Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], After his team's defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Hardik Pandya admitted that his team will be in need of the pace provided by openers Ishan Kishan and Rohi Sharma. Couldn't take advantage. Tacky" wicket KKR became the first team to qualify for the IPL playoffs after a solid innings from Venkatesh Iyer and an all-round performance from Andre Russell as well as a stellar performance from the spinners helped them win by 18 runs against MI at the Eden Gardens. Speaking at the post-match presentation in Kolkata on Saturday, Hardik said, "As a batting unit, the foundation was there but we couldn't capitalize on it after that and couldn't sustain the momentum. The wicket was a bit up and down and a bit sticky so momentum was very important. I think considering the conditions it was a level score, the bowlers felt like they did well.Every ball coming back from the boundary came back wet. The bowlers made sure they kept taking wickets (next game) Nothing, just go and enjoy as much as you can and play good cricket, that's been my motto from the beginning. I don't think we have played good enough cricket this season. Talking about the match, it was reduced to a 16-overs-per-side affair due to rain, with MI winning the toss and opting to field first, after losing openers Phil Salt and Sunil Narine early. Valuable innings of Venkatesh Iyer (42 innings). 21 runs with six fours and two sixes), Nitish Ran (33 runs in 23 balls, with four fours and one six), Andre Russell (24 runs in 14 balls with two fours and two sixes) and Rinku Singh (12 20 in balls).with two sixes) helped KKR reach 157/7 in 16 overs, Piyush Chawla (2/28) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/39) were the top bowlers for MI, with Ishan Kishan (22/22) in the run-chase. Rohit Sharma (19 off 24 balls, with one four and a six) with five fours and two sixes made a brilliant start of 65 runs, however, KKR soon curbed the run rate and Tilak Verma (32 runs from 17 balls, with five fours and one six) and Naman Dhi (17 from six balls, with one four and two sixes) also fought back, but MI fell behind by 18 runs, 16 runs. Finishing at 139/8 in the over, Varun Chakravarthy (2/17) was KKR's top bowler. Andre Russell and Harshi Rana (2/34) also performed well with the ball, as KKR top the points table with 1 point from nine wins and three losses. MI are at the bottom with four wins and nine losses, giving them eight points.