Kolkata Knight Riders v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians - Indian Premier League - 33rd match – Live Score and Update
Kolkata Knight Riders 159 v Mumbai Indians 162 - Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
In the 33rd match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), Kolkata Knight Riders faced defeat by the hands of Mumbai Indians as they failed to successfully defend a score of 159, losing the match by five wickets at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
After winning the toss, KKR chose to bat first, aiming to put enough runs on the board to give their opposition a tough time.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 could give a stand of only 27 runs, before KKR witnessed the demise of Pathan for 19 off six.
G Gambhir and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 then continued the batting onslaught, taking the score to 68, before the skipper became the next batsman to find his way off the field after he had scored 26 runs off 20 deliveries.
Kallis was then the next to go as he departed after hitting 37 runs off his bat. He left his side on 92.
With the top three batsmen already back in the pavilion, things seemed heading in the wrong direction for the Knight Riders, however, MK Tiwary and EJG Morgan pulled off a spectacular partnership, countering the bowlers and taking the score to 146, before this partnership also met its demise on the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/EJG-Morgan-c1419, who fell with 31 runs to his name. With Tiwary losing his wicket after scoring 33 runs, KKR still managed to post a decent score on the board. It was now up to their bowlers to take the match.
Mumbai had a 29-run opening stand before they lost the services of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556, who perished after having scored only two runs.
Then with 64 on the board, the batting side lost their second wicket of the day on the departure of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KD-Karthik-c1780, who hit the showers after scoring only seven runs. From the way things were going, Mumbai were in for a long night.
Nonetheless, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754’s 33-run knocks were enough to help their side cross the finish line in 19.5 overs for the loss of five wickets.
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