Mumbai Indians champion performance, snatched from KKR's mouth IPL 2021, KKR vs MI: Five-time champions Mumbai Indians have made a comeback in the IPL. 
The team defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by ten runs in an interesting match in their second match on Tuesday.
Five-time champions Mumbai Indians have made a comeback in the IPL. The team defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by ten runs in an interesting match in their second match on Tuesday. Mumbai had beaten KKR in both the matches last season. Mumbai lost to RCB by two wickets in the first match of the season. Mumbai scored 152 runs in the first innings, in response to which KKR team scored only 142 runs. KKR had to score 31 runs in the last 30 balls with six wickets left, even after that KKR team could not win the match.
Nitish Rana (57) and Shabhman Gul (33) got off to a great start in the chase. Both scored 72 runs for the first wicket in eight and a half overs. However, after that Rahul Tripathi (5) and Captain Morgan (7) could not play big innings. Meanwhile, Nitish also got out. Take all four wickets of league spinner Rahul Chahar. Nitish scored a half-century in the second match in a row. Shakib Al Hasan (9) was dismissed by Karuna Pandya.
Then the match ended in a draw. Cronell dropped Russell's own ball to zero. Bumrah dropped another catch to Russell for five in the 18th over. The bowlers were coronals. In the last two overs, Kolkata had to score 19 runs to win. Bumrah gave up just four runs in the 19th over. 15 runs were to be made in the last over, but Bolt gave only four runs and took two wickets. KKR managed only 142 runs for 7 wickets.
Earlier, KKR captain Morgan won the toss and elected to bowl first. The team bowled the first five overs of the innings, the five overs of the power play, to the spin bowlers. In the second over, league spinner Varun Chakraborty dismissed wicketkeeper-batsman Quentin de Cock. The team scored only 42 runs in the first six overs. Rohit Sharma (43) and Surya Kumar Yadav (56) shared a 76-run stand for the second wicket.
Mumbai's score was 115 for three at one stage. The team then lost four wickets for the next 11 runs. Rohit, Hardik Pandya (15), Kieron Pollard (5) and Marco Jensen (zero) were out early. After that, it seemed that the team would end soon, but Colonel Pandya scored 15 runs to take the team's score to over 150. Mumbai Indians were all out for 152 in 20 overs.
