IPL 2021, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians live blog: Russell helps KKR bowl MI out for 152
Updates from match No 5 in the Indian Premier League.

Live updates
KKR 4/0 after 1 over (Rana 4, Gill 0): Four off the first ball from Boult and nothing off the remaining five balls. Rana is off the mark.
#IPL2021 #MumbaiIndians
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) April 13, 2021
vs KKR:
Suryakumar Yadav: 56 runs off 36 balls, 9.33 RPO
Rest of the batting lineup: 89 runs off 84 balls, 6.46 RPO
KKR openers are on the field to begin the chase.
Last time Mumbai Indians got bowled out in an IPL match was in 2018.
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) April 13, 2021
Last time they got bowled out BATTING FIRST was in 2014. #KKRvMI #MIvKKR
Best bowling figures in the IPL
POS | PLAYER | Ov | Runs | Wkts | Against | Venue | Match Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alzarri Joseph | 3.4 | 12 | 6 | SRH | Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium | 06 April 2019 |
2 | Sohail Tanvir | 4 | 14 | 6 | CSK | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | 04 May 2008 |
3 | Adam Zampa | 4 | 19 | 6 | SRH | ACA-VDCA Stadium | 10 May 2016 |
4 | Anil Kumble | 3.1 | 5 | 5 | RR | Newlands | 18 April 2009 |
5 | Ishant Sharma | 3 | 12 | 5 | KTK | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 27 April 2011 |
6 | Lasith Malinga | 3.4 | 13 | 5 | DC | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 10 April 2011 |
7 | Ankit Rajpoot | 4 | 14 | 5 | SRH | Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium | 26 April 2018 |
8 | Andre Russell | 2 | 15 | 5 | MI | Chidambaram | 13 April 2021 |
9 | James Faulkner | 4 | 16 | 5 | SRH | Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium | 17 May 2013 |
10 | Ravindra Jadeja | 4 | 16 | 5 | DEC | ACA-VDCA Stadium | 07 April 2012 |
Dre Russ’ strike rate for that 5-fer (2.40) is less than his average for the 5-fer (3.00)
— Tareque Laskar (@tarequelaskar) April 13, 2021
2-0-15-5
Stellar comeback from #KKRHaiTaiyaar 38/7 in the last five overs. Five wickets for Russell. It looks like that the innings from Surya came in a different match...In a different year. #KKRvMI #IPL2021
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 13, 2021
Andre Russell at the death in #IPL2021 :
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) April 13, 2021
24 balls
32 runs
6 wickets
Econ: 8.00 - Balls per wicket: 4#KKRvMI
1 - Andre Russell (@KKRiders) has just claimed the best #IPL figures ever recorded at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium (5/15 v MI). Finisher. #IPL2021 #KKRvMI
— OptaJeev (@OptaJeev) April 13, 2021
Andre Russell 5/15 in 2 overs!
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) April 13, 2021
First ever five-plus-wicket haul in the history IPL in fewer than 18 balls bowled. #IPL2021
Andre Russell finishes with 5/15 in 2 overs. His best ever figures in T20 cricket. He did well at the death against SRH too. KKR look dangerous with DreRuss bowling this well.#IPL2021 #KKRvsMI
— Aditya Chaturvedi (@aditya_c19) April 13, 2021
MI 152 all out after 20 overs (Boult 0): WICKET! Another wicket for Russell, who finished with 5 for 15 in 2 overs. The wickets just meant that MI got no momentum in the last few overs. Rahul Chahar c Shubman Gill b Russell 8(7)
MI 150/9 after 19.4 overs (Chahar 6): WICKET! Bumrah gone for a golden duck, caught in the deep. Russell is on a hat-trick. Bumrah c Shakib b Russell 0(1)
MI 150/8 after 19.3 overs (Chahar 6): WICKET! After two back-to-back fours, Krunal falls to the slower bouncer from Russell. Krunal Pandya c Prasidh b Russell 15(9)
MI 142/7 after 19 overs (Krunal 7, Chahar 6): Another poor over by Prasidh. He just hasn’t found his line today. Can MI get to 150?
From the highs of the death overs last season, to this. Teams have obviously planned better against MI for these death over phases.
— Clive (@_vanillawallah) April 13, 2021
MI 126/7 after 17.3 overs (Krunal 1): WICKET! Jansen finds the fielder in the deep as Russell gets his second wicket of the over. Marco Jansen c Cummins b Russell 0(1)
MI 125/6 after 17.2 overs (Krunal 1): WICKET! Pollard gone too. Edges it to the keeper. Russell gets the wicket. MI losing too many wickets at regular intervals. Pollard c Karthik b Russell 5(8)
Have they used the same strip at Chennai for every game so far?
