| 0.0 : Mumbai (Playing XI) - Ishan Kishan (WK), Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara. |
| Impact Players nominated by Mumbai -Â Rohit Sharma, Shams Mulani, Shivalik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Romario Shepherd. |
| Kolkata (Playing XI) - Phil Salt (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (C), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy. |
| Impact Players nominated by Kolkata -Â Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, KS Bharat, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya. |
| Hardik Pandya, the captain of Mumbai wins the Toss and elects to BOWL first. He says it's always about playing for pride and also adds it has been a tough season for them. He says it feels good to be back home and looks forward to this exciting game. States it's a fresh wicket and reckons bowling first might be helpful. Informs Naman Dhir replaces Mohammad Nabi in the side. |
| Shreyas Iyer, the skipper of Kolkata says that it is all about the small things to be right and backing each other and says that the dew plays a big factor but need to bat well. Adds that the message is pretty clear and every individual in the team knows their roles and is looking forward to a good game. Ends by saying that they are going with the same team. |
| All in readiness for this high-octane clash to commence at Wankhede! The two Umpires make their way out to the middle. Mumbai players scatter throughout the field and take their positions. The destructive duo, Sunil Narine and Phil Salt to open for Kolkata. Nuwan Thushara will bowl the first over for Mumbai. Here we go... |
| 0.1 : Nuwan Thushara to Phil Salt, Uppish but just in the gap! |
| 0.4 : Nuwan Thushara to Phil Salt, WIDE! Full and quick, trying to angle it in at the pads but this is spilled down leg for a wide. Good take from Ishan Kishan diving to his left. |
| 0.2 : Nuwan Thushara to Sunil Narine, Leg bye! On a hard length around leg stump, this one just skids through and stays low, Sunil Narine tries to clear the front leg and flick it away but gets hit on the pads. The ball rolls past the keeper's right and they get a leg bye. |
| 0.3 : Nuwan Thushara to Phil Salt, FOUR! Slightly tentative again from Phil Salt but it was hit pretty well. Fuller one on off and swinging away, Salt thumps it a bit uppishly and to the right of mid off for the first boundary of the game. |
| 0.4 : Nuwan Thushara to Phil Salt, OUT! CAUGHT! Phil Salt looked a bit edgy and has to depart in the very first over. |
| 0.0 : Angkrish Raghuvanshi is in at number 3. |
| 0.5 : Nuwan Thushara to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, WIDE! Looking for the magical away-swinger from leg stump but spills it down the leg side for another wide. |
| Nuwan Thushara to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Nicely bowled! Slightly fuller and around off stump, staying low and swinging away, Angkrish Raghuvanshi looks to push it out on the off side but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0.6 : Nuwan Thushara to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX! That was effortless from Angkrish Raghuvanshi and he ends a memorable first over with a maximum. Nice and full, sliding onto the pads, Angkrish Raghuvanshi just nonchalantly flicks it away and the ball lands flush on the boundary cushion at deep mid-wicket. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to operate from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Sunil Narine, Almost dragged on first ball! Bumrah speeds in and bowls it very full around off at 139 clicks, Sunil Narine stays deep in the crease and looks to drive it away but gets a big inside edge onto the back leg. |
| 1.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Sunil Narine, That would have been a sensational run-out had Naman Dhir hit the stumps. |
| 1.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Good length on the stumps, just straightening a bit, Angkrish Raghuvanshi watchfully plays it out on the off side. |
| 1.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 1 run. |
| 1.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Sunil Narine, No run. |
| 1.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Sunil Narine, Top stuff from Jasprit Bumrah. Banged in quick and short and at the body, Sunil Narine looks to pull but is hurried and takes a blow to the body. |
| 2.1 : Nuwan Thushara to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX! Wrong line again from Nuwan Thushara and Angkrish Raghuvanshi helps himself to another maximum. Too full and angling down the leg side, Angkrish Raghuvanshi picks it up and flicks it high over fine leg for a biggie. |
| 2.2 : Nuwan Thushara to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, OUT! run out (Suryakumar Yadav). |
| 0.0 : The skipper of Kolkata, Shreyas Iyer is in at number 4. |
| 2.3 : Nuwan Thushara to Shreyas Iyer, Four! |
