IPL 2021, KKR vs MI Live Score.IPL 2021, KKR vs MI Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) suffered a batting collapse in the run chase as they lost to Mumbai Indians (MI) by 10 runs. KKR’s middle order collapse undone the hard work of Nitish Rana up the order. Rana hit his second fifty of the season scoring 57 runs from 47 deliveries. He shared a 72 run opening partnership with Shubman Gill who scored 33 runs from 24 deliveries. Apart from the openers, none of the KKR batsmen registered a double-digit score. Rahul Chahar was the top wicket-taker with four wickets from his four overs for 27 runs. In the final over, Trent Boult took two wickets defending 15 runs.
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
What a turnaround this has been for Mumbai Indians. KKR went from 122/3 in 15th over to 140/7 as they lost the game by 10 runs. Once again, MI show why they have won five IPL titles.
BOWLED! Trent Boult gets Pat Cummins' wicket with a perfect yorker. The Kiwi bowler is on a hat-trick now. Harbhajan Singh is the new man in, he hits the ball over mid-off but does not get the distance. A couple of runs. Boult ends with a dot ball. KKR 142/7 after 20 overs
Trent Boult bowls the final over of the innings. Andre Russell goes for the big shot but gets an inside edge, just a single. Dinesh Karthik for some kind of reverse shot but could not hit the slower short ball past the short third man, just a single again. WICKET! Caught and bowled. Russell gone! Brilliant stuff from Boult. KKR need 13 runs from 3 balls now. KKR 140/6 after 19.3 overs
Jasprit Bumrah bowls the penultimate over. Just four singles from the over. Dinesh Karthik fails to get bat on the final two deliveries trying to slog. That's what Rohit expected from Bumrah in the penultimate over. KKR need 15 runs from the final over. They have two big-hitters in the middle. Will they get it? KKR 138/5 after 19 overs
Krunal Pandya continues. Dinesh Karthik gets a single. A dot ball to follow. DROPPED! Jasprit Bumrah puts down Andre Russell's catch. That is a big drop in death overs. This just may be the match. Just one more single from the over. Russell is clearly struggling against spin. Amazing spell from Krunal. He gave just 13 runs from 4 overs and picked up a wicket. KKR 134/5 after 18 overs
Jasprit Bumrah back in the attack. His overs are going to be crucial now. Dinesh Karthik defends the first delivery and then takes a single. Andre Russell on strike, he faces his fourth dot delivery. But he can make up for it with a few big hits. Bumrah beats the bat this time, another dot ball. Wait, it's a no ball. Free hit for Russell. This is the right time for Russell to get off the mark. FOUR! He hits his first boundary. Freebie from Bumrah. A single to follow. Karthik takes a single off the last ball as well. KKR 131/5 after 17 overs
The two quick wickets have suddenly infused life in this match. Krunal Pandya bowls with an attacking field to Andre Russell and almost gets his wicket with a return catch. The match is very much alive with 30 runs still needed from 24 deliveries. KKR 123/5 after 16 overs
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
Rahul Chahar is the new batsman in. He is on the non-striker's end. Just two more singles and a couple of runs from the over. Exceptional over from Russell at the death. MI 130/7 after 18 overs
Andre Russell surprises new batsman Marco Jansen with a bouncer. The umpire calls it wide. WICKET! Jansen plays into the hands of Russell. Perfect field placement and an easy catch for Pat Cummins in the deep. MI 126/7 after 17.3 overs
Big man Andre Russell gets the wicket of big man Kieron Pollard. Russell comes from round the wicket in the 18th over and forces an outside edge off Pollard's bat. The Caribbean all-rounder departs after scoring just 5 runs. MI 125/6 after 17.2 overs
Krunal Pandya comes to the crease. He gets off the mark off the second ball he faces, just guides the ball towards the third man. Kieron Pollard defends the rising short delivery, no run. He gets a quick single off the next one, retains strike. Terrific comeback from Krishna after taking a beating in the first two overs. MI 125/5 after 17 overs
Prasidh Krishna to bowl his third over despite expensive first two overs. FOUR! Hardik Pandya puts the pressure on Krishna with a boundary off the first ball. WICKET! Hardik tries to hit it over the mid-off fielder but fails to get the distance. Hardik departs for 15. Krishna finally gets a wicket. MI 123/5 after 16.2 overs
