Another KKR – MI clash and another one sided battle here in the Sheikh Zayad Stadium. A pleasant victory for Mumbai Indians as they comfortably chased 148 runs with 22 balls remaining. Winning the toss newly elected skipper Eoin Morgan opted to bat first. Mumbai Indians (MI) bolwers had the upper hand in the play as KKR lost 5 wickets in 61 runs. Captain Eoin Morgan and Pat Cummins played a very vital Innings with Patty getting his first ever half century in IPL and added onto some valuable runs on board. Chasing a target of 149 , the openers were brilliant in the start. Rohit and De Kock hitting a couple boundaries in the powerplay. They made a 94 runs partnership and then Shivam Mavi trapped Hitman to a ball seaming slightly away from the right hander out of offstump. Surya Kumar , who came in one down couldn’t add much but 10. 38 runs were required from 39 and Hardik and De Kock led the team to victory.
Let’s have a look at Twitter how they reacted to this one sided victory.