KKR captain Shreyas Iyer and the player of the match Venkatesh Iyer spoke after the victory against Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians were defeated by 24 runs, which leave MI's playoff hopes hanging by a thread.

Venkatesh Iyer says, "Like a professional cricketer, I have to be flexible in how I can my pace my innings. This is the fourth or fifth time that Manish has padded up, but this time he got to bat! It was very important at that time [to rebuild]. Initially, I told him it will take time to adjust to the wicket. The ball was holding up, and it was a two-paced wicket. He was guiding me. I try to be a smarter cricketer... I thought at that situation, the team needed me. I'm a huge fan of Dada [Sourav Ganguly]. Went to ask him about my stance. It was a very fruitful conversation."

Captain Shreyas Iyer said, "We are [knocking at the door] at the moment. Lot of thinking would have gone behind that [had we lost today]. Just got to know about the stat [of KKR not winning at Wankhede for 12 years]... This Impact Player rule specifically helped us in this game. Manish has being eyeing an opportunity from the first game. We got to a commendable total. I told the boys that if we have got here, we can defend it. Spinners were unreal, absolutely spot on in executing their lines and lengths. Kudos to them! [Venkatesh] has been eagerly waiting to go out there and express himself. Happy for him!"