Mumbai Indians (<a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/MI">MI</a>) continued their winning way in the VIVO Indian Premier League (<a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/IPL">IPL</a>) 2018, beating Kolkata Knight Riders (<a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/KKR">KKR</a>) at Wankhede by 13 runs. With this win, Mumbai have kept their chances of making to the playoffs alive. It was a controlled bowling performances on part of Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah that squeezed life out a strong KKR lineup, who were set to chase 182 to win. Skipper Dinesh Karthik played a valiant knock of 36 runs for KKR. This was also MI s seventh consecutive win over KKR. <p></p> <p></p>[caption id="attachment_709381" align="aligncenter" width="628"]<a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Suryakumar-Yadav-and-Evin-Lewis-added-91-to-the-opening-wicket.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-709381" alt="Suryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis, IPL 2018, MI, KKR" src="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Suryakumar-Yadav-and-Evin-Lewis-added-91-to-the-opening-wicket.jpg" width="628" height="355" /></a> Suryakumar Yadav and Evin Lewis added 91 to the opening wicket AFP[/caption] <p></p> <p></p>[caption id="attachment_709384" align="aligncenter" width="628"]<a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Suryakumar-Yadav-recorded-his-fourth-half-century-in-IPL-20181.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-709384" alt="Suryakumar Yadav recorded his fourth half-century in IPL 2018 AFP" src="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Suryakumar-Yadav-recorded-his-fourth-half-century-in-IPL-20181.jpg" width="628" height="355" /></a> Suryakumar Yadav recorded his fourth half-century in IPL 2018 AFP[/caption] <p></p> <p></p>[caption id="attachment_709385" align="aligncenter" width="628"]<a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Sunil-Narine-dismisses-Rohit-Sharma-for-the-6th-time-in-IPL1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-709385" alt="Sunil Narine, Rohit Sharma" src="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Sunil-Narine-dismisses-Rohit-Sharma-for-the-6th-time-in-IPL1.jpg" width="628" height="355" /></a> Sunil Narine dismisses Rohit Sharma for the 6th time in IPL AFP[/caption] <p></p> <p></p>[caption id="attachment_709386" align="aligncenter" width="628"]<a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Andre-Russell-celebrates-the-wicket-of-Evin-Lewis-on-43.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-709386" alt="Andre Russell celebrates the wicket of Evin Lewis on 43 AFP" src="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Andre-Russell-celebrates-the-wicket-of-Evin-Lewis-on-43.jpg" width="628" height="355" /></a> Andre Russell celebrates the wicket of Evin Lewis on 43 AFP[/caption] <p></p> <p></p>[caption id="attachment_709388" align="aligncenter" width="628"]<a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Mitchell-McClenaghan-celebrates-the-wicket-of-Chris-Lynn.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-709388" alt=" Mitchell McClenaghan, Chris Lynn" src="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Mitchell-McClenaghan-celebrates-the-wicket-of-Chris-Lynn.jpg" width="628" height="355" /></a> Mitchell McClenaghan celebrates the wicket of Chris Lynn AFP[/caption] <p></p> <p></p>[caption id="attachment_709405" align="aligncenter" width="628"]<a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Robin-Uthappa-smashed-54-off-35.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-709405" alt="Robin Uthappa, Mayank Markande" src="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Robin-Uthappa-smashed-54-off-35.jpg" width="628" height="355" /></a> Robin Uthappa smashes 54 off 35 AFP[/caption] <p></p> <p></p>[caption id="attachment_709420" align="aligncenter" width="628"]<a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Dinesh-Karthik-fought-hard-with-his-unbeaten-knock-of-36.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-709420" alt="Dinesh Karthik" src="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Dinesh-Karthik-fought-hard-with-his-unbeaten-knock-of-36.jpg" width="628" height="355" /></a> Dinesh Karthik fought hard with his unbeaten knock of 36 AFP[/caption] <p></p> <p></p>[caption id="attachment_709433" align="aligncenter" width="628"]<a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Hardik-Pandya-acheived-the-orange-cap-with-14-wickets-1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-709433" alt="Hardik Pandya acheived the orange cap with 14 wickets AFP" src="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gallery-Hardik-Pandya-acheived-the-orange-cap-with-14-wickets-1.jpg" width="628" height="355" /></a> Hardik Pandya acheived the purple cap with 14 wickets AFP[/caption] <p></p> <p></p><strong>Brief Score</strong> <p></p> <p></p><strong>Mumbai Indians</strong> 181 for 4 [Suryakumar Yadav 59(39), Evin Lewis 43 (28), Hardik Pandya 35 (20)* ; Andre Russell 2-0-12-2 ] beat <strong>Kolkata Knight Riders </strong>168 for 6 [Robin Uthappa 54 (35), Dinesh Karthik 36 (26); Hardik Pandya 4-0-19-2] by 13 runs. <p></p> <p></p><strong>Man of the Match: </strong>Hardik Pandya
