NEW DELHI: As Kolkata Knight Riders registered a candy 24-run win over Mumbai Indians, they ended a 12-year dropping streak on the Wankhede on Friday.
Mitchell Starc picked up 4 wickets as a disciplined bowling efficiency helped the seal a straightforward win.
As KKR broke the 13-year bogey in Mumbai, an elated mentor Gautam Gambhir was fast to congratulate the Shreyas Iyer and Co. on a memorable win.
Mitchell Starc picked up 4 wickets as a disciplined bowling efficiency helped the seal a straightforward win.
As KKR broke the 13-year bogey in Mumbai, an elated mentor Gautam Gambhir was fast to congratulate the Shreyas Iyer and Co. on a memorable win.
Chasing a below-par 170, Mumbai misplaced wickets at common intervals to be bowled out for 145 off 18.5 overs as pacer Mitchell Starc overcame poor type to choose up 4-33.
Suryakumar Yadav raised hopes with a 35-ball 56 however his dismissal within the sixteenth over tilted the scales in favour of Kolkata.
The win was Kolkata’s seventh from 10 video games this season whereas Mumbai slumped to ninth place within the 10-team competitors after their eighth loss in 11 video games.
Kolkata are positioned second and nicely poised to make it to the play-offs.