— Snehal Pradhan (@SnehalPradhan) April 13, 2021
MI 123/5 after 16.2 overs (Pollard 4): WICKET! Now, Hardik gone too. Prasidh gets a wicket. MI in some trouble. Slower ball did the trick. Hardik Pandya c Russell b Prasidh 15(17)
Two big-hitters in the middle – Hardik and Pollard. How many more can MI get in the last 4 overs? 119/4 after 16 overs.
Once again, @patcummins30 delivers for his captain. MI now looking in trouble.
— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) April 13, 2021
So #KKR now have a three-spin attack including a retired 40-year-old off-spinner.
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) April 13, 2021
And Kuldeep Yadav still cannot get into the playing XI. That’s telling. #KKRvMI #IPL2021
MI 115/4 after 15.2 overs (Hardik 11): WICKET! Cummins gets Rohit. Played on. The MI skipper never really got going today. Rohit b Cummins 43(32)
MI 114/3 after 15 overs (Rohit 43, Hardik 10): End of Varun’s spell. Just 27 runs and one wicket. Morgan will be pleased with the effort. Rohit is starting to look a little better in the middle.
Rohit had to escape that spin attack to be around this period to take on the pace overload. But escaping spin at that SR can only be justified by him absolutely destroying Russell and Prasidh here.
— Alagappan Vijayakumar (@IndianMourinho) April 13, 2021
MI 106/3 after 14 overs (Rohit 36, Hardik 9): Prasidh back into the attack and MI take him for runs again. 12 runs from the over. Prasidh has conceded 28 runs in his 2 overs so far.
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MI 94/3 after 13 overs (Rohit 29, Hardik 4): Just three runs off the Varun over. Keeping things tight. MI looking for the one big over that will help them break the shackles.
MI 91/3 after 12 overs (Rohit 28, Hardik 2): MI are in a spot of bother here. Will Rohit look to play a few shots or will he look to anchor one end down and let Hardik, Pollard and the others go for the big shots?
Suryakumar Yadav's last eight IPL scores:
— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) April 13, 2021
40, 79*, 12*, 36, 51, 19, 31, 56 (today)
Since the start of IPL 2019, he has been dismissed in single figures only four times.#IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/MZhJoxuxf4
MI 88/3 after 11.1 overs (Rohit 27): WICKET! Cummins gets Kishan with the short ball. He hooked it straight to the fielder in the deep. Ishan Kishan c Prasidh b Cummins 1(3)
Hardik Pandya was all of us after that 99m-six by SKY. 😲 pic.twitter.com/mNq7gs69WX
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) April 13, 2021
Typical Shakib performance. You ask yourself if he did anything and then see 4-0-23-1.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 13, 2021
MI 86/2 after 10.2 overs (Rohit 26): WICKET! The one that KKR wanted badly but a superb innings by Suryakumar. With Rohit struggling to get going, he just took one for the team. Realised he had to keep playing the big shots. Shakib was a bit too smart and Gill took a good catch in the deep. Suryakumar Yadav c Shubman Gill b Shakib 56(36)
Rohit Sharma batting average against current IPL opposition:
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) April 13, 2021
v KKR: 50.68
v PBKS: 33.45
v DC: 32.72
v RCB: 29.83
v CSK: 28.68
v RR: 23.33
v SRH: 17.46#IPL2021 #KKRvMI
MI 81/1 after 10 overs (Rohit 25, Suryakumar 52): Another fine over by Cummins or at least it looked like that until Sky hammered another six out of the top drawer to get to his fifty off just 33 balls. 99 metres. The shot got Hardik Pandya on his feet. Once again, just picked it up... went high and deep into the stands.
Put that Surya shot in a loop and watch it every day.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 13, 2021
MI 70/1 after 9 overs (Rohit 23, Suryakumar 43): A really slow and steady knock by Rohit so far. MI will want him to get a move on soon. His 23 has come off 18 balls.
MI 64/1 after 8 overs (Rohit 20, Suryakumar 40): The 50-run stand between these two batsmen has come off 35 balls. Prasidh Krishna starts off with a 16-run over which included a stunning six by Sky, who just walked across his stumps and picked up the ball with ridiculous ease.
Credit to KKR, have made run scoring really tough for the MI batsmen. Not many bad balls on offer.
— Clive (@_vanillawallah) April 13, 2021
#MI win 54% of the matches they play in which they lose one or fewer wickets in the Powerplay.#IPL2021 #KKRvMI
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) April 13, 2021
MI 48/1 after 7 overs (Rohit 19, Suryakumar 25): Another solid over by Shakib, who has conceded just 10 runs in his two overs so far.
Excellent pressure building tactic to bowl Cummins in the all important 6th over. SKY couldn’t pick up the off side gaps. 42-1 is a decent start. Interested to see KKR’s middle overs tactics.
