Follow Live: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Strategic time-out
OVERS 7: Krunal Pandya joins his brother from the other end. And his first over is an expensive one. A straight six from Robin Uthappa brings up the fifty for KKR and then Nitish Rana strikes a four off the penultimate delivery.
13 runs from the over. Score 60/2
OVERS 6: Hardik Pandya has bowled a tidy final over of Powerplay. Three runs in it. Had it not been for Mayank Wankhede dropping a sitter at mid-on, Hardik would have gotten his second wicket in Robin Uthappa. Score 47/2
OVERS 5: A short delivery from Mitchell McClenaghan and Nitish Rana uppercuts it over the third man fielder for a six. 11 runs from the over. Score 44/2
OVERS 4: Five runs in the over including a boundary Nitish Rana. Score 33/2
OVERS 3.1: OUT! Both the KKR openers back in the dugout. Shubman Gill takes the aerial route off the very first delivery of Hardik Pandya. The ball goes high in the air but Krunal Pandya nicely settles underneath to complete a fine catch at mid-off. Gill scored 7. Score 29/2
OVERS 3: Robin Uthappa is the new man in. 13 runs and a wicket in the over. Score 28/1
OVERS 2.5: OUT! Mitchell McClenaghan has been hammered for three fours in four deliveries but he gets the important breakthrough in Chris Lynn. A short delivery and Lynn has been caught by Jasprit Bumrah at shot fine leg - against the run of play as runs were flowing for the visitors. He scored 17 off 13. Score 28/1
OVERS 2: This over negates the good work of McClenaghan's first. Three fours in the over. Although, Jasprit Bumrah was unlucky to have conceded two fours - one coming off an outside edge to third man and one via four byes as the ball beat everyone including the batsman and the 'keeper. The second four though was a convincing boundary from the bat of Chris Lynn threading the gap in the cover region.
13 runs from the over. Score 15/0
OVER 1: Mitchell McClenaghan bowls well to keep Knight Riders to 2 runs in the first over. Score 2/0
We're back. And so are the players. Chris Lynn and Shubman Gill will kickstart KKR's chase. Mitchell McClenaghan will bowl the first over.
OVERS 20: Mumbai Indians post 181/4 after taking 11 runs from the final over that included two fours - both coming off edge to Hardik Pandya.
Prasidh Krishna to over the final over
OVERS 19: Good over for MI. JP Duminy picks up the length early from Sunil Narine to smack him over midwicket for a six. 12 runs from the over. Score 170/4
OVERS 18: KKR are doing well in the death overs. Mitchell Johnson, despite bowling two wides, limits MI to seven runs in his third over. Score 158/4
OVERS 17: Eight runs and a wicket as Narine finishes his third over. Score 151/4
OVERS 16.5: OUT! Sunil Narine has the last laugh after being hit for a six as he has Krunal Pandya out on 14. Krunal was looking to repeat the shot that fetched him a six off the previous delivery but this time it didn't go the distance with Shubman Gill accepting an easy catch at long-on. Score 151/4
OVERS 16: A productive over for MI. Prasidh returned to bowl his third over and it was going well till he bowled a short and wide delivery that was cut for a four by Hardik Pandya. He then paddled the sixth delivery to fine leg boundary to make it 11 runs from the over. Score 143/3
OVERS 15: Good over from Andre Russell. Six runs and a wicket in it. Score 132/3
OVERS 14.2: OUT! Wicket no. 2 for Andre Russell and this time he removes half-centurion Suryakumar Yadav who feathers an edge to be out caught behind. He scored 59 off 39. Score 127/3
Second time-out of MI innings
OVERS 14: Mitchell Johnson returns. And delivers a tight over - four singles in it. His first went for 15 runs. Score 126/2
OVERS 13: Expensive over from Piyush Chawla.
13 runs in it. Although, he could've been celebrating a wicket off the very first delivery of the over had Sunil Narine done better to leap and catch an inside-out shot from the bat of Suryakumar Yadav - that resulted in a four. Later, Hardik Pandya lifted him over long-off for a six. Score 122/2
OVERS 12: Hardik Pandya is the new man in. A successful over from Narine. Six runs and a wicket in it. Score 109/2
OVERS 11.4: OUT! Sunil Narine returns and gets the prized scalp of Rohit Sharma. The MI skipper went for the slog sweep, got the elevation but not the distance. And was easily caught by Rinku Singh (substitute) near the midwicket boundary. He scored 11 off 11. Score 106/2
OVERS 11.1: FIFTY for Suryakumar Yadav - his fourth such score of the season. Took 31 deliveries to reach the milestone.
