IPL 2013: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians - As it happened...

Mumbai Indians held their nerves during the death overs as they beat defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets.

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SCORECARD» I COMMENTARY» I MATCH REPORT» ==================================================================================== POINTS TABLE» I SCHEDULE» ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 20 II Score: 162/5 Rajat Bhatia to bowl the final over. He must be under tremendous pressure now. So are the two batsmen in the middle. And Pollard has been caught by Manoj Tiwary at long off off the first delivery! He scored 33 (24b, 4X2, 6X1). Harbhajan Singh is the new man in the middle. And Rayudu takes the aerial route and Tiwary dives to claim the catch! Has he caught that? No! He hasn't! Now Bhajji on strike and he has deposited it over the midwicket boundary for a maximum! Superb shot! Bhajji takes a single off the next and Rayudu hits the winning run off the fifth delivery as MI beat KKR by five wickets! In fact he has hit a boundary. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 19 II Score: 150/4 12 deliveries remaining in the innings. Balaji will bowl the penultimate over. A misfield by Pathan in the deep allows MI Rayudu to take a couple. Another misfield by Pathan inside the 30-yard circle allows Pollard to steal a single. Pressure situation! Five more runs off the next four takes the total to 150. 10 runs needed off the final over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 18 II Score: 142/4 Senanayake is back. Pollard launches the fourth delivery high over long on for a maximum! 10 runs from the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 17 II Score: 132/4 Sunil Narine to bowl his final over. Four runs off his first three deliveries scored with the help of two singles and a couple. Rohit paddle sweeps him for a boundary off his fourth delivery. He misses the fifth delivery while attempting a cut. OUT! And Sharma has been caught and bowled by Narine off his final delivery of the night! A leading edge caught by Narine as Sharma looked to work it on his legside. He scored 34 (28b, 4X1, 6X2). Ambati Rayudu is the new man in the middle. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 16 II Score: 124/3 Balaji brought back. Eight runs from the over that include three couples and two singles. Time for a strategic break. This match is nicely poise now. 36 needed off 24 deliveries. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 15 II Score: 116/3 Gambhir turns to his most potent weapon- Sunil Narine. MI have decided to not take any undue risk against the mystery bowler. Four runs from the over. 44 more runs needed off 30 deliveries. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 14 II Score: 112/3 Bhatia starts his third over. Pollard has hit him towards long off. McCullum is all set to claim the catch there and the Kiwi has lost the ball at the last moment due to the lights! It rolls past the fence for a boundary. A lucky escape for Pollard. Eight runs from the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 13 II Score: 104/3 Senanayake is back. Rohit Sharma dances down the track and hits the fourth delivery cleanly over long-on boundary for a maximum. The fifth delivery is safely negotiated. Sharma again takes the aerial route off the final and deposits it into the stands over deep square leg region for another maximum. 14 runs from the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 12 II Score: 90/3 Bhatia continues. And Bhatia nearly gets Pollard out after the burly West Indian inside edged the third delivery that missed the stump by the smallest of margin and raced away to the fine leg fence for four. Eight runs from the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 11 II Score: 82/3 Narine is back. Narine gets KKR the wicket of dangerman Dwayne Smith! Brendon McCullum (substitute fielder) takes the catch at long-off. Smith scored 62 (45b, 4X3, 6X5). Kieron Pollard is the new man in the middle. Three runs and a wicket from the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 10 II Score: 79/2 Rajat Bhatia into the attack now. Facing him is Dwayne Smith. Rohit Sharma is at the other end. Four singles from the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 9 II Score: 75/2 Abdulla into his fourth and final over. Abdulla floats his fifth delivery and Smith deposits it over the bowler's head for a maximum. 10 runs from the over. Time for a strategic break. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 8 II Score: 65/2 Senanayake continues. Dwayne Smith converts the first delivery into a boundary played through covers. Smith follows that with a six over deep midwicket boundary. He takes a quick couple off the next to reach his fifty. He takes a single off the next. Dinesh Karthik is on strike and he gets hit on his right pad. Senanayake appeals and umpire quickly raises his finger. Karthik is surprised. But he has to walk back to the dugout. He scored 7(6b, 4X1). Rohit Sharma, the MI skipper, walks in. A wicket and 14 runs from the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 7 II Score: 51/1 Abdulla is back. He goes full and Smith smashes it over midwicket boundary for a maximum. Three more singles added from the over to the total. Nine runs from the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 6 II Score: 42/1 Sachithra Senanayake introduced into the attack. Smith scores a boundary off Senanayake's fourth delivery to fine leg. Off the next he adds three more runs to his total. He gives width to Dinesh Karthik off his final delivery and the man-in-form plays it for a boundary through point region. