2017 IPL 54th Match Highlights: Mumbai Indians VS. Kolkata Knight Riders
The 54th match of 2017 IPL was played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders on 13th of May at 20:00 IST (02:30 PM as per GMT) in Eden Gardens, Kolkata. It was indeed a crucial match for team KKR as by winning the match, Knight Riders would have ensured their chances of playing in the playoffs and jumped to the 2nd spot on the points table. Eventually, nothing happened as such, thanks to Mumbai Indians! The match much gave us much thrill and excitement as it did not get clear until the end that which team will win. Mumbai Indians won the match by 9 runs giving a shock to Kolkata Knight Riders. Let’s have a look at the crowning moments of the 54th match of the IPL 10.
The Focal Points of the Match
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to field. Thereafter, Mumbai Indians came to bat first. Saurabh Tiwary scored 52 runs off 43 balls with a strike rate of 120.93 overs giving team Mumbai a good start. Ambati Rayudu wowed everyone by scoring 63 runs off 37 balls with a strike rate of 170.27. In this way, Mumbai Indians amassed a score of 173 runs in 20 overs on a fall of 5 wickets. Trent Boult of team Kolkata Knight Riders took 2 wickets. Then it was Kolkata Knight Riders’ turn to bat. The team got a poor start with opener Sunil Narine going back to pavilion scoring 0 runs. However, Chris Lynn scored 26 runs off 14 balls with a strike rate of 185.71. Manish Pandey made a score of 33 runs off 33 balls. The team could not manage to chase the target and stopped on 164 runs in 20 overs on a fall of 8 wickets. Therefore, Mumbai Indians won the match by 9 runs.
The Star Players of the Match
Mumbai Indians made it quite difficult for Kolkata Knight Riders to make it through to the playoffs. Speaking of the star players of the match, Ambati Rayudu became the ‘Player of the Match’.
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