Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in a reduced 16 over match per side. Brilliant cameo from Venkatesh Iyer helped his side post 157 on the board. And then Varun Chakravarthy showed his mysterious talent to come top against Mumbai Indians.

KKR becomes the first team of the season to reach to the knockouts. 
Being asked to bat first, the explosive openers of KKR fell cheaply as Jasprit Bumrah knocked over Sunil Narine, while Nuwan Thushara removed Phil Salt. Captain Shreyas Iyer too fell earlier on and KKR were struggling to get going.

Venkatesh Iyer came at number 3 and played a such great knock to keep the tempo going. He blazed 42 off only 21 balls before falling to Piyush Chawla.

And then Nitish Rana's vital 33, Andre Russell's 24 all these handy cameos helped KKR post a competitive 157 on the board after the reduced 16 overs.

In reply of 158, Ishan Kishan gave Mumbai Indians a breathtaking start as he raced his way to 40 from 22 balls. But on the other hand, his partner Rohit Sharma was playing a sluggish knock and ended up scoring 19 after consuming 24 balls which led Mumbai to abyssal in the big chase. Suryakumar Yadav also played a slowed knock as he took 14 balls to reach 11 runs. Tilak Varma played a good knock to keep his side, barring him and Ishan no one from the Mumbai Indians batting lineup stood up to chase down the total.
Naman Dhir hit 17 runs off 6 balls tried to take his side home but that wasn’t enough to win the match.