JOIN USIPL 2020 Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders highlights: MI win by 8 wickets
With 12 points and a NRR of +1.353 Mumbai Indians have reclaimed the top spot on the points table from Delhi Capitals. Kolkata Knight Riders remain at fourth spot a position where they were at the start of the match but they have to a few matches or one of the team from the chasing pack of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Chennai Super Kings or Rajasthan Royals could catch up.
Tomorrow being Saturday we will have two matches. In the afternoon, Royal Challengers Bangalore face Rajasthan Royals and then in the evening Chennai Super Kings take on Delhi Capitals.
That is it from this coverage then. Join us tomorrow. Goodnight!
Quinton de Kock: To be honest, I'm not very sure - it's the best shot I have in my armoury (talking about his leg-side game), I like to play it and it's nice when it comes off. It's all about keeping my balance, I don't work too much on the cross-bat shots, it's important to stay in line while playing those. I was disappointed at not finishing it off last game, Mahela had a word to us - he keeps us in check, in focus, it's nice to have such people around. I have played enough to not think too much about the keeping - everyone does drop catches and I'm not any different. I'm working on some aspects of the keeping, but I think I can keep improving on that aspect of the game
Player of the Match
MI's Quinton de Kock is the Player of the Match. He scored an unbeaten 78 from 44 balls hitting 9 fours and 3 sixes to steer MI's successful chase.
Rohit Sharma: It is special to win as comprehensively as this when chasing. It gives us confidence. I guess now teams batting second will win most of the games. That's what I feel. The trend is changing. It is always a challenge when you have won four in four. How you turn up is what matters. We turned up really well, and right from ball one we were in their faces. I am a big fan of match-ups. read them well, and decide whom to exploit when. Having said that, you have to read the pitch and be instinctive too. I still bowled Rahul and Krunal to Russell because the pitch was holding up a little bit. Then I brought on Bumrah. I enjoy batting with Quinton. He is straightforward. Most of the times I take the back seat. I have a role to play in the squad. I need to let Quinny bat free and not worry about what the team needs from him.
Eoin Morgan: We weren’t in the race at all really, being four or five down. Managed to get a score on the board but when Mumbai like that, they are hard to stop. Guys fought hard but just not enough runs on the board. No.4, 5 and 6 we have lot of experience. We’re trying to adapt according to the situations. Don’t think it would have made much difference today.