| Kolkata Knight Riders | Mumbai Indians |
|---|---|
| 51/4 (9.0 ov) - R/R 5.66 | |
| Batsman | Status | R | B | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eoin Morgan (C) | Batting | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Russell | Batting | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Bowling | 0 | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krunal Pandya | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Rahul Chahar | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Current Partnership | Last Wicket 42/4 (7.4) |
|---|---|
|
9 (9) R/R: 6.75
Eoin Morgan (C) 1(3)
Andre Russell 8(5)
|
Dinesh Karthik (W) 4(8) S.R (50)
b Rahul Chahar
|
After 9 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 51/4 ( Eoin Morgan (C) 1 , Andre Russell 8)
Krunal to Russel. Single from the first ball. Morgan tries the scoop hit but it results in one run only. Pressure is on Russel for not making an impact so far this season but today's a big chance for him to do that. He has already smashed a six early in his innings. Dot to end the over.
It's difficult to keep Russel silent for a long time. Slog sweep agains Krunal for a maximum!
The umpire shows the watch so it's strategic timeout now.
After 8 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 43/4 ( Eoin Morgan (C) 0 , Andre Russell 1)
Rahul Chahar with the ball. No run off the first ball but the next one is in the gap on the leg-side. Gill collects two. Gill tries to up the ante against the leg-spinner but there was not enough power. DK is also back in the dugout after failing to execute the shot. Russell faces the hat-trick ball, no damage done as batsman goes for the cover drive and takes a single after a misfield inside the circle. Eoin Morgan plays and misses the final ball. Top over for Mumbai!
BOWLED!
Two in two for Rahul Chahar. DK tries to play a half-sweep, half-scoop shot but gets an inside edge and the ball disturbs the stumps. Karthik b Rahul Chahar 4(8)
Leg-spinners dismissing Dinesh Karthik this IPL:
Yuzvendra Chahal
Rahul Chahar
Rashid Khan
Gill takes on Chahar and tries to clear the long-on fielder. But Pollard hardly makes mistake when it comes to catching. Shubman Gill c Pollard b Rahul Chahar 21(23)
After 7 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 40/2 ( Shubman Gill 19 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 4)
Krunal Pandya continues, Gill takes a single off the first ball. Karthik makes room in the third ball but doesn't play the big shot. No run. Again little bit of a movement from the batsman, but Krunal does well to bowl at his leg. Four off the final ball and that's seven runs from the over.
Short from Krunal. Dinesh Karthik pulls and he plays it really well to find the gap on the leg-side.
After 6 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 33/2 ( Shubman Gill 17 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 0)
After the first ball four, Gill backs away to a short of length ball and slashes it square past point for one run. Dinesh Karthik, former captain of this team, is the new batsman after the dismissal of Nitish Rana. No Eoin Morgan at No 4 today. Three dots to end the over.
Coulter-Nile strikes!
Bouncer from the pacer, Rana goes for the big hit but instead nicks it to the keeper. Nitish Rana c de Kock b Coulter-Nile 5(6)
IPL 2020 LIVE SCORE, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders latest updates: Krunal to Russell. Single from the first ball. Morgan tries the scoop hit but it results in one run only. Pressure is on Russel for not making an impact so far this season but today's a big chance for him to do that. He has already smashed a six early in his innings. Dot to end the over.
Preview: Mumbai Indians take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the 32nd match of the Indian Premier League in Abu Dhabi.
Mumbai Indians love playing against KKR. Before the start of the season, they had their best win percentage (for teams against whom they have played 10 or more matches) against Kolkata – 76 percent, with 19 wins from 25 matches. They continued that dominance with a comprehensive 49-run win over them earlier in this edition at Abu Dhabi and would be looking to get a double on them this season again at the same venue.
And with the way they are playing, there is every chance they can achieve that double. They are on a winning spree and will go into the match on the back of four consecutive wins. In the last match, they beat the formidable DC and it's the all-round contribution that was again the key.
Quinton de Kock has found form, Suryakumar Yadav has looked impressive with two fifties in a row. Ishan Kishan has also timed the ball well. Rohit has been a bit inconsistent but the last time he played against KKR, he made 80 off 54 balls and was named Man of the Match. The middle and lower order can tear attacks apart. So KKR have a lot to ponder about. They need their bowlers to step up after the thumping loss against RCB.
On a slowish Sharjah surface, they conceded an above-par 194 against RCB in their last match and then crumbled to 112/9 in the chase. Their batsmen need to fire after the abject performance. With Tom Banton coming in, Rahul Tripathi was again pushed down the order against RCB but they would look to bring him back to open the innings considering the fact that he had hit 81 against CSK when promoted up the order. Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell all need to raise their game. Maybe KKR should look to push Russell up the order in order to get the best out of him. With the pitches getting slower, KKR might look to bring back Kuldeep Yadav again.
With the form and confidence that MI are in and considering their record over KKR, they start off as favourites.
Mumbai Indians full squad: Rohit Sharma, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Digvijay Deshmukh, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock, Aditya Tare, James Pattinson
Kolkata Knight Riders full squad: Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Ali Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Varun Chakravarthy, Tom Banton, Rahul Tripathi, Chris Green, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik
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