In today's Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians match, the bowlers of Mumbai Indians bowled aggressively from the start due to which the top batsmen of Kolkata Knight Riders did not score very well. Before the team scored 70 runs, the Kolkata Knight Riders team was under a lot of pressure, losing 5 wickets. Venkatesh Iyer and Manish Pandey are batting responsibly for the Raiders. Venkatesh Iyer and Manish Pandey are batting responsibly. If the partnership between the two develops well, Kolkata Knight Riders may give Mumbai Indians a big target. Manish Pandey is unbeaten with 34 runs off 27 balls and Venkatesh Iyer is unbeaten on 36 balls. Unbeaten by 50 runs. Current score of Kolkata Knight Riders is 132 runs for 5 wickets in 15 overs playing. Looking at the current state of play of Kolkata Knight Riders, it seems that if these two batsmen can be responsible then maybe Mumbai India will come and give a target of 180 runs and if Mumbai Indians are given a target of 180 runs. And if Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers can bowl under control then the match will be full of great competition between the two teams.
Kolkata Knight Riders are most likely to lose wickets in today's match as this ground is famous for its bowling pitch among all the games being played now. That's why most of the times in these matches the pressure is created for the team that scores more runs. But Shreyas Iyer and Manish Pandi gave the best performances. Kolkata Knight Riders lost five wickets in the power play. So Shreyas Iyer and Manish are the only patient batsmen who have more role to score today. But the best bowling performance of the Mumbai Indians team has been Bumrah and Nuwan Thushara and many other bowlers have performed well. And the bowling of the Mumbai Indians team created a lot of pressure from the wicket side.
After a long time I saw the bowlers of Mumbai Indians bowling well. So far Mumbai have been behind due to their poor bowling. Apart from Bumrah, no other bowler in the squad was in good form. The performance of the bowlers in today's match was quite good. Although Nuwan Thushara gave a lot of runs, he managed to pick up three important wickets. Jasprit Bumrah as usual bowled well in today's match as well. Picked up three wickets with just 8 runs in 4 overs. Bumrah bowled brilliantly in the death overs. Besides, Piyush Chawla's bowling was very controlled.
Kolkata set the target of 169 runs by losing 10 wickets in 20 overs. Considering the condition of the pitch, I can't call it a very bad collection. If the Kolkata bowlers bowl well, Kolkata has a chance to win. The performance of Mumbai's batsmen has been erratic but this team is strong enough. There are several experienced batsmen in Mumbai's squad.