Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians – First Innings Report
After a worst possible start to the innings, Kolkata Knight Riders have posted a competitive total of 147 runs for the loss of seven wickets in their 20 overs against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians in the first Eliminator of the fourth season of the Indian Premier League
(IPL).
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 won the toss and decided to bowl first at his home ground. The primary reason for this decision is the fact that Mumbai like to chase totals as they proved in their last league match against the same opposition when they chased down 175
on the very last ball of the match.
Kolkata was off to a nightmare start as they lost their initial four wickets for just 20 runs on the board. Some of the strokes played by Kolkata’s batsmen were hard to understand as they literally threw away their wickets.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c2492.
Yusuf and Shakib failed to convert their starts into a big innings but ten Doeschate made sure that his team reaches a fightable score.
The Dutch right hander remained the top scorer with an unbeaten 70 which came off 49 balls in which he struck six boundaries and three huge hits out of the park. Yusuf and Shakib scored 26 runs each for which they consumed 24 and 16 balls respectively.
Pick of the bowlers for Mumbai was Test cricketer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 took a wicket each to help their team’s cause. Apart from Kieron
Pollard, all the bowlers bowled economically and did not give much to the opposing batsmen.
Kolkata will be a touch disappointed that they could not score 20 more runs in their innings but this total is a competitive one if they bowl well. The power-play overs will be very important in Mumbai’s innings and both teams will be eager to seize the
advantage upfront.
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