| 2.4 : Nuwan Thushara to Shreyas Iyer, Length again and right at the stumps, Shreyas Iyer works it off his pads in front of square leg and picks up a couple of more runs. |
| 2.5 : Nuwan Thushara to Shreyas Iyer, Slightly back of a length and outside off, Shreyas Iyer dabs it down towards backward point. |
| 2.6 : Nuwan Thushara to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! c Tim David b Nuwan Thushara. |
| 3.1 : Gerald Coetzee to Sunil Narine, 1 run. |
| 3.2 : Gerald Coetzee to Venkatesh Iyer, No run. |
| 0.0 : Venkatesh Iyer is in at number 5. Will these two bailout Kolkata from early trouble? Let's find out. |
| 3.3 : Gerald Coetzee to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! A touch of elegance in that stroke! Tad fuller around off, Venkatesh Iyer plants his front leg across and just strokes it in front of square on the off side for a lovely boundary. |
| 3.4 : Gerald Coetzee to Venkatesh Iyer, No run. |
| 3.5 : Gerald Coetzee to Venkatesh Iyer, Four! |
| 3.6 : Gerald Coetzee to Venkatesh Iyer, Good length around the top of off and just angling back in a bit, Venkatesh Iyer keeps it out off the front foot. |
| Hardik Pandya, the skipper of Mumbai brings himself into the attack. He replaces Nuwan Thushara. |
| 4.1 : Hardik Pandya to Sunil Narine, Six! |
| 4.2 : Hardik Pandya to Sunil Narine, OUT! b Hardik Pandya. |
| 0.0 : Rinku Singh walks in at number 6 for Kolkata. |
| 4.3 : Hardik Pandya to Rinku Singh, Hard length at 141.6 clicks and over middle and leg, Rinku Singh watchfully keeps it out. |
| 4.4 : Hardik Pandya to Rinku Singh, FOUR! Easy pickings! A touch full and down leg, Rinku Singh stays low and just flicks it off the legs into the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 4.5 : Hardik Pandya to Rinku Singh, Comes from around the wicket now, bowling it short around off and angling it back in, Rinku Singh bends his back and drops the hands to let the ball through to the keeper. |
| 4.6 : Hardik Pandya to Rinku Singh, FOUR! Up and over and the 50 comes up for Kolkata as well. |
| 5.1 : Naman Dhir to Venkatesh Iyer, Around the wicket, full and on middle, Venkatesh Iyer strides ahead and steers it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0.0 : Naman Dhir has now been handed the ball. |
| 5.2 : Naman Dhir to Rinku Singh, Flighted around off, and full in length, Rinku Singh pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 5.3 : Naman Dhir to Rinku Singh, No run. |
| 5.4 : Naman Dhir to Rinku Singh, On the fuller length, tossed up on middle and leg, Rinku Singh works this one to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 5.5 : Naman Dhir to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! Swept away! Tossed up, fuller and on middle, Venkatesh Iyer sweeps it through square leg where Piyush Chawla dives but fails to stop and the ball parries to the fence for a boundary. |
| 5.6 : Naman Dhir to Venkatesh Iyer, Full in length and in front of the stumps, Venkatesh Iyer pushes it to the covers. End of the mandatory Powerplay and Kolkata is struggling at 57/4. |
| 6.1 : Piyush Chawla to Rinku Singh, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Kolkata is going further down the drain and Rinku Singh falls now. |
| 0.0 : The fall of wickets has forced Kolkata to bring on an extra batter as the Impact Sub and the veteran, Manish Pandey comes in to replace Angkrish Raghuvanshi. |
| 6.2 : Piyush Chawla to Manish Pandey, Flighted-delivery outside off, full in length, Manish Pandey drives it along the carpet for a single toward deep extra cover. |
| 6.3 : Piyush Chawla to Venkatesh Iyer, Goes fuller and on the off-stump line, Venkatesh Iyer drives it back to the bowler. |
| 6.4 : Piyush Chawla to Venkatesh Iyer, Flat and on a good length, around off. Venkatesh Iyer rocks back and pushes it back to Chawla. |
| 6.5 : Piyush Chawla to Venkatesh Iyer, 2 runs. |
| 6.6 : Piyush Chawla to Venkatesh Iyer, Quicker one, just around off on a length. Venkatesh Iyer goes back and across to pull but inside edges to the front pad to end the over. |
| 7.1 : Naman Dhir to Manish Pandey, Flatter and quicker, on a length around off, Manish Pandey punches it off the back foot to long on for a single. |
| 7.2 : Naman Dhir to Venkatesh Iyer, Aims the stumps, keeps the length shade fuller, Venkatesh Iyer nudges it to square leg for a single. |
| 7.3 : Naman Dhir to Manish Pandey, Outside off, flat and quick on a fuller length, Manish Pandey lunges ahead and drives it through covers for a brace. |
| 7.4 : Naman Dhir to Manish Pandey, Slower now on the fullish length, on off and middle, Manish Pandey chips it with the spin to the right of the non-striker and gets a single at widish long on. |
| 7.5 : Naman Dhir to Venkatesh Iyer, 1 run. |
| 7.6 : Naman Dhir to Manish Pandey, Over the wicket now, quicker and flatter, on leg, Manish Pandey steers it to square leg for a brace to end the over. |
| 8.1 : Piyush Chawla to Venkatesh Iyer, Slower through the air and on a fuller length around off, Venkatesh Iyer plays it a bit early and chips it from the left of Piyush Chawla for a single towards long on. |
