IPL 2021, KKR vs MI Live Score.IPL 2021, KKR vs MI Live Cricket Match Score Online Updates: The match no. 5 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Mumbai Indians (MI) will be broadcast on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD and the live streaming will be available on Hotstar. MI suffer a batting collapse in death overs as they were bundled out for 152. Andre Russell got a five-wicket haul after bowling just two overs in the back end of the innings. Suryakumar Yadav scored a half-century and shared a 76-run partnership with Rohit Sharma for the second wicket.
Skipper Rohit scored 43 but lost his wicket just when he was accelerating. Krunal Pandya’s cameo towards the end helped MI get past the 150-run mark and post a respectable total. Hardik Pandya played a slow 15-run knock as well. The other seven batsmen failed to register a double-digit score. Eoin Morgan was spot on with his bowling changes and field placements. Apart from Russell, Pat Cummins got a couple of wickets whereas Varun Chakravarthy, Shakib Al Hasan and Prasidh Krishna got one wicket each.
Match 5, M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, 13 Apr, 2021
Matthew Hayden says this is "brainless cricket". Shakib Al Hasan did not need to hit a big shot there. Krunal Pandya gets his first wicket. KKR 122/5 after 15.1 overs
Rahul Chahar bowls his final over. Four runs off the first three balls. FOUR BYES! That one beats everyone. Shakib survives but Quinton de Kock is surprised by the bounce and drift Rahul got. He deserved a wicket there. Shakib gets a single off the next ball. STUMPED! Chahar gets another, beats Rana with a googly. He departs for 57. KKR 122/4 after 15 overs
Rohit starts his over. He cramps Shakib Al Hasan for room and he almost chops it on to his wickets. The underedge off Shakib's bat runs to the boundary. Meanwhile, this is Rohit's first over in IPL since 2014. Make no mistake he has a hat-trick bowling for Deccan Charges in the IPL. Five singles more from the over. KKR 113/3 after 14 overs
Shakib Al Hasan, another left-handed batsman comes to the crease. Shakib gets promoted up the order ahead of Andre Russell and Dinesh Karthik. Chahar finishes the over with a dot ball. Rohit Sharma introduces himself into the attack but twists his ankle before bowling the first ball. Rohit is getting some medical attention on the field. He wants right-arm off-spinner bowling to two left-handers. KKR 104/3 after 13 overs
Rahul Chahar continues, the only wicket-taker for Mumbai tonight. FOUR! That was a poor delivery and Rana plays it fine for a boundary. A dot ball to follow. He gets a single and gets to his 13th IPL fifty. He has been in excellent form of late. He reaches there from 40 deliveries. A single off the next ball. WICKET! Eoin Morgan hits big but not big enough. Chahar gets his third wicket of the night. KKR 104/3 after 12.5 overs
Jasprit Bumrah back in attack. A single for Eoin Morgan. FOUR! That one hits the pads of Rana and runs to the boundary. He takes a quick single off the next one. FOUR! Morgan plays the uppercut. Bumrah has been ordinary tonight so far. Two more singles from the over. KKR 97/2 after 12 overs
Eoin Morgan comes to bat. The skipper comes to take on the leg spinner. He gets beaten by Rahul Chahar's wrong one straight away. Morgan gets off the mark with a single off the final ball of the over. KKR 85/2 after 11 overs
Rahul Chahar continues. Nitish Rana gets a single off the first ball. Rahul Tripathi tries to play a scoop shot, gets a couple of runs. WICKET! Chahar squares Tripathi up. He edges the ball to wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock. Second wicket for Chahar. KKR 84/2 after 10.3 overs
Rahul Tripathi, the half-centurion of the previous game comes to bat. Tripathi takes the aerial route off the first delivery but the ball lands safe, a single for him. Trent Boult is back in attack. This shows how desperate are Mumbai for wickets in middle overs. Three singles off the first three balls. FOUR! Rana picks the short ball and hits it towards the deep midwicket boundary. A single to end the over. KKR 81/1 after 10 overs
