Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians - IPL 5 - Mumbai Indians won by 27 runs - Live Score and Update
Mumbai Indians 182/1 (20/20 ov) v Kolkata Knight Riders 155/4 (20.0/20 ov) - Mumbai Indians won by 27 runs
Saturday, May 12: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309, the Mumbai Indians batsman ripped apart Kolkata Knight Riders by a stupendous batting performance of 109 runs off just 60 deliveries that left KKR in a state of panic as they consequently got clobbered for 182 runs in a match that was played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Giving full marks to the blistering knock by Sharma, the KKR skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 after the match said, “It was an outstanding innings from Rohit, the bowling has been doing well and this was one of those off days. If someone plays such kind of knocks, cannot do a lot.”
Meanwhile, with a reinforced batting side on the inclusion of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HH-Gibbs-c1549, Mumbai Indians after winning the toss, chose to bat first in a bid to dominate the raging KKR side, who have been a daunting outfit this year in the ongoing fifth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
After losing their only wicket of the day on a tally of 15 with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gibbs-c60021 and Sharma.
For KKR, nothing worked as their ace bowlers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 got pounded for 44 and 40 runs.
After being jammed for a massive tally, it was time for KKR to initiate a daunting and hectic run chase; however, with three runs on the board they had lost two wickets, first suffering the demise of skipper Gambhir for nil and then MS Bisla for one.
Kallis (79) then tried to launch a potent run chase, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 kept enormous pressure on the batting side, preventing them from ending the game on a winning note.
At the end, KKR could muster a total of 155 runs for the loss of four wickets, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/YK-Pathan-c2815 unbeaten on 40 and DB Das on four.
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