IPL 2020, MI vs KKR Live: Tripathi, Rana, Gill, Karthik, Russell back in the hut as KKR struggle

KKR 82/5 after 13 overs (Morgan 9, Cummins 18)

Cummins with two four and a six in the Coulter-Nile over gives KKR something to cheer about.

KKR 61/5 after 10.4 overs (Morgan 7)

WICKET! Brutal bouncer by Bumrah gets Russell. The West Indian tried to get out of the way but the ball was too quick for him. The top edge was easily caught by de Kock.

Russell c de Kock b Bumrah 12(9)

KKR 57/4 after 10 overs (Morgan 7, Russell 8)

Last 30 balls, 29 runs and 3 wickets. MI have been brilliant. If they can get one more wicket, it might as well be game over for KKR.

KKR 51/4 after 8.5 overs (Morgan 1, Russell 8)

Huge hit from Russell sends the ball deep into the stands and it is lost. And the umpires take a time-out. KKR don’t have much batting to come and this pair will have to do most of the heavy-lifting for them.

KKR 42/4 after 7.4 overs (Morgan 0)

WICKET! Two in two for Chahar. Karthik paddled it back onto the stumps. His horror run continues. KKR in big trouble.

Karthik b Rahul Chahar 4(8)

KKR 42/3 after 7.3 overs (Karthik 4)

Rahul Chahar picks up the wicket of Gill. The poor run-rate finally forced the error out of the batsman. Tried to clear long-on but found Pollard instead.

Shubman Gill c Pollard b Rahul Chahar 21(23)

KKR 40/2 after 7 overs (Gill 19, Karthik 4)

KKR just haven’t been able to break free. Very disciplined bowling by MI.

KKR 33/2 after 5.3 overs (Gill 17)

WICKET! Coulter-Nile gets Rana with a good bouncer. Rana went for the hook, got the edge through to the keeper.

Nitish Rana c de Kock b Coulter-Nile 5(6)

KKR 28/1 after 5 overs (Gill 12, Rana 5)

Krunal Pandya into the attack and he starts off with just a three-run over. This is very good from MI. KKR need to get a move on.

KKR 25/1 after 4 overs (Gill 10, Rana 4)

Another okay over for KKR. They are not off to a start that will worry MI too much.

KKR 18/1 after 3 overs (Gill 7)

WICKET! Suryakumar comes up a superb catch at point to end Tripathi’s innings. Boult gets the wicket.

Tripathi c Suryakumar Yadav b Boult 7(9)

KKR 12/0 after 2 overs (Tripathi 2, Gill 6)

Coulter-Nile starts off with three wides and a four. Strange kind of over. Clearly rusty.

KKR 3/0 after 1 over (Tripathi 1, Gill 1)

Trent Boult is the leading Powerplay wicket taker in IPL 2020 with six wickets and he starts off with just a 3-run over.

7.14 pm: Eoin Morgan is the second England player to lead an IPL team after Kevin Pietersen who led in 17 matches (three wins, 14 losses) - RCB six times in 2009 and DD 11 matches in 2014.

Morgan on the captaincy change: “DK came to myself and head coaches, decided it is for the betterment of the team and he also needs to focus on his batting. It just shows the culture we’ve created.”

7.05 pm: Teams news...

KKR: In: Chris Green, Shivam Mavi | Out: Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Tom Banton

Playing XI: Tripathi, Gill, Rana, Morgan (C), Karthik (wk), Russell, Green, Cummins, Mavi, Chakravarthy, Krishna.

MI – In: Nathan Coulter-Nile | Out: James Pattinson

Playing XI: Rohit (C), QdK (WK), Surya, Ishan, Hardik, Pollard, Krunal, Coulter-Nile, Chahar, Boult, Bumrah

7.01 pm: KKR win the toss and they elect to bat first.

6.40 pm: Hello and welcome to live coverage of match No 32 of Indian Premier League 2020. Tonight, Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians take on Eoin Morgan’s Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi.