IPL 2017, KKR vs MI: 5 things that went wrong for Kolkata Knight Riders

#2 – Losing wickets in a cluster

Chris Lynn’s untimely dismissal was a major blow for the Knight Riders

The general trend in KKR’s successful chases during this season has been the powerful starts provided by the likes of Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn and Gautam Gambhir. This time around, their pursuit of 174 started on a treacherous note as wickets tumbled one after another.

Southee’s clever piece of bowling accounted for Narine in the first over itself. Although Lynn and Gambhir joined hands to spark a brief stand, they fell in quick succession against well-directed short deliveries. In between, the in-form Uthappa also perished while trying to get on top of Karn Sharma’s tight stump-to-stump leg-spin. At 53/4, the game appeared to have slipped away from the home team’s reach.