Kolkata, In 40th match
of IPL 7 Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by six
wickets in Cuttack. Mumbai Indians retained the playing XI that
beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous game. KKR, on the other hand swapped
Jacques Kallis with Shakib Al Hasan.
Skipper Rohit Sharma struck a fine half-century and guided Mumbai
Indians to a modest 141 for five in their IPL 7 game
against Kolkata Knight Riders here. In his 45-ball 51-run knock,
Rohit struck two sixes and four boundaries to help his team to a modest
total after it struggled to force the pace for a major part of the innings
at the Barabati Stadium. Sunil Narine bowled a very economical final
over, conceding just four runs besides dismissing Rohit.
Sent into bat, Mumbai Indians lost their openers within the first five overs, with Morne Morkel and Shakib Al Hasan accounting
for Chidhambaram Gautam and Lendl Simmons respectively.
Struggling against the pace of Morkel, Gautam charged down the track against the lanky pacer but failed to
clear cover where Suryakumar Yadav took a good catch. Coming in for
Jacques Kallis to strengthened the spin department, Shakib bowled an
arm-ball that kept low and disturbed Simmons' leg stump as the batsman
went for a heave. The wicket ensured the Bangladesh left-arm spinner made
up for a drop catch in the previous over. After reaching 33 off 27
balls, Rayudu holed out at long-on while trying to force the pace, the
successful bowler being Piyush Chawla. He hit 3 fours and a six.
It could have become 70 for four but for Yusuf Pathan's failure to hold on to a sitter at long-on, giving Rohit a
life and Morkel a reason to express anguish. To end the over,
Rohit got a boundary off a top edge. Corey Anderson broke the
shackles with a six and a four off Chawla in the 14th over, the maximum
going long and high over the sight screen. It was a productive over for MI
as they picked 17 runs off it.Sunil Narine came back to bowl a tight over
and peg MI back once again. At the end of the 15th over, Mumbai
were struggling to step on the gas at 99 for three. But Rohit soon
freed his arms to loft Morkel over long off for a six. Another length ball
followed and Rohit effortlessly launched the 146-kmph delivery over extra
cover. Having taken a beating, Morkel had something to cheer about as
he had Anderson caught at midwicket in what was a soft dismissal.
Teams:Kolkata Knight Riders: Robin
Uthappa, G Gambhir (c), Manish Pandey, Ryan ten Doeschate, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib
Al Hasan, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav, Sunil
Narine. Mumbai Indians: Lendl Simmons,
CM Gautam, Ambati Rayudu, Rohit Sharma (c), Kieron Pollard, Corey Anderson,
Aditya Tare, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah, Pragyan Ojha.
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