @iamsrk supporting the #Knights from the stands! ?#KKRvMI #IPL2018 #KKRHaiTaiyaar pic.twitter.com/yN9lY0tyux
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) May 9, 2018
Ishan: Just watch the ball and keep smacking it! I knew it was my day today. #CricketMeriJaan #MumbaiIndians #KKRvMI
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 9, 2018
Dont know what the umpires are doing in this year? @IPL…..Whataaaaaaa horrible call for no ball?#KKRvMI #IPL2018
— ROHITH K C (@rohithkc1) May 9, 2018
I would like both #MI and #KKR to make at least one chance for tonight…
Milne/Fizz for Cutting #MI
Curran for Johnson #KKR
What say? #KKRvMI #IPL— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 9, 2018
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Paltan, how many wickets do you think @MarkandeMayank will bag tonight? #CricketMeriJaan #KKRvMI #MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/nxjkBVQ2D2
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 9, 2018
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22 from the final over…
It feels really amazing, when our batsmen hit these runs n not the bowlers while bowling…#KKRvMI— Vaishali
(@vaishali_45) Dont know what the umpires are doing in this year? @IPL…..Whataaaaaaa horrible call for no ball?#KKRvMI #IPL2018
— ROHITH K C (@rohithkc1) May 9, 2018
6, 6, 6, 6
ISHAN KISHAN YOU BEAUTYYYYYYYYYYY ?????#CricketMeriJaan #MumbaiIndians #KKRvMI
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 9, 2018
What a a player ??
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3rd fastest half century of season pic.twitter.com/fvvmkRacVX— cskians umyaa (@umyaaa07) May 9, 2018
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greatful batting
— Rohit Suwaar (@RSuwaar) May 9, 2018
You killed it Kishan ???
— Lutho (@Lutho72429403) May 9, 2018
Amazing batting
— MÔHÃÑ (@Cmohanraj19) May 9, 2018
You beauty:…………
— ASiM (@masim4718) May 9, 2018
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Awesome aj to tumhe last tak khelna hai
— Priya (@PRIYA_RAJPUT1) May 9, 2018
Whay an inning yar.. awsomeee.. dil garden garden ho gaya..????
— Asim&UmarFan
(@Tazzz145) Oh bay What a knock that was!!!
You beauty ishan kishan!
Absolutely smacked everything out of the park!!!— AbHi Sh He Ek (@gamer_abhi) May 9, 2018
What are your thoughts about this? Who do you think will tonight’s match, KKR or Mumbai Indians?
Share your thoughts and predictions with us in the comments below.
