KKR target IPL playoff berth at home; MI seek to salvage pride
The Hindu
Kolkata Knight Riders aim to secure IPL playoff spot against struggling Mumbai Indians in final home match.
In red-hot form, two-time former champions Kolkata Knight Riders will look to seal an IPL playoff berth for the first time in three years when they take on the struggling Mumbai Indians in their final home match of the season, on Saturday.
The return of their two-time title-winning skipper Gautam Gambhir as team mentor has done wonders for the side which has found ways to win games from difficult situations this season.
Sitting at the top of the 10-team standings with eight wins from 11 matches, another win will guarantee them the playoff berth as the Shah Rukh Khan-owned franchise will look to end on a high, its campaign at the home venue of Eden Gardens.
Gambhir's ploy to back Sunil Narine as an opener along with World No. 2 T20I batter Phil Salt has been a masterstroke.
The duo have scored bulk of the team's runs, giving it the perfect platform in power-plays to post six 200-plus totals from eight matches batting first.
With 32 sixes to his name, Narine is also the second in the list behind Abhishek Sharma (35).
The consistency with which Narine keeps churning out high scores match after match has been phenomenal.
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