Rohit Sharma remained unbeaten on 84 runs off 54 balls, hitting 10 fours and two sixes as MI chased the winning target in 19.1 overs, losing four wickets.
KKR defeated MI by a margin of 18 runs on May 11, Saturday, at Eden Gardens to make it to the next level.
Kolkata Knight Riders after their 18-run win against Mumbai Indians in Kolkata, became the first team to qualify for the IPL 2024 playoffs.
Rohit Sharma had a great start to the IPL 2024 season for MI with the bat, but in the last few matches, he has struggled to put a score of substance on the board.
Mumbai Indians have a 23-10 head-to-head record against Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL. They suffered their first defeat against them at home in over a decade earlier in the tournament.
With MI bowlers struggling to dismiss Venkatesh Iyer, Ishan Kishan took the onus of himself to distract the batter.
Cummins’ extraordinary innings comprises of 6 sixes and 4 fours and while he had also picked 2 wickets with the ball, at the end of the match, Cummins bagged all the awards for his batting heroics.
Andre Russell has now picked 66 wickets for KKR in IPL, becoming the 2nd joint-highest wicket-taker for KKR in IPL. Only Sunil Narine has more wickets for KKR.
With such a roller-coaster match for the viewers, the trollers certainly had a lot on their plate to talk about.
Against a length delivery from Pat Cummins, Suryakumar Yadav played a mesmerizing flick shot over deep square.
Ahead of the clash on Tuesday, the 43-year-old named ‘ah mint’ and ‘anger nomoi’ as the two key players for the contest.
With Quinton de Kock being back in the side, it will be interesting to see if Chris Lynn can retain his spot in the Playing XI.
Rohit Sharma’ side have always had an edge over KKR, winning 21 of their 27 matches against the franchise in IPL.