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During match number 65 between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Mumbai Indians (MI) at Eden Gardens. It was the reverse fixture, and the Knights were on top of Hardik Pandya’s side in a must-win game tonight. KKR won the toss and invited MI to bat first. Hardik Pandya could not find his rhythm and was out on the ball of Sunil Narine.
Mumbai Indians had no answer to the KKR bowlers and lost wickets at regular intervals. They did not have the best of performances in the tournament, and on a wicket that had some moisture due to early rain before the game, the MI batsmen struggled to get going. It has been a tough night for all the MI batsmen.
Sunil Narine surprises Hardik Pandya with a ripper
The incident occurred in 15.2 overs when Hardik was struggling to take Sunil Narine as the ball was turning and the experienced mystery spinner once again did his trick and uprooted Pandya’s stumps, reducing the five-time champions to 95/6 in less than five overs. The Knights are definitely on top of their game tonight.
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Shuddha Narayan’s black magic on EdenSunil Narine completely baffles Hardik Pandya with another icy spell
When Narine finds this rhythm, batsmen just survive… not dominate #KKRvMI #IPL2026 #3rdmanview | @KKRiders | @mipaltan | @IPL
– Third Man View (@3rdManView) 20 May 2026
Hardik Pandya was out after scoring 26 runs in 27 balls. He hit just one six and two fours in his disappointing innings. Sunil Narine attacked the stumps and sent the ball to the right-handed batsman; The ball also remains a little low and Hardik came too late on the cut and missed it by a long distance. Sunil Narine took one wicket for 13 runs in four overs.
MI openers returned early
Talking about the game, KKR did not make any changes; He dropped Mathisha Pathirana with the arrival of Rovman Powell. The visitors made two changes as Hardik Pandya came in, and Allah Ghazanfar also came in place of Sherfane Ruthford and Shardul Thakur.
Ryan Rickelton and Rohit Sharma did not have a good start when they were invited to bat first. Cameron Green took a wicket and in the same over, Naman Dheer also returned to the pavilion at zero. KKR bowlers overpowered Mumbai batsmen.
KKR bowlers are facing Mumbai
Soon Rohit Sharma was back on 15 before Suryakumar Yadav, who was looking in great form, was fed as Saurabh Dubey took two wickets. But Tilak Verma and Hardik Pandya had to struggle in the middle overs. The southpaw came back after scoring 20 runs off 32 balls.
In the end, MI scored 147/8 in their 20 overs courtesy of a handy innings from Corbyn Bosch, who scored 32 runs in 18 balls and set up a total worth fighting for for the five-time winners. Karthik Tyagi, Saurabh Dubey and Cam Green took two wickets each in the innings.
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