Kieron Pollard comes to the crease and almost loses his wicket after a mix-up with Hardik Pandya in an attempt to take quick single. Cummins beats Pollard with the line and the angle. Pat Cummins is coming to his own in this season. FOUR! Lucky inside edge for Pollard as he gets his first boundary. He leaves the last ball of the over in a hilarious fashion. Cummins finishes his spell with two wickets and 24 runs from 4 overs. MI 119/4 after 16 overs
Pat Cummins bowls his final over. Cummins surprises Hardik Pandya with bounce, just a single. Played on! Rohit Sharma drags the slower ball from outside off stump to his stumps. The off cutter gets the better of Rohit just when he was starting to accelerate. Second wicket for Cummins tonight. Rohit departs for 43. MI 115/4 after 15.2 overs
Varun Chakravarthy bowls his final over. Just two singles off the first four balls of the over. FOUR! Deftest of touches from Rohit Sharma to beat the short third man fielder. Next ball, Rohit sweeps but did not get enough power on it to carry it to the ropes. A couple of runs to end the over. MI 114/3 after 15 overs
Prasidh Krishna back in attack. He was taken to the cleaners by Surya in the first over. Krishna bowls two dot balls to Hardik Pandya using the hard length. FOUR! Hardik gets a boundary off the 11th ball he faces. A single to follow. SIX! First maximum from Rohit Sharma's bat. He pulls the short ball off his front foot. Will Rohit break free now? A single to end the over, 12 runs from it. It seems like Krishna won't complete his quota of four overs if Russell bowls. MI 106/3 after 14 overs
Varun Chakravarthy back in the attack. Hardik Pandya gets a single off the second ball. Rohit Sharma also follows the same pattern, a single after a dot ball. Hardik defends, not even trying to hit it for a boundary. A single to end the over, just three runs from it. MI 94/3 after 13 overs
Hardik Pandya comes in to bat. He gets a single off the second ball he faces. Rohit dabs the short ball for a single towards third man. He is still batting on 28. Hardik plays another dot ball. He gets a single off the last ball of the over. Perfect over from Cummins, three runs and a wicket from it. MI 91/3 after 12 overs
Ishan Kishan falls into the trap. Pat Cummins bowls a short ball and Kishan tries to hit it for a maximum. Kishan could not get enough power on it and it lands straight into fine leg fielder Prasidh Krishna's hands. Mi 88/3 after 11.1 overs
Ishan Kishan comes to bat, he is on the non-striker's end. Rohit gets another single. In the 11th over, he still has not been able to reach his 30s. Kishan gets off the mark with a single from the second ball he faces. MI 88/2 after 11 overs
Shakib continues. This will be the last over of his spell. Rohit takes a single off the first ball. FOUR! Finally, a boundary off Shakib. Surya plays it fine and the ball runs to third man boundary. WICKET! That one went miles into the sky and Shubman Gill holds on to it. Surya departs for 56 and Shakib gets the key wicket. MI 86/2 after 10.3 overs
Pat Cummins back to bowl his second over. Still no Andre Russell. Eoin Morgan saving him for the second half of the innings. Just three singles off the first four balls. SIX! Surya launches that one into orbit. Once again, just uses the pace and hits it on the on side. That was 99 metres. Also, Surya brings up his half-century from 33 deliveries. A couple of runs to end the over. MI 81/1 after 10 overs
Shakib continues. Another terrific over from the left-arm spinner. Just six singles from it. So far, Shakib has given 16 runs from three overs. This is excellent as per T20 standards. MI 70/1 after 9 overs
Prasidh Krishna into the attack. Rohit gets a single off the first ball through covers. A dot ball to follow to Surya. SIX! That was casually flicked by Surya for a six. It hits the boundary on the full. 50 up for MI. FOUR! That is as easy as it gets, just hits the ball towards the deep extra cover boundary. FOUR! Unlucky for Prasidh as the edge goes past the wicketkeeper for another boundary. 50-run partnership for Rohit and Surya. A single to finish the expensive over, 16 runs from it. MI 64/1 after 8 overs
