On Friday night, Mumbai Indians (MI) reached the final of IPL 2017 after beating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Qualifier 2 match at Bengaluru. MI elected to field first after winning the toss. KKR were bowled out for just 107 runs in 18.5 overs.

In reply, MI successfully chased down that target in 14.3 overs after losing 4 wickets (111/4). MI won this match by 6 wickets and qualified for the final of the tournament.

MI will meet against RPS (Rising Pune Supergiant) in the final of IPL 2017 at Hyderabad (Deccan) on next Sunday (21^st May 2017).

Brief Scores: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – 107 in 18.5 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 31, Ishank Jaggi 28, Karn Sharma 4/16)

Mumbai Indians (MI) – 111/4 in 14.3 overs (Krunal Pandya 45*, Rohit Sharma 26, Piyush Chawla 2/34)

Result – MI won by 6 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match

KKR were bundled out for just 107 runs (18.5 overs). It is the lowest total in the IPL Playoffs (including Qualifiers, Eliminator and Final; excluding semifinals). The previous lowest total in the IPL Playoffs was 109 (19 overs) by RR (Rajasthan Royals) against RCB (Royal Challengers Bangalore) at Pune on 20^th May 2015.

MI leg-spinner Karn Sharma bowled superbly in this crucial tie as his bowling figure was 4-0-16-4. It is the joint best bowling figure by a spinner in the IPL knockout history (including Qualifiers, Eliminator, semifinal and Final). Before this game, Anil Kumble was the record holder in this category with the exact same bowling figure (4-0-16-4) against DC (Deccan Chargers) at Johannesburg on 24^th May 2009.

During this match, Rohit Sharma (3.013 runs) completed 3,000 runs in his IPL career for MI. Rohit became the first MI batsman to score 3,000 IPL runs.

Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma also became 5^th batsman to score 3,000 IPL runs for a particular team. The other four batsmen, who had achieved this feat earlier, are Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore; 4,418 runs), Suresh Raina (Chennai Super Kings; 3,699 runs), Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore; 3,163 runs) and Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata Knight Riders; 3,035 runs)

At the end of this match, Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers) has scored total 710 runs against KKR in the IPL. It is the most runs scored by any batsman against KKR in IPL history. The previous record holder was Suresh Raina (Gujarat Lions and Chennai Super Kings) with 701 runs against KKR in his IPL career.

MI won this match by 6 wickets with 33 balls remaining. It is the largest victory (by balls remaining in the second innings) for any team in the IPL knockout history (including Qualifiers, Eliminator, semifinal and Final). The previous record holder was CSK (Chennai Super Kings) who had a victory against KXIP (Kings XI Punjab) by 9 wickets with 31 balls remaining at Mumbai on 31^st May 2008.

With this victory, MI reached the IPL 2017 Final. It is MI’s 4^th IPL final appearances which are the second most no.of IPL final appearances for a team. CSK (Chennai Super Kings) is the record holder who has made 6 IPL final appearances.