T20 2018: Rohit Sharma and Mumbai are alive and well
Updated On: 07 May, 2018 07:34 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure
Hardik Pandya says his team have the belief to qualify after Suryakumar Yadav's 59 and Baroda all-rounder's how help home side beat Kolkata by 13 runs to remain in hunt for a play offs berth


Mumbai's Suryakumar plays a shot v Kolkata yesterday
Suryakumar Yadav's 59 coupled with Hardik Pandya's all-round heroics (35 not out and 2-19) helped Mumbai beat Kolkata by 13 runs in an IPL match at the Wankhede yesterday to remain in the hunt for a play offs berth. Chasing 182, Kolkata required 64 to win from the last six overs, but some tight bowling by Mumbaitchell McClenaghan and leg-spinner Mayank Markande changed the equation. The visitors now needed 54 in 24 balls. Jasprit Bumrah then made it all the more difficult for Kolkata, sending Andre Russell (9 off 10) back to the pavilion. Kolkata skipper Dinesh Karthik (36* off 26) tried his best to salvage the situation with a six and two boundaries in the 19th over off Bumrah, thus bringing the chase down to 23 from the last six balls, but his effort went in vain. Left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya conceded only 10 runs and claimed the wicket of Sunil Narine.


