Kolkata Knight Riders scored 185 runs for their team after their adequate effort. In today's match KKR batsman Venkatesh Iyer was in very good form he scored 104 runs in 51 balls his batting performance was excellent. And Russell's batting performance was excellent as he scored 21 off 11 balls. But at the moment Mumbai Indians have batted for their team total of 184 runs in 17.2 overs for 5 wickets. MI player Ishan Kishan scored 58 runs off 25 balls and scored a half century. On the other hand, Suryakumar Yadav's batting performance was also good. He collected 43 runs off 25 balls. But there is no doubt that the match will be won by Mumbai Indians, now Mumbai Indians need only 2 more runs to win.
One of the reasons why Kolkata Knight Riders lost today's match was to be able to give a small run target. Currently, in IPL matches, if the target is not more than 200 runs, the opposition is able to score runs by batting later and ensure victory. So if Kolkata Knight Riders had given a target of more than 200 runs then they had a chance to win this match.
Yes, I also noticed that as the tournament is progressing, teams are easily chasing targets under 200. The only way a team batting first can feel safe; is to score above 200 runs and then hope the opposition would not chase that score.
Kolkata Knight Riders scored 185 runs which was good on someday but today the Mumbai Indians were in complete control while chasing this score. There was not a moment in the match where Kolkata Knight Riders looked like they could protect this score.
One interesting thing in this match was that Venkatesh Iyer from Kolkata Knight Riders was declared man of the match although KKR lost the match. Venkatesh Iyer scored 104 runs in 51 balls and it was a treat to watch his innings.