India, May 21 -- The fight for the final IPL playoffs place intensified as Kolkata Knight Riders rode forties from Manish Pandey and Rovman Powell to beat Mumbai Indians by four wickets here on Wednesday. Opting to field on a two-paced Eden Gardens pitch, KKR restricted Mumbai Indians to 147/8 in a rain-extended innings riding on two-wicket hauls from pacers Saurabh Dubey, Cameron Green and Kartik Tyagi while spinners Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy and Sunil Narine combined to concede just 47 runs in nine overs.

Having performed that chokehold on Mumbai's innings, KKR came out facing a required run rate of less than 7.5. Deepak Chahar straightaway put pressure on KKR by inducing an inside edge off Finn Allen's bat back on to his stumps. ...