Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders- Match in numbers
What's the story
Mumbai Indians completed the double over Kolkata Knight Riders in match number 41 of 2018 Indian Premier League.
The visitors made merry of a poor show by KKR and posted 210 runs on the board.
In reply, Knight Riders lost too many wickets at the beginning and finished at 108/10.
Earlier, Ishan Kishan smashed a whirlwind 21-ball 62 to change the game completely.
Bowling hero
Pandya joint-top wicket-taker in IPL 2018
It was a fine bowling performance by the Mumbai Indians. The attack was led by Hardik Pandya.
The all-rounder claimed two wickets to reach 16 in the tournament and became joint-top alongside Andrew Tye.
Meanwhile, Mayank Markande picked the important wicket of Robin Uthappa as he raced to 14 wickets in his debut season.
Mumbai were all over a sorry KKR at Eden Gardens.
Data
MI continue dominance over poor KKR
The two sides met for the 23rd time in IPL and Mumbai won their 18th match. At the Eden Gardens too, Mumbai Indians continued to dominate Kolkata Knight Riders by winning their 7th tie out of 9 matches.
Brutal
Ishan Kishan smashes 2nd fastest fifty of IPL 2018
Ishan Kishan brought up his fifty off just 17 balls as he smashed the second fastest fifty of IPL 2018.
His blitz took away the game from KKR. He hit 6 sixes and 5 fours.
Ishan has amassed 238 runs in IPL 2018 and got to his 2nd fifty this term.
Meanwhile, Cutting hit a nine-ball 24 to help MI reach past 200.
Information
Stat attack - KKR vs MI
This was Rohit's 100th game as the skipper in T20s and he came out as a winner. Sunil Narine's 1/27 helped him to reach 47 wickets at the Eden Gardens. The last time KKR beat MI was 3 years back on April 8, 2015.