Shakib Al Hasan back in attack, Suryakumar gets a single off the first ball. A quick single for Rohit off the next one. Surya pushes the ball through offside, gets another single. Rohit plays it fine but gets just a single. Surya tries to beat the fielder in the deep but settles with just a single. A misfield in the deep but Rohit takes just a single. Good over from Shakib, six singles from it. MI 48/1 after 7 overs
Like the first game, Pat Cummins comes to bowl the final over of the powerplay overs. He bowls a hard length, a dot ball to start with. Next ball, bit fuller and aimed at stumps, Suryakumar Yadav defends it, another dot ball. Change of pace from Cummins, Suryakumar could not hit it past the short cover fielder. FOUR! Some width on offer this time and Suryakuar throws his bat at that one. He beats the point fielder and gets another boundary. Yet another dot ball from Cummins, he has bowled well so far. A single to end the over. MI 42/1 after 6 overs
Varun Chakravarthy bowls from the other end. Just five singles off the first five deliveries. FOUR! Rohit Sharma plays a lofted sweep and finds his second boundary of the innings. MI 37/1 after 5 overs
Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan into the attack. Rohit Sharma and Suryakymar Yadav work the ball away for singles and struggle to find the gap. Just four singles from the over. MI 28/1 after 4 overs
Suryakumar Yadav comes to bat. A dot ball to start with as he pushes the ball towards mid-off fielder. FOUR! Suryakumar sweeps from outside the off stump and manages to get a boundary, aggression from him straight away. FOUR! This time he teases the long-on fielder and gets another boundary. A dot ball to follow. FOUR! SKY finds the gap this time on the offside, third boundary of the over for him. He chips the last delivery for a single. 13 runs from the over. MI 24/1 after 3 overs
Another off-spinner, Varun Chakravarthy opens the bowling from the other end. He starts off with a dot ball. FOUR! That was fast and marginally short, Rohit gets on the back foot and hits it over the on side field for a boundary. He works it fine on the next delivery, gets a couple of runs. A fuller delivery to follow with width on offer but Rohit could not hit it past the point fielder. A single to follow, could have been two runs but Quinton de Kock said no. WICKET! De Kock goes for the big shot but hits it straight into the air. Rahul Tripathi takes the catch and the Proteas batsman is back in the hut after scoring just two runs. MI 10/1 after 2 overs
Harbhajan Singh to Rohit Sharma, a single off the first ball towards on side. Quinton de Kock on strike, a slip in place for him. A dot ball as De Kock could not hit it past the point fielder. He works the next ball into the gap on the on side, gets a couple of runs. Another dot ball as De Kock sent back by Rohit. Harbhajan bowling well here, third dot ball of the over. A leading edge from De Kock's wicket, another dot. Harbhajan likely to continue his spell in powerplay overs. MI 3/0 after 1 over
Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock walk out to open the innings for Mumbai Indians. As expected, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh opens the bowling for Kolkata Knight Riders.
Chris Lynn could not impress on his MI debut with a 49-run knock. Quinton de Kock walks into the side straight out of quarantine. Maybe MI are more comfortable with the left-right hand combination at the top. Also De Kock has been impressive for the franchise in previous seasons.
Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Marco Jansen, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w), Shakib Al Hasan, Pat Cummins, Harbhajan Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy
Eoin Morgan wins toss, elects to field first.
Kieron Pollard is just two sixes away from completing 200 sixes in IPL. Pollard will become the sixth batsman to achieve this feat. If Pollard goes on a six-hitting spree, he may also surpass Virat Kohli's tally of 201 sixes. The Caribbean all-rounder also needs three more boundaries to reach 200 fours in IPL.
Harbhajan Singh opened the bowling for KKR against SRH. Eoin Morgan did not give Harbhajan another over for the remainder of the match. There was a dropped catch in his over as well. It will be interesting to see if Harbhajan opens against Rohit Sharma and Chris Lynn as well.