In the Indian Premier League on Saturday, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by 18 runs and registered their 9th win of the season, securing their place in the playoffs. Now he has 18 points. This rain-affected match was played in 16-16 overs, where KKR scored 157 runs for 7 wickets after being invited to bat first. In response, Mumbai Indians team could score only 139 runs after losing 8 wickets. This is Mumbai's 9th defeat in 13 matches this season.

The hero of KKR's victory was spinner Varun Chakraborty, who was able to take 2 wickets for just 17 runs in 4 overs of bowling. He was declared player of the match for this brilliant game. Apart from him, Andre Russell and Harshit Rana also took 2 wickets each.

Mumbai, chasing 158 runs, made a good start here and added 59 runs in the powerplay of 5 overs without losing any wicket. After the powerplay, Mumbai looked set in the next 2 overs also when Sunil Narayan gave the team its first success by getting Ishan Kishan (40) out to Rinku Singh in the over. In the very next over, Varun Chakraborty gave the team second success by trapping Rohit Sharma (19) in his spin.

After some time, Suryakumar Yadav (11) also started walking and Andre Russell made him his victim. Captain Hardik Pandya (2) and Tim David (3) also came and started walking. Naman Dhir (17) along with Tilak Verma (32) definitely showed some hands but both the players could not take the team to the threshold of victory. After this, Mumbai team could score only 139 runs after losing 8 wickets.

Earlier, this match was shortened to 16-16 overs due to rain, in which Mumbai won the toss and decided to field first. KKR did not have a good start and its openers Phil Salt (6) and Sunil Narine (0) were out in quick succession. Captain Shreyas Iyer (7) also flopped. But after 3 wickets, the trio of Venkatesh Iyer (42), Nitish Rana (33) and Andre Rasan (24) adjusted to the conditions and added useful runs for the team. In the end, Rinku Singh also played a useful inning of 20 runs in 12 balls and took the team beyond 150.