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In a fascinating contest, Kolkata Knight Riders failed to chase down Mumbai Indians' 152 as the defending champions registered their first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. Chasing a tricky target, the two-time champions were in control but with opener Nitish Rana playing a controlled knock of 57 runs from 47 balls. But once Rana's departure, KKR lost wickets in quick succession to finally end their innings at 142/7. Rahul Chahar took four wickets for 27 runs. Needing 15 from the last over, Trent Boult started with a single to Andre Russell. Then the Kiwi quick dismiss Russell and Pat Cummins off successive balls. Earlier, Russell took a fifer, his best figures in T20 cricket (5 fo 15 in two overs) to restrict the five-time champions to 152 all out. Suryakumar Yadav hit 56 off 36 and skipper Rohit played a subdue knock of 43 from 32. Get live cricket scores of KKR vs MI here.
9:18 PM IST: Sensational short spell from Andre Russell. Five wickets in two overs for just 15 runs, and Mumbai Indians are all out for 152.
7:06 PM IST: KKR are unchanged. One change for MI with Quinton de Kock coming in for Chris Lynn. Here are the playing XIs:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Pat Cummins, Harbhajan Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Marco Jansen, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.
7:02 OM IST: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan wins the toss and opts to bowl first against Mumbai Indians.
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