Kolkata Knight Riders 140/7 (20/20 ov)Mumbai Indians 108 (19.1/20 ov)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 32 runs
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Mumbai
Indians RR 5.63
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Last
5 ovs 31/7 RR 6.20
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Required
RR 39.60
So far this season of IPL has been of great amusement and surprise. The match today played between Kolkata and Mumbai was also of
same kind. Kolkata batted first and produced a relatively low total of 140/7. As
usual Gambhir batted for Kolkata he got 27 of 23 with 3 fours and 1 six. McCullum
got the lbw decision and kallis was bowled in the first ball. Tiwary got 41(43)
with 2 fours and 2 six, Pathan also helped somewhat for with his 21(21) with
2 fours. With this pressure they manage to get the score. Losing the
previous two matches KKR were in great pressure . Knight Riders side were
full of spinner and this strategy helped them a lot in this match breaking out 32
runs victory, it was really marvelous effort from the bowler of KKR that guaranteed their place in top four with 19 points and NRR of +.478 even if they lose their
final match.
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| Celebration from Narine. source-ESPNcricinfo |
The way Narine (3.1-15-4) bowled today was really down to earth for Knight Riders. Actually
he is really unpredictable man he can bowl every kind of ball. He took one of
the biggest wicket for KKR i.e Tendulkar 27(24), and he didn’t stop on that other 3 MI batsman were fish on
his net and finally destroyed MI innings. Narine is
really extraordinary, but Balaji´s(4-11-2) spell as well as Kalis´s(4-32-2)
last over back to back wickets, which turn out to be the turning point of the
game.Balaji remains quiet economical through out the game with the economy of
just 2.75. At one stage MI were 2-60 when it was thought the game will be on MI side
but they lost their last 5 wickets just for 12 runs and finished their inning in
just 108/10 in 19.1 over, seems like really lucky day for KKR. About the win
KKR skipper Gambhir said in presentation
ceremony “I don't think we had enough, but after losing two wickets early then
140 was a good total ... If we win the next one we'll be in the top two. If we
had lost this we would have been under pressure. Today's win will give us
confidence."
With
this lose MI might be in great trouble in the point table, now they have got
pressure of winning the coming matches. With this lose they are still on third
on table with 18 points and KKR on second with 19 points.
Tomorrow’s
match
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