MATCH REPORT: M47 - KKR VS MI

MATCH REPORT: M47 - KKR VS MI

Match Replay

In a high-scoring match played in the Eden Gardens on Sunday night, host Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 34 runs. Earlier batting, Knight Riders scored 232-2, riding on the back of half-centuries in their top order, after which their bowlers stopped the audience at 198-7. The win ended the defeat of KKR's six-match Vivo IPL in 2019 and also eliminated the MI streak of eight consecutive wins against them. This win will also be the 100th ranking of KKR in the 20-over format.

In his 100th match as captain in IPL, Rohit Sharma kept the Knight Riders to bat and looked like one of the top three half-centuries of KKR. Shubman Gill made 76, Chris Lynn 54, and then Andre Russell helped his bowlers and helped himself to score an unbeaten 80. KKR's innings had three partnerships; Gill and Lynn added 96 runs for the opening wicket, Gill and Russell added 62 runs for the second wicket and then Russell and Dinesh Karthik made an unbroken partnership of 74 runs.

Mumbai Indians were faced with the IPL's biggest run-chase And when he scored 58 off 4 overs in the ninth over, only one winner was going to be. But the hearty Pandya, who went out to bat at that level, jumped into the competition with humiliating innings; He scored 91 runs in 34 balls and kept his team in the fight. But once he got out, MI still needed 48 runs in the last two overs, but the result was known to all.

For the Knight Riders, Andre Russell was also in the thick field; He had two catches in the outfield, and with figures of 2 for 25, he was his most economical bowler. Sunil Narine (2-44), Harry Gurani (2-37) and Piyush Chawla (1-57) were other wicket-takers.

Standing batting display

There were three standings in the match, and each of them stood for a different reason.

Shubhaman Gill's innings was of 76 runs. After asking for the opening of the innings, they usually played the copybook cricket stroke and ran the runs of their runs under the ground. The young player also performed a good reading of the game and applied himself well, often raising a single after the boundary line. He made six fours and four sixes in his 45-ball innings.

To bat at number three, Andre Russell would have been odd to play more than ten overs. It was told why he took a little time to find his bearings. In the fourteenth over of Russell, Midway was 6 runs out of 12 balls. It was at this point that he thought that he had seen enough and it was time to lose; His first fare was to rescue Rahul Chahar's sixes. He collected the boundaries in the will and completed his half-century on 30 balls. In the 20th over, he was caught by Lasith Malinga and hit two sixes and two fours. Russell was unbeaten on 80 runs; His 40-ball innings included six fours and eight sixes.

The third impressive shift in the match was from Hardik Pandya; It was a brutal knock and a knock that assured the MI camp that they could still make runs. Hearty came to bat at number six when MI needed 175 runs in 70 balls. When he was sacked, MI's equation had come from 12 balls to 48. During the intervening period, the massacre took place, when Hardik stamped all the bowlers of KKR, who scored 91 runs in the highest score in this season. They settled the boundaries, made their half-century on 17 balls and threatened to run away with the match. In search of yet another boundary, Hardik dismissed Russell on the midwicket and missed out on making a hundred. Hardik's 34-ball innings included six boundaries and nine sixes!

Standout bowling performance

In a match where dot ball was a premium commodity and every third or fourth delivery was available for the boundary, Andre Russell threw four great overs; There were 10 dot balls in his mantra, and he only used two boundaries. Jamaica thrashed him over in three overs; He dismissed Evin Lewis on his first ball and then added Suryakumar Yadav's wicket in his next over. He came to bowl in the fifth over at that time when MI took over the innings and gave only 7 runs. His last over was 19th inning; He threw three dot balls and gave only three runs, eventually finished with excellent figures of 4-0-25-2.

State of the match

Hardik Pandya's 17 balls will be the fastest half-century combined by the Mumbai Indians in the half-century of IPL; He shared the record with Kiron Pollard (v KKR, 2016) and Ishan Kishan (v KKR, 2018).

A total of 430 runs were scored in the match, making it the IPL's highest score in the Eden Gardens.

Short score:

Kolkata Knight Riders: 232-2 (Shubhaman Gill 76, Chris Lynn 54, Andre Russell 80 *) defeated

Mumbai Indians: 198-7 (Hardik Pandya 91) scored 34 runs.

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Andre Russell scored 80 * in 40 balls, 2 wickets for 25 runs and 2 catches.