— Static_357 (@Static_a357) April 13, 2021
MI 42/1 after 6 overs (Rohit 16, Suryakumar 22): Cummins started off with three dot balls and then Sky swung his arms at one and got it through the off-side for a four. Another single off the last ball made it a five-run over. Good Powerplay for KKR.
These #KKR guys have been working overtime on match-ups? Spin in the first five overs.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 13, 2021
And Pat Cummins comes into the attack after five overs of spin.
Chennai Super Kings are the only team in IPL history to have bowled an entire Powerplay consisting exclusively of spin.
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) April 13, 2021
They did so in their match against KKR in 2014 which they went on to win.#IPL2021 #KKRvMI
MI 37/1 after 5 overs (Rohit 16, Suryakumar 17): Chakaravarthy concedes a four off the last ball of the over. Rohit brings the sweep out and picks the gap in the field.
MI 28/1 after 4 overs (Rohit 10, Suryakumar 15): Fine over by Shakib al-Hasan, who was just brought into the attack. Just 4 runs off it.
Suryakumar Yadav v Harbhajan in all T20 cricket:
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) April 13, 2021
59 balls
96 runs
1 wicket
Strike rate: 163#IPL2021 #KKRvMI
MI 24/1 after 3 overs (Rohit 8, Suryakumar 13): Sky starts off with a sweep for four off Bhajji and then follows it up with two more boundaries in the over. One on the leg-side and the other on the off-side. Brilliant batting.
MI 10/1 after 2 overs (Rohit 8): WICKET! Varun Chakaravarthy from the other end. Morgan not wanting to give QdK or Rohit any pace to work with and it worked. QdK gets a top edge and Rahul Tripathi takes a fine catch in the deep. de Kock c Tripathi b Chakravarthy 2(6)
MI 3/0 after 1 over (Rohit 1, de Kock 2): Harbhajan starts things off for KKR with a tidy three-run over.
19.28 pm: Players are taking the field. Almost time for the game to begin.
Chennai is a haven for spin bowlers, and in every previous season of IPL spin bowlers have had a better economy rate than pace bowlers.
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) April 13, 2021
In the two matches played in Chennai from #IPL2021 , spinners have been more expensive than pace.
Pace econ: 8.46
Spin econ: 8.51#MIvKKR
The two are all set for Match 5 of #VIVOIPL.
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 13, 2021
Who are you rooting for? 💜💙#KKRvMI pic.twitter.com/eTlMNdCr1r
19.19 pm: The head-to-head record everyone is talking about.
Matches played : 27
MI won : 21
KKR won : 6
MILESTONE ALERT: A half-century of games in Purple and Gold for our own @Sah75official 💜
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 13, 2021
50 - Trent Boult is set to make his 50th appearance in the #IPL. Caps. #IPL2021 #KKRvMI pic.twitter.com/Wttm93VNYx
— OptaJim (@OptaJim) April 13, 2021
19.05 pm: Playing XIs
No changes for KKR.
Kolkata Knight Riders XI: S Gill, N Rana, R Tripathi, E Morgan, D Karthik, S Al Hasan, A Russell, P Cummins, H Singh, V Chakaravarthy, P Krishna
One change for MI. Chris Lynn misses out, Quinton de Kock is back for MI.
Mumbai Indians XI: Q de Kock, R Sharma, S Yadav, I Kishan, H Pandya, K Pollard, K Pandya, M Jansen, R Chahar, J Bumrah, T Boult
Toss
Eoin Morgan wins the toss and KKR are going to have a bowl first. Batting seems to get easier later.
Pre-match
Mumbai’s previous match: AB de Villiers plays a blinder to help RCB defeat MI in thriller
Kolkata’s previous match: Clinical KKR prevail as Sunrisers fall short
KKR vs MI preview: Morgan’s team hope to get it right against Rohit’s slow starters
#IPL2021 #Poll
— The Field (@thefield_in) April 13, 2021
Match 5: #KKR or #MumbaiIndians ?
06.45 pm: Hello and welcome to the live coverage of match No 5 of Indian Premier League 2021. In what is a lop-sided rivalry in the history of the tournament, Eoin Morgan’s Kolkata Knight Riders will believe that they can tilt the equation a tiny bit on their favour tonight in Chennai. Defending champions Mumbai Indians, as has become customary now, lost the first match of the tournament. Rohit Sharma and Co will have their task cut out against KKR. What’s in store tonight at Chepauk?
Hello and welcome to Match 5 of the #VIVOIPL
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 13, 2021
The Eoin Morgan-led #KKR will square off against #MumbaiIndians led by Rohit Sharma.
Which team are you rooting for?#KKRvMI pic.twitter.com/iLYv4dD9BU