Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) needed a win over Mumbai Indians (MI) to remain in contention for a place in the playoffs, and they scalped the win with aplomb, beating their opponents by 52 runs to move to seventh on the points table.
Skipper Shreyas Iyer made five changes, bringing back Venkatesh Iyer and Varun Chakaravarthy into the team, and both the players repaid the faith put in them with good performances. Venkatesh, who was back to open the batting for KKR, scored a 24-ball 43 at a strike rate of 179.16.
In the bowling department, their star player was Pat Cummins, another player brought into the team as the bowler picked up three wickets for just 22 runs. KKR's win put them at 10 points, just below Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), who have a better Net Run Rate (NRR) of -0.031.
Let's have a look at the IPL points table after last night's match:
| Team | Match | Win | Loss | Points | NRR |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 11 | 8 | 3 | 16 | +0.703 |
| Gujarat Titans | 11 | 8 | 3 | 16 | +0.120 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 7 | 4 | 14 | +0.326 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 12 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -0.115 |
| Delhi Capitals | 11 | 5 | 6 | 10 | +0.150 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 11 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -0.031 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -0.057 |
| Punjab Kings | 11 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -0.231 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 | +0.028 |
| Mumbai Indians | 11 | 2 | 9 | 4 | -0.894 |