Leg spinner Rahul Chahar into the attack. FOUR! Gill gets a boundary straight away. Not a great start for the leggie. Two dot balls to follow. SIX! That was as clean as they get. A huge hit from Gill's bat. WICKET! Gill over attacks and pays the price for it. Gill gets caught at long-off. KKR 72/0 after 8.4 overs
Kieron Pollard introduced into the attack. Nitish Rana goes for a reverse sweep but misses the ball. Pollard comes round the wicket, another dot ball. SIX! Rana picks the short ball and hits it for a maximum. That will release some pressure. FOUR! Rana makes room for himself and beats the fielder in the deep. This is turning out to be an expensive over. The opposite of what Mumbai want at this stage.12 runs from the over. KKR 62/0 after 8 overs
Krunal Pandya continues. Krunal does well to stop the flow of boundaries. Five singles from his second over. KKR 50/0 after 7 overs
Marco Jansen back in attack. Nitish Rana picks up a quick single. Jansen misses the chance to run out Shubman Gill there. A dot ball to follow. FOUR! Gill lofts it over the in-field for a boundary. FOUR! Short ball from Jansen, Gill pulls it away from the fielder in the deep for another boundary. Jansen comes round the wicket, a dot ball to Gill. FOUR! Gill moves towards off stump and plays it straight back past the bowler for a boundary. Expensive last over of powerplay. KKR 45/0 after 6 overs
Krunal Pandya into the attack. He starts off with a wide and Quinton de Kock misses it as well. Two runs already from the over. Just two more singles from the over, good start for Krunal. KKR 32/0 after 5 overs
Jasprit Bumrah into the attack. He comes round the wicket to Nitish Rana. A dot ball to start with. FOUR! That was too straight from Bumrah and Rana uses the pace to get the boundary. Two dot balls to follow. Change of pace from Bumrah. Rana takes a single. FOUR! Beautiful strike down the ground. Shubman Gill gets his first boundary. KKR 28/0 after 4 overs
Trent Boult continues, Nitish Rana on strike. SIX! Rana dances down the track, makes room for himself and hits the ball over cover-point for a maximum. Phenomenal shot from the man-in-form. He drives the next one but finds the fielder on the edge of the circle, a dot ball. FOUR! That was lofted over the on-side fielders inside the circle for a boundary. Two dot balls to follow. Rana gets a single off the slower bouncer, retains strike. KKR 19/0 after 3 overs
Nitish Rana and Shubman Gill are at the crease. Nitish Rana is on strike. Boult will open the attack. And it's a four off the first ball as Rana drives Boult through the off. KKR 4/0 after 1 over
WICKET! Jasprit Bumrah comes to bat, takes the aerial route and finds the man in the deep. Andre Russell on a hat-trick. Trent Boult comes to the crease, plays a similar shot but the ball lands in front of the fielder. A couple of runs for him. WICKET! Andre Russell has a five-wicket haul. MI 152 all out
Andre Russell bowls the final over. FOUR! Krunal Pandya goes for the big shot and finds the gap on the on side. Good start to the final over. FOUR! He gets that one fine, away from the short third man fielder. Another boundary for Krunal. WICKET! Slower bouncer gets the wicket. Prasidh Krishna takes an easy catch at the short fine leg. Krunal out for 15. MI 150/7 after 19.3 overs
Krishna continues. Rahul Chahar goes deep into the crease and works the ball towards the onside for a couple of runs. Mumbai need to get past at least 150 here. Chahar gets a single off the next ball. FOUR! That was a gift from Krishna on the pads of Krunal Pandya. FOUR! Short ball and Krunal gets a top edge. Consecutive boundaries for Krunal. He takes a single off the next delivery. A dot ball to finish the over. MI 142/7 after 19 overs