MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2019: Hardik Pandya removes Kolkata Knight Riders openers in quick succession

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Overs 12.1: SIX! Finally, Robin Uthappa (15*) smashes Lasith Malinga for a big six over long-on. KKR 71/2

Overs 12: KKR 65/2
Krunal Pandya completed his spell with another tidy over. The spinner conceded just four singles in his final over to return figures of 0/14 in four overs. BRILLIANT!

Overs 11: KKR 61/2
MAIDEN OVER! Pacer Mitchell McClenaghan came up with a rare maiden over. Robin Uthappa (7* off 17 balls) played six dot balls at this stage. Pressure building up on KKR batsmen in their do-or-die match.

Overs 10: KKR 61/2
Krunal Pandya bowled another tidy over - four runs off it including a wide. KKR have scored just 12 runs in the last four overs.

Overs 9: KKR 57/2
Another brilliant over from Hardik Pandya - a wicket and two singles off it.



Overs 8.2: OUT! Hardik strikes again, scalps Lynn. KKR 56/2
Quinton de Kock took a well-judged catch to end Chris Lynn's innings as Hardik Pandya grabbed his second of the match. Lynn, while trying to hit a biggie, top-edged a slower delivery from the pacer and departed after scoring 41 off 29 balls, which included four maximums and two fours.

Overs 8: KKR 55/1
Krunal Pandya came back into the attack and conceded just four singles in the over. Good work from the spinner.

Overs 7: KKR 51/1
Brilliant start from Hardik Pandya - a big wicket and just two singles off it.

* 50 comes up for KKR in 6.3 overs

Overs 6.1: OUT! Hardik strikes first ball, dismisses Gill. KKR 49/1
Big Wicket. Hardik Pandya struck with his first delivery of the match, trapped in-form Shubman Gill leg before wicket for 9 soon after the powerplay. Gill discussed with Chris Lynn for a review but decided otherwise, a good decision as the ball was hitting his middle and leg stumps.

Overs 6: KKR 49/0
12 RUNS! End of powerplay. Chris Lynn (38* off 22 balls) smacked two big sixes off Rahul Chahar in the over. Time for first strategic time-out.

Overs 5.2: SIX! Now Chris Lynn (32*) welcomes Rahul Chahar with a big straight six. KKR 43/0

Overs 5: KKR 37/0
Good recovery from Jasprit Bumrah. After conceding a four to Chris Lynn off a no-ball, the pacer ended the over with three consecutive dot balls.

Overs 4.2: FOUR! Chris Lynn (25*) hits Jasprit Bumrah for four off a no-ball. KKR 36/0

Overs 4: KKR 28/0
13 RUNS! Back-to-back big overs for the visitors. Chris Lynn (19*) hit a four and a six off Lasith Malinga in it.

Overs 3.5: SIX! This time Chris Lynn (19*) hoicks Lasith Malinga for a biggie. KKR 28/0

Overs 3.3: FOUR! Chris Lynn (13*) hits Lasith Malinga for a four to increase the scoring rate. KKR 22/0

Overs 3: KKR 15/0
10 RUNS! Finally a big over for the visitors. Chris Lynn (9*) smacked Mitchell McClenaghan's last ball of the over for a big six over deep mid-wicket, first bundary of the match.

Overs 2: KKR 5/0
Good start from Krunal Pandya too, gave away just two singles in the over.

* Spin from the other end - Krunal Pandya comes into the attack

Over 1: KKR 3/0
Tidy start from Mitchell McClenaghan, conceded just three singles in it.

Here we go...Shubman Gill and Chris Lynn to open the KKR innings. Mitchell McClenaghan with the ball for MI.

Here's how teams are stacked up before tonight's final league game of IPL 2019:

Dinesh Karthik: "Everybody is as calm as we can get. It is important game for both teams and they will come firing. One change - Prasidh [Krishna] comes in place of Piyush [Chawla]. They have done a good job so far in the tournament. Obviously both are quality players, so we expect them to deliver."

Rohit Sharma: "We are going to bowl. The last few decisions we have made on this surface have been based on the opposition. Today we wanted to see a total on the board and then see how we go from there. It is important but at the moment we don't want to think about it. We are more focused on playing good cricket. Not worry about the table. It is the last league game, we want to focus on good cricket. We have two changes - Mitch McClenaghan for [Evin] Lewis and Ishan Kishan for [Barinder] Sra n. It gets you into the momentum and the playing pressure games are always important going forward. We had a great game last time. It was not a great total, but the bowlers came out and bowled well."



TOSS | Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma wins the toss, decides to field against Kolkata Knight Riders

Playing XIs

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (w), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shubman Gill, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (w/c), Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Harry Gurney, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna

Head to Head: MI vs KKR

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of final league game of IPL 2019 between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede stadium.