Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders - KKR grab an epic win – Live Score and Update
KKR 140/7 v Mumbai Indians 108 - Kolkata Knight Riders won by 32 runs
In the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), Kolkata Knight Riders reigned supreme against Mumbai Indians after beating them by 32 runs in a match that was played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on Wednesday, May 16, 2012.
With both teams among the top four sides of the tournament this year, they did not have much to lose, however, to stamp their position in the play-offs a win was an icing on the cake.
After failing to post a daunting total on the board, KKR were caught in a vulnerable position as Mumbai had the batsmen in their arsenal capable of tearing down the bowling attack in order to successfully chase down the required total.
With odds against the visitors, KKR saw an astounding bowling performance from 23-year-old, left-arm spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869, who snatched four wickets in 3.1 overs by conceding only 15 runs to ruin Mumbai’s hopes of ending the game on a winning note.
The bowler opened his account by grabbing the million dollar wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 with 60 runs on the board, as the veteran batsman walked off the field after scoring an innings of 27 runs.
After this there was no stopping the young spinner as he ran wild to leave Mumbai in tears.
"I'm having a dream at this moment, hard work is paying off. Hopefully it will continue. I wasn't too worried about the wickets, knew they would help me, but not as much as this ..." said Narine after he was named as the Player of the Match.
Meanwhile, beginning their run chase, Mumbai lost their first wicket with only 26 runs as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HH-Gibbs-c1549 fell after scoring 13 runs.
Later, by the time the side had amassed 83 runs, they had lost four wickets and were crawling towards the required target.
However, even at this time Mumbai were the favourites to win the game, but after the wicket of AT Rayudu, the batting side suffered a terrible batting collapse where the lower order threw away their wickets, causing a clear win go to the other side as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 surrendered after amassing 108 runs in 19.1 overs.
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