Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders - Indian Premier League - 53rd match – Live Score and Update
Mumbai Indians 170 v Kolkata Knight Riders 105 - Mumbai Indians won by 65 runs
Kolkata Knight Riders are having a terrible time in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) where they haven’t really clicked and continue to be on the losing end. The 53rd match of the ongoing extravaganza was no different where
they lost to Mumbai Indians by 65 runs at Wankhede Stadium, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820.
Mumbai Indians, who chose to bat after winning the toss, got off to a flying start with openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DR-Smith-c1401 and SR Tendulkar hammering away the bowlers right from the get go. The two batsmen exhibited tremendous form as they neutralised the opposition.
After forging an opening stand of 93 runs, this partnership met its demise on the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556, who had his stumps shattered by Bhatia after clobbering 48 runs.
Smith was then joined by KD Karthik, however, this partnership was short-lived as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 was dismissed with 99 on the scoreboard. The batsman found his way back to the pavilion after scoring 47 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309 forged defiance as they led their side towards 130 runs before the latter was dismissed with 16 runs under his belt.
With 134 runs on the board, the batting side lost the services of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754, who fell after scoring only four runs.
By the end of the innings, Mumbai managed to pile a massive score of 170 for the loss of six wickets, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kommu-Karthik-c71642 unbeaten on 34.
For chasing this huge target, KKR needed a solid start and proper planning throughout their innings, however, they lost their skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 for nil with only a run on the board.
The second-wicket partnership between MS Bisla and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hugh-Morris-c63550 Kallis was productive as it took the score to 38 before the demise of Bisla, who found his way back to the pavilion after scoring 17 runs.
With 54 on the board, the batting side lost another wicket when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/YK-Pathan-c2815 was clean-bowled by Ojha after scoring 13 runs.
KKR needed a strong fight in the middle, in order to avoid another defeat, however, Harbhajan Singh’s three-wicket haul backed by two wickets each from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MG-Johnson-c1945 was enough to bowl-out KKR for 105 in 18.2 overs.
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