IPL 2019, KKR vs MI Highlights: Kolkata Knight host Mumbai Indians on Sunday. (PTI Photo)
IPL 2019, KKR vs MI Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians by 34 runs in match 47 of the Indian Premier League on Sunday. KKR were desperately needing a win to stay alive and finally won a game after six matches. They are now fifth on the IPL points table with 10 points. (Full scorecard)
MI’s last match was against CSK where skipper Rohit Sharma returned to form with his first half-century of the IPL as Mumbai Indians crushed Chennai Super Kings by 46 runs. A win against KKR at Eden Gardens in Kolkata would have assured of a playoff berth. But that will surely happen on another day.
Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2019 - Match 47
Kolkata Knight Riders
232/2 (20.0)vs
Mumbai Indians
198/7 (20.0)Match Ended ( Day - Match 47 )
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians by 34 runs
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians by 34 runs
Live Blog
Its all over! KKR overcome Pandya's fireworks to beat MI by 34 runs. KKR win a game after 6 consecutive losses! register their 100th Victory in IPL. KKR have finally snapped out of that dreaded losing streak....can still make it but that won’t be easy. They’ll have to beat MI at Wankhede.
GONE! Pandya falls for an incredible 34-ball 91. Outstanding hitting. End of a magnificent knock from Hardik Pandya. Not many times that you out-bat Andre Russell's 40-ball 80. KKR fans can breathe easy! MI- 185/6, 18 ovs
Stunning fielding from Shubman Gill to save a certain boundary. Is that the gamechanger? 58 runs to defend from 3 overs!
Hardik Pandya keeps Mumbai alive! Smashes 20 runs off Chawla's over. 73 needed in 4 overs- possible?
FIFTY! A 17-ball fifty for Hardik Pandya. Fastest of the season! And he is not done yet!
Fastest 50s for MI in IPL (balls faced):
17 K Pollard v KKR, Mumbai WS, 2016
17 I Kishan v KKR, Kolkata, 2018
17 H Pandya v KKR, Kolkata, 2019
19 Harbhajan v KXIP, Mumbai WS, 2015
Hardik's picking his deliveries and getting the result! Pandya is going down with a fight. Short and down leg, Pandya waits before swiveling across and pulling it over long leg. MI- 108/4 | Mumbai need 125 runs in 48 balls.
SIXXX! Hardik welcomes Chawla to the crease with a maximum down the ground. 18 runs from Chawla's first. MI need 155 from the final 10 overs.
Fifty up in the 8th over! A bit of friendly banter between Andre Russell and Kieron Pollard to end the 9th. MI- 60/4
OUT! Russell strikes with the ball in hand! Evin Lewis departs for 15. A safe pair of hands behind the stumps of Karthik. MI- 41/3
Harry Gurney with an angling delivery that hits Rohit Sharma on the back foot. Appeal for leg before and it has been given out. MI opt for the review. Decision stands! Umpire's call says the ball was hitting the outside of the leg stump. BIG BLOW FOR MI! Rohit is gone for 12 from 9 and MI are 21/2
Dreadful start for Mumbai Indians. Quinton de Kock gets a top edge to Sunil Narine and the chance is grabbed by Russell with utmost ease. He walks back for a duck and MI are 9/1
Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock come down to the middle to get the chase underway. Sandeep Warrier has the ball.
SIX OFF THE LAST BALL! Russell fist-pumps his bat! Its mayhem at Eden Gardens. Andre Russell comes in at No. 3 and smashes his highest score of the season 80 off 46 balls! KKR end on 232/2, highest score in season 12
FIFTY! Eighth IPL fifty for Russell and 200 comes up for KKR.
Andre Russell 50s in IPL 2019:
62(28) vs DD, Delhi - Super over loss
50(44)* vs CSK, Chennai - Lost by seven wkts
65(25) vs RCB, Kolkata - Lost by ten runs
50(30*) vs MI, Kolkata
1 6 6 0 6 1 = 20 runs from the Hardik Pandya over. How much will get KKR get to? KKR-197/2, 18 ovs
SIXXXX! Russell has no mercy for Hardik Pandya and deposits him for back to back sixes. KKR-190/2, 17. 3 ovs
Four | SIX Karthik joins the party and Kolkata are racing towards 200. Bumrah is being taken to the cleaners. KKR- 176/2, 16. 3 ovs
OUT! Shubhman Gill attempts to clear the ground but is caught in the deep. Gill is gone for a well-made 76. Hardik has removed Gill and this is his 100th T20 wicket. KKR- 158/2, 15.2 ovs
Russell has begun his carnage at Eden! Tonks 3 HUGE SIXES of Chahar KKR- 143/3 | Kolkata look set for a score above 200. timeout has been taken!
SIXXXX! Gill dances down the track and lofts Chahar straight over his head! Wonderful shot. KKR-119/1. Meanwhile, Russell survives as Lewis dives forward but doesn't get hold of the ball.
Chris Lynn tries to clear the leg side fence but Evin Lewis completes a fine catch in the deep! Rahul Chahar strikes! He breaks the 96-run opening stand. KKR - 96/1 (9.3)
10th IPL half-century for Chris Lynn and fourth this season. 50 in 27 balls with 7 fours and 2 Sixes. Sran concedes 13 from his second. KKR have raced away to 89/0 after nine overs.
Lynn and Gill have put on a strong opening stand. MI need to break this. Lynn looks brutal tonight and we might be in for a treat. KKR - 63/0, 7 ovs
A flying Pollard dives at mid-off but spills the ball. Lynn gets a life A welcome relief for KKR. And Gill adds insult to injury with a four. KKR- 50/0 | Powerplay Ends
After a quiet spell, Lynn frees his arms and smacks 2 boundaries off Krunal. KKR- 31/0
A quiet over after the first one from Krunal! Just 2 come from it! Malinga follows it up with another miserly over.
Stands and delivers! Barinder Sran pulls on his front foot and clears the park! Shubman Gill smashes 2 fours and a six from Sran's first over. KKR- 14/0
Gill flicks it off his pads and it races to the ropes. No chance for Pollard. But he is not done yet and slaps the next one past cover. WHAT A START FOR KKR
Rohit Sharma leads MI for the 100th time. Zaheer Khan rings the bell and we are ready to play. Lynn and Gill open for KKR. HERE WE GO!
C Lynn, S Narine, R Uthappa, S Gill, N Rana, D Karthik, R Singh, A Russell, P Chawla, H Gurney, S Warrier
Rohit (C), de kock (WK), Lewis, Surya, Pollard, Hardik, Krunal, Chahar, Malinga, Bumrah, Sran.
Mumbai Indians have opted to bowl at Eden Gardens! Will they extend their winning streak against KKR?
Hello and Welcome to our live blog of Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians from the Eden Gardens. KKR desperately needing a win to stay alive. Sitting sixth in the IPL points table, KKR are now equal to RCB and RR with 8 points each. Stay tuned for live updates.