MI managed to win by a whopping 102 runs. Setting up a target of 211 to chase for KKR at the loss of six wickets, Rohit Sharma’s team put up a stellar performance, no less. KKR was all out for 108 runs while bowlers of the likes of Ishan Kishan exhibiting splendid bowling prowess on behalf of MI.
Though it was a massive win for Mumbai Indians, users on Twitter trolled them to come late as a defending champion. Here are some tweets
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Playing XIs
Mumbai Indians: Suryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis, Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Jean-Paul Duminy, Ishan Kishan (w), Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah
Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (w/c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Tom Curran, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav
Man Of The Match
Ishan Kishan: I think I had a chat with Rohit. He said just back yourself and play your natural game. My plan was to see the ball till the last moment and smack them. Win was important for us, point was to stay there, back yourself and put up a good show. I think I am okay with batting anywhere.