Updated On: 10 May, 2018 07:35 AM IST | Kolkata | Arup Chatterjee
Under mounting scoreboard pressure, wickets fell at regular intervals, and the Kolkata innings soon lay in shambles


Mumbai Indians' Ishan Kishan in full flow against KKR in Kolkata yesterday. Pic/AFP
Kolkata buckled under the weight of a 211-run chase at the Eden Gardens as Mumbai made it two-out-of-two in back-to-back battles between the two sides. The 102-run victory, coming on the heels of Sunday's 13-run triumph at the Wankhede, had Mumbai leapfrog Kolkata on Net Run Rate occupy the fourth rung on the league ladder. Kolkata have consigned themselves to an onerous task in the race for playoff berths.