147, and Kolkata Still Had to Sweat It
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Mumbai Indians 147/8 (20 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders 148/6 (18.5 overs)
Eden Gardens, 20 May. Mumbai 4 wins from 13 coming in. Kolkata still mathematically alive. Rain stopped Mumbai at 57 for 4 in the eighth over. They resumed. They did not recover. Ryan Rickelton, Naman Dhir, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav were all gone by 5.3 overs. Tilak Varma 20 off 32. Hardik Pandya 26, bowled by Sunil Narine, 1 for 13 off four. Corbin Bosch 32 not out. Mumbai 147 for 8.
Chasing 148 should have been short work. It was not. Finn Allen dragged on. Rahane caught behind. Cameron Green holed out to fine leg. Manish Pandey held it together, 45 off 33, until Jasprit Bumrah nipped one back and bowled him. Rovman Powell 40, then a one-handed catch by Bosch at point. Tejasvi Dahiya, on as a concussion substitute, edged. Kolkata still got there: 148 for 6 in 18.5, seven balls left. Rinku Singh 9 not out. Player of the match: Pandey.
Kolkata won by four wickets. They played once more, against Delhi, and lost. Mumbai played once more, against Rajasthan, and lost. This 147 was not a season. It was a night when a low total still asked questions, and the answers only lasted until Sunday.
TATA IPL 2026 Match 65: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians. If the player does not load, open it on YouTube.