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 5 II Score: 30/1 Here comes Sunil Narine. And he castles "The Master" on his birthday! A beautiful delivery from the West Indian that eludes Tendulkar's bat and uproots the middle stump! Tendulkar scored 2 (6b). A big wicket for KKR this! End of a very good over that gets KKR a wicket. Just two runs and a wicket from it. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 4 II Score: 28/0 Abdulla continues. And Smith has smashed him for two consecutive sixes! The first one was a pull over deep midwicket boundary while the second was smashed over long-on boundary. 15 runs from the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 3 II Score: 13/0 Balaji continues. His first delivery of the second over is on the pads and it runs to fine leg for four leg byes. Seven runs from the over. There was a huge appeal for a lbw as Tendulkar was hit on the pads. That seemed going down the leg side. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 2 II Score: 6/0 Spinner Iqbal Abdulla will share the new ball with Balaji. Abdulla has kept Smith quiet. Just one run from the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 1 II Score: 5/0 Right! The birthday boy is on his way to the middle. Partnering him is Dwayne Smith. Lakshmipathy Balaji has the new ball. On strike is Smith. Smith chips the second delivery over mid off to score top open the scoring for Mumbai. He takes a single off the final delivery. Just five runs from the first over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 20 II Score: 159/6 Death over specialist Lasith Malinga to bowl the final over of the innings. Malinga's first is a yorker, bang on target. Tiwary can only manage a single. Second is a slower one and Das misses it. He takes a single off the next. Malinga's fourth is another yorker, Tiwary swings his bat and the middle and off stumps have been uprooted! Tiwary has depart after scoring 33 (24b, 4X2, 6X1). Rajat Bhatia is the new man in the middle. Bhatia takes a single off his first. Malinga has clean bowled Das off his final delivery (a yorker again!) as KKR's innings comes to and end. Das scored 6 (7b, 4X1). ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 19 II Score: 156/4 Keiron Pollard will bowl the penultimate over. And Debabrata Das chips the first delivery over long-off for a boundary. Tiwary adds three runs off the third delivery to the total. 10 runs from the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 18 II Score: 146/4 Johnson is back for his final over. Tiwary picks a couple off his first as Bhajji runs in the deep to stop the ball from crossing the fence. Johnson goes full and Morgan has deposited this over long on region for a maximum. He follows that with a boundary as Bhajji makes a valiant sliding effort to stop it from crossing the fence. He looks in pain after that effort prompting the team physio to have a look at him. OUT! Johnson bangs his final delivery of the night short and Morgan pulls, mistimes it and Rohit Sharma takes a good catch at midwicket to end his innings. He scored 31 (25b, 4X4, 6X1). ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 17 II Score: 133/3 Malinga is back. Four overs to go. KKR have wickets in hands. They need to up the ante from here on. Eight runs from Malinga's third over that includes a boundary to midwicket region. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 16 II Score: 125/3 Chahal continues. Tiwary decides enough is enough and collects 12 runs in three deliveries with the help of a couple, a boundary between midwicket and long on following that with a biggie straight over the bowler's head. 13 runs from the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 15 II Score: 112/3 Mitchell Johnson has bowled another good over. Just a single from it. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 14 II Score: 111/3 Chahal's first delivery has been reverse swept by Morgan for a boundary! he actually failed to connect it properly but still managed to get it past Lasith Malinga at short third man. Morgan scored a triple off the sixth delivery after Chahal dropped it short and the batsman played it towards midwicket region. Nine runs from the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 13 II Score: 102/3 Harbhajan is back! Morgan employs reverse sweep off the penultimate delivery and scores a boundary. Nine runs from the over. Bhajji was taken for 26 runs when he opened the bowling. That boundary took KKR's score past 100-run mark. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 12 II Score: 93/3 Ojha has finally removed Kallis! No dropped catches now! Kallis has been caught by Rohit Sharma at covers. He depart after scoring 37 (38b, 4X4). This might be a blessing in disguise for KKR as Kallis was scoring at a very low rate. Eoin Morgan is the new batsman in the middle. Five runs and a wicket from the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 11 II Score: 88/2 Chahal continues. Seven runs from his second over that include two couples, and three singles. