Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) seemed properly on the right track for their second successive win within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 and this time against defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) on Tuesday (April 13) evening. However, the two-time IPL champions misplaced their approach in the previous few overs on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai to lose by 10 runs.
Chasing 153 to win, KKR had been cruising to a win, needing simply 30 off 26 balls after a gap partnership of 72 runs between Nitish Rana and Shubman Gill. But MI skipper Rohit Sharma pulled off a ‘houdini act’ to information the champions to a win.
Shah Rukh Khan, co-owner of the KKR franchise, expressed his disappointment over the staff’s surprising defeat. The Bollywood star additionally apologised to the KKR fanbase for shedding the match by 10 runs within the remaining over regardless of being sturdy favorites until the half-way mark. He tweeted, “Disappointing performance. to say the least @KKRiders apologies to all the fans!”
Disappointing efficiency. to say the least @KKRiders apologies to all of the fans!
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) April 13, 2021
Shah Rukh, like all KKR fans, was upset to see the staff go down after being in management till the fifteenth over, with Andre Russell and Dinesh Karthik nonetheless to come. Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah saved issues tight after MI’s spinners spun an online round KKR’s middle-order batsmen.
Boult ultimately defended 15 runs off the final six balls to assist MI win. He claimed the prized scalp of Andre Russell within the remaining over to finish KKR’s hopes of chasing the 153-run goal.
Earlier, KKR gained the toss and opted to bowl against the Rohit Sharma-led aspect. KKR captain Eoin Morgan performed an unchanged profitable mixture from the final match against SRH, which that they had gained by 10 runs.
Shakib-Al-Hasan was handed his fiftieth cap for KKR in the beginning of the match. KKR will now face RCB on April 18 on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
