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Kolkata Knight Riders kept their IPL 2026 playoff hopes live with a hard-fought four-wicket triumph implicit Mumbai Indians successful a rain-interrupted clash astatine Eden Gardens connected Wednesday.After winning the flip and opting to vessel first, KKR bowlers rapidly enactment Mumbai nether pressure.
MI’s batting lineup erstwhile again struggled badly, slipping to 41/4 wrong the powerplay aft aboriginal wickets of Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton and Suryakumar Yadav.
Captain Hardik Pandya attempted to rebuild the innings with a cautious 26, portion Tilak Varma added 20. The duo stitched unneurotic a dilatory but important 43-run concern disconnected 49 balls to dependable Mumbai aft the collapse.However, it was all-rounder Corbin Bosch who gave MI a warring full with a speedy unbeaten 32 disconnected conscionable 18 deliveries.
His precocious cameo helped Mumbai scope 147/8 successful their 20 overs.KKR’s bowling effort was shared evenly, with Saurabh Dubey, Cameron Green and Kartik Tyagi picking up 2 wickets each, portion seasoned spinner Sunil Narine kept things choky successful the mediate overs.Chasing 148, Kolkata mislaid a fewer wickets aboriginal but experienced batter
Manish Pandey
played a composed sound of 45 to anchor the innings. He received beardown enactment from
Rovman Powell
, who smashed 40 during a important 64-run concern that shifted the crippled firmly successful KKR’s favour.
Despite a fewer precocious wickets, KKR crossed the people successful 18.5 overs, with Rinku Singh hitting the winning runs to seal an important victory.Brief scores:MI: 147 for 8 successful 20 overs (Corbin Bosch 32 not out, Hardik Pandya 26, Tilak Varma 20; Saurabh Dubey 2/34, Cameron Green 2/23)KKR: 148 for 6 successful 18.5 overs (Manish Pandey 45, Rovman Powell 40; Corbin Bosch 3/30).
