Though a highly hyped match before the start ended up to be a one-sided affair in the end as the Paltan clinched a 49 runs victory of the knight riders. The Kolkata knight riders who are one of the tournament favs won the toss and elected to field first. Batting first De Kock got out early while pulling a ball off youngster Shivam Mavi. Surya Kumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma outplayed the KKR bowling unit. It was another big day for skipper Rohit Sharma as he took the upper hand in hitting the big ones against anyone who bowls short as well as in slot to him. Later on, Surya was run out and then slowly wickets fell in intervals after small contributions from Saurabh Tiwary and Hardik Pandya. In the end, Mumbai Indians ended in 195-5 after 20 overs.

Sunil Narine and future star Shubman Gill opened the innings for Kkr but fell within powerplays to Trent boult and James Pattinson. Skipper Dk who had come in one-down was looking really good with left-hander Nitish Rana. But the building partnership just broke down with pitched up delivery from Rahul Chahar. Later on, Nitish Rana also fell trying to loft pollard over extra cover, and sprinting Hardik Pandya took a flyer. KKR was just around 100 at 15 overs. Just when Big man Andre Russel and English skipper Eoin Morgan laced up their boots for the run chase, Jasprit Burmah came in to knock the stumps of Dre Russ with a sluggish leg cutter and made sure EOIN edge the one angling out to him straight to De Kock. Soon, all hopes of KKR fans turned into ashes as they reached 146-9 after 20 overs after a Cummins cameo.