Kolkata defeated Mumbai. (Photo- PTI)
IPL 2026, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians: Kolkata Knight Riders registered a spectacular victory by defeating Mumbai Indians in the 65th match of IPL 2026. In this match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata performed well with both ball and bat and maintained control over the match from the beginning. Kolkata Knight Riders won this match by 4 wickets and kept their hopes alive in the race for the playoffs. Batting first, Mumbai Indians could score only 147 runs in the match. In response, KKR achieved the target by losing 6 wickets.
Mumbai team was stopped on small score
Mumbai Indians had a very bad start in this match. The team lost wickets in the initial overs itself, due to which the batting came under pressure. Ryan Rickleton and Rohit Sharma could not play big innings. Rickleton scored 6 runs on 7 balls. At the same time, Rohit could score only 15 runs on 13 balls. After this, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma also could not last long. Naman Dheer also failed to open an account. However, captain Hardik Pandya tried to control the innings and scored 26 runs. But Kolkata bowlers maintained constant pressure. In the end, Corbin Bosch hit some big shots and scored unbeaten 32 runs, due to which Mumbai Indians could reach 147 runs in 20 overs.
Kolkata’s bowling was excellent. Sunil Narine spent only 13 runs in 4 overs and took 1 wicket. At the same time, Saurabh Dubey and Cameron Green kept Mumbai away from big scores by taking important wickets. Both the players achieved 2-2 successes. Apart from these, Kartik Tyagi also took 2 wickets.
Manish Pandey played match winning innings
Kolkata team, which set out to chase the target of 148 runs, started cautiously. Captain Ajinkya Rahane scored 21 runs in 17 balls and gave a strong start to the team. After this Manish Pandey batted with responsibility. He turned the match towards KKR by scoring 45 runs in 33 balls. After this, Rovman Powell batted aggressively for 40 runs in 30 balls. Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy came at the end and finished the match. KKR achieved this target in 18.5 overs at the loss of 6 wickets.
