Green's powerplay double keeps Kolkata in playoffs hunt

[p]Green was tasked with bowling the third and fifth overs of the first innings powerplay and delivered almost immediately, inducing a thick top edge from South Africa wicketkeeper-opener Ryan Rickelton, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mumbai-indians/2eZPzJH2/"]Mumbai[/a]'s top scorer of 2026 with 436 runs at 43.60. [/p][p]Three deliveries later, number three Naman Dhir - coming into the game with four 40+ scores in his last eight innings - was on his way for a three-ball duck, caught behind following a successful review. [/p][p]Green then sent down a tidy third over in the 15th over of the innings, conceding only six runs to finish with three-over figures of 3-23. [/p][embed guid="661c6a4a-41a9-4a07-8393-99412eac8136" url="https://x.com/IPL/status/2057106182574366752" social-type="twitter" /][p]His damage upfront choked Mumbai of any early momentum, whilst a typically miserly 1-13 (4) from West Indian veteran and KKR legend Sunil Narine ensured the men in blue were unable to recover to a winning score. [/p][p]Green flicked South African fast bowler Corbin Bosch to fine leg for a score of just 4 in the run chase and watched on as India's Manish Pandey (45) and West Indian captain Rovman Powell (40) chipped away to complete the chase late in the 19th over.[/p][p]KKR are in sixth place with one round to play, one point and Net Run Rate (NRR) behind fourth-place [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rajasthan-royals/S2MQPiFG/"]Rajasthan Royals[/a]. [/p][p]They face Mitchell Starc's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/delhi-capitals/tv8Qjdkq/"]Delhi Capitals[/a] in their final game, whilst fifth placed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/punjab-kings/juzL6jnm/"]Punjab Kings[/a] (Cooper Connolly and Marcus Stoinis) need to defeat last-place [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lucknow-super-giants/juEriKhI/"]Lucknow Super Giants[/a] (Mitch Marsh and Josh Inglis) to keep their season alive. [/p]