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 10 II Score: 81/2 Johnson has missed a chance to remove Jacques Kallis after dropping him at long off. Kallis too the aerial route off the second delivery bowled by Ojha and the ball flew to long off region where Johnson not only grassed it but also conceded a four. OJha is not happy with the effort. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 9 II Score: 74/2 Yuzvendra Chahal is readying to bowl his first over. Manoj Tiwary welcomes him with a shot that races to the fence through point. Two more singles take the total from the over to six runs. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 8 II Score: 68/2 Ojha has removed KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir! A flighted delivery and Gambhir took the aerial route but ended up being caught at covers by Harbhajan. He scored 26 (20b, 4X2, 6X1). Manoj Tiwary is the new man in the middle. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 7 II Score: 65/1b Kieron Pollard introduced into the attack. A good first over from Pollard. Just four from it. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 6 II Score: 61/1 Spin in Pragyan Ojha reintroduced. Gambhir gives him a cold reception with a boundary through midwicket region. Three more singles take the KKR score to 61/1. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 5 II Score: 54/1 Malinga continues. Kallis sends his first ball through point region for a boundary. The Sri Lankan does well to keep the KKR pair of Kallis and Gambhir quiet letting away just two more singles in the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 4 II Score: 48/1 A tight over from Johnson. Just two runs from it. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 3 II Score: 46/1 Right! Bhajji has been replaced by Lasith Malinga. Kallis collects two boundaries off his first over. The first came off the second delivery through covers, the next came off the sixth delivery to backward square region. 10 runs from it. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 2 II Score: 36/1 Mitchell Johnson will share the new ball with Bhajji. And the Australian pacer takes the big wicket of Yusuf Pathan! Edged and Harbhajan Singh took the catch at first slip! Yusuf scored 19 (6b, 4X3, 6X1). Jacques Kallis is the new batsman in the middle. Gambhir scores a boundary off the fourth delivery. 10 runs from it. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 1 II Score: 26/0 Harbhajan Singh has the new ball. On strike is Yusuf Pathan. Partnering him is Gautam Gambhir. Yusuf Pathan has given KKR a fantastic start taking Bhajji to cleaners in the opening over of this high-profile encounter. The first delivery took an edge and went for a boundary past the fielder at first slip, the next went to deep square leg region for another boundary while the third produced the same result. He followed that with a maximum over long-off. Gambhir then opened his account off his first delivery with a maximum over long-on. 26 runs from the first over! ==================================================================================== TOSS: Kolkata have won the toss and elected to bat first. Team news: Ricky Ponting is not playing today. In his absence Rohit Sharma will captain Mumbai Indians. RAIN UPDATE: The rain has stopped. The toss has been scheduled for 8:00 pm (IST). Hopefully the game will start by 8:30 pm (IST). It was raining forcing the covers on the ground earlier but now the latest news is that they have been taken off and the match will start - not on time but has been delayed by around 30 minutes. Relegated to the bottom half after four defeats, defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders must raise their game as they face another struggling giant Mumbai Indians in second of their three back-to-back home fixtures in the sixth Pepsi IPL here on Wednesday. Both the teams find themselves on the same side of the fence having lost their last two matches respectively. But a cracker of contest is on offer especially given that it would be Mumbai Indians` veteran Sachin Tendulkar`s 40th birthday. READ THE FULL PREVIEW HERE» Teams Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (c), Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Eoin Morgan, Manoj Tiwary, Debabrata Das (wk), Rajat Bhatia, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Sachithra Senanayake, Sunil Narine and Laxmipathy Balaji, Sarabjit Ladda, Brad Haddin, Iqbal Abdulla, Brett Lee, Brendon McCullum, Ryan McLaren, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohamamd Shami Ahmed, Manvinder Bisla and Ryan ten Doeschate. Mumbai Indians: Ricky Ponting (c), Sachin Tendulkar, Dwayne Smith, Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Munaf Patel, Lasith Malinga, Abu Nechim, Akshar Patel, Aditya Tare, Aiden Blizzard, Amitoze Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Glenn Maxwell, Jacob Oram, Javed Khan, Jalaj Saxena, James Franklin, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Phil Hughes, Pawan Suyal, Pragyan Ojha, Rishi Dhawan, Suryakumar Yadav, Sushant Marathe and Yuzvendra Chahal.