After two away losses in seven days (March 23 to Chennai Super Kings and to Gujarat Titans on March 29), Mumbai Indians (MI) shrugged off their disappointing start in IPL-18 to notch up their first win in this year’s edition by blowing away defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets with 43 balls to spare at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday night.

Rickelton shines with 62*

It took a splendid half-century by opener Ryan Rickelton to help MI go past KKR’s below-par score of 116 while former captain Rohit Sharma’s low scores continued, this time an inauspicious 13 following his zero and eight in the previous two games.