OVERS 11: Piyush Chawla returns. Rohit Sharma struck the second delivery through covers for his first boundary. 8 runs from the over. Score 103/1
OVERS 10.3: 100 up for Mumbai Indians
OVERS 10: MI captain Rohit Sharma walks in at no. 3. A successful first over from Andre Russell - six runs and a wicket. Score 95/1
OVERS 9.2: OUT! Andre Russell provides the much-needed breakthrough for KKR with the scalp of Evin Lewis. A back of the hand delivery and Lewis swung hard but edged it to o Chris Lynn at short third man. He scored 43 off 28. Score 91/1
OVERS 9: Kuldeep Yadav continues. And his first five deliveries fetch MI just three singles. However, Suryakumar rocked back and played an exquisite late cut to score a four off the final delivery. 7 runs from the over. Score 89/0
OVERS 8: Nitish Rana is back. But this time,
he has been creamed for 16 runs. Three fours in the over - two from the bat of Suryakumar Yadav and one to Evin Lewis. There was a dropped catch in the over, from Rana, as Lewis smashed a full toss straight towards the bowler. Score 82/0
OVERS 7: A six from Suryakumar Yadav - over midwicket boundary. 10 runs from it. Score 66/0
Now, chinaman Kuldeep Yadav into the attack
First strategic time-out of the match
OVERS 6: Evin Lewis ends the Powerplay in style, clobbering Piyush Chawla for 14 runs. Chawla began the over with a full toss which was smashed over the midwicket boundary for a six. Off the next, he played an inside out shot for a four. He was undone by a googly next up but still the resulting edge went for a four. Chawla did comeback to bowl the next three dots. Score 56/0
Legspinner Piyush Chawla to bowl the final over of Powerplay
OVERS 5: Prasidh is back into the attack. Evin Lewis , again, ruins what was turning out to be a good over with a six off the penultimate delivery. 10 runs from the over. Score 42/0
OVERS 4: Another good over for the home team. This time, Evin Lewis ruins Sunil Narine's over with consecutive fours off the final two deliveries. 9 runs from it. Score 32/0
Another bowling change - Sunil Narine into the attack now
OVERS 3: A big over from MI this. Suryakumar Yadav struck a six - a pull over backward square leg - followed by a firmly driven four through covers and then another four off the penultimate delivery.
15 runs from the over. Score 23/0
Bowling change - Left-arm pacer Mitchell Johnson into the attack now
OVERS 2: A decent over from the 22-year-old, although Suryakumar cut him through point to score the first four of the match. 7 runs from the over. Score 8/0
Prasidh Kumar, the debutant, to share the new ball duties. He's a right-arm medium pacer
OVER 1: A tidy start from Nitish Rana. Just a single to Suryakumar Yadav in the first over of the innings. Score 1/0
Evin Lewis and Suryakumar Yadav are out in the middle to open the innings for MI. Nitish Rana will open the attack for KKR.
TOSS: Kolkata Knight Riders win the coin toss, opt to bowl against Mumbai Indians
Playing XI of MI: Suryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis, Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma (captain), Jean-Paul Duminy, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah
Playing XI of KKR: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(wk/captain), Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Mitchell Johnson, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav
MATCH PREVIEW
Looking, at last, like a team wanting to defend its title, Mumbai Indians' road to redemption in the Indian Premier League faces another tricky test, as they host a formidable Kolkata Knight Riders. The defending champions seemed resurgent after a tense win over Kings XI Punjab, though their play-off hopes were still hanging by a thread, thanks to a spate of reverses over the past few weeks.
The 21-ball 56-run blitzkrieg between Krunal Pandya and Rohit Sharma in Indore is history and MI will next need to tame KKR, who have a reputation of being fierce opponents, at the Wankhade Stadium. MI's under-performing batsmen finally clicked last night against Kings XI and will look to replicate their performance against another top of the table outfit. Mumbai jumped to the fifth spot having won three of their nine games while KKR are sitting comfortable in the third position. The hosts have to win all their remaining five games to make it to the play-offs.