| 8.2 : Piyush Chawla to Manish Pandey, Just around off, on a length, Manish Pandey cuts it through point for one. |
| 8.3 : Piyush Chawla to Venkatesh Iyer, Slider just outside off, full in length. Venkatesh Iyer cuts it and finds the fielder at point. |
| 8.4 : Piyush Chawla to Venkatesh Iyer, Tossed up on a fuller length, at the stumps, Venkatesh Iyer skips down the track and works it to widish long on along the carpet for a single. |
| 8.5 : Piyush Chawla to Manish Pandey, Shade around off on a fuller length, Manish Pandey defends this wrong'un to the left of the bowler. |
| 8.6 : Piyush Chawla to Manish Pandey, 1 run. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! Well, it has been quite a shocker for Kolkata so far who have been brilliant with the bat in general but have just not been at it in this game. Thanks to the Impact Sub option, they have got an extra batter in and with the likes of Andre Russell and Ramandeep Singh still to come, it's not yet over for the visitors. Mumbai on the other hand have stepped up big time with the ball and will look to keep pressing the issue and get a couple of more wickets at the earliest. Let's see |
| 9.1 : Naman Dhir to Manish Pandey, FOUR! Poor and rightly punished! Half-tracker and a nothing delivery from Naman Dhir, way out of off and on a short length. Manish Pandey uses the width and slaps it through covers for a boundary. No chance for Gerald Coetzee sprinting from the deep point to chase it. Four runs. |
| 9.2 : Naman Dhir to Manish Pandey, Wide! |
| Naman Dhir to Manish Pandey, Tossed up on the off-stump line, Manish Pandey drives it nicely along the ground to long on for one. |
| 9.3 : Naman Dhir to Venkatesh Iyer, Slower through the air, just around off. Venkatesh Iyer tucks it with soft hands right in front of deep mid-wicket and scampers back for the second. Good running. |
| 9.4 : Naman Dhir to Venkatesh Iyer, Tossed up from around the wicket, just on off and on a length, Venkatesh Iyer cuts it late towards short third for a quick single. |
| 9.5 : Naman Dhir to Manish Pandey, At the stumps, on a fuller length. Manish Pandey steers it to long on for an easy single. |
| 9.6 : Naman Dhir to Venkatesh Iyer, Provides a few more revs on it, lands it on off and full. Venkatesh Iyer gets ahead, and drives it with the spin to long off for a single. Halfway done, Kolkata is struggling with 5 down on 85. |
| 10.1 : Piyush Chawla to Venkatesh Iyer, Tosses this one up quite full and on the legs, Venkatesh Iyer hits this one away well wide of long on and calls for two right away and gets it with ease as well. |
| 10.2 : Piyush Chawla to Venkatesh Iyer, Four! |
| 10.3 : Piyush Chawla to Venkatesh Iyer, On the shorter side, pushed across the off stump, this is cut away towards backward point. |
| 10.4 : Piyush Chawla to Venkatesh Iyer, Fuller in length and outside off, Venkatesh Iyer leans on, opens the bat face and plays it away to Jasprit Bumrah at backward point. |
| 10.5 : Piyush Chawla to Venkatesh Iyer, Top effort from Suryakumar Yadav in the deep! Dragged back on off stump, Venkatesh Iyer charges down the track and drills the ball straight back down the ground but SKY speeds to his left from long on and pounces on the ball to keep it down to just a single. |
| 10.6 : Piyush Chawla to Manish Pandey, 1 run. |
| 0.0 : Gerald Coetzee (1-0-9-0) replaces Naman Dhir. |
| 11.1 : Gerald Coetzee to Manish Pandey, Pitched up on off stump at 138 plus clicks, Manish Pandey stays back and plays a wristy shot that goes straight back down the ground and he picks up a single. |
| 11.2 : Gerald Coetzee to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! Nicely picked-up and Kolkata making a good comeback here. Back of a length and over middle, Venkatesh Iyer hangs back and pulls it away well in front of square on the leg side for a boundary. |
| 11.3 : Gerald Coetzee to Venkatesh Iyer, 2 runs. |
| 11.4 : Gerald Coetzee to Venkatesh Iyer, 1 run. |
| 11.5 : Gerald Coetzee to Manish Pandey, Full and straight at the stumps, knocked down to long on for one more and that brings up the 100 for Kolkata. |
| 11.6 : Hardik Pandya (1-0-14-1) is back. He replaces Piyush Chawla. |
| 12.1 : Hardik Pandya to Manish Pandey, No run. |
| 11.6 : Gerald Coetzee to Venkatesh Iyer, SIX! Wow, what a hit from Venkatesh Iyer! On hard length, quick and angled across the off stump, Iyer just comes down the pitch and goes into out slashing it over the cover region for a maximum. |
| 12.2 : Hardik Pandya to Manish Pandey, NO WIDE! Slower one, bowled a bit fuller and flirting with the tramline outside off, Manish Pandey comes forward but is well beaten. Called a wide and the keeper, Ishan Kishan immediately reviews it. The third umpire checks the replays and concludes that Pandey was at his normal stance but the ball was within his reach as well and the on-field decision is overturned. |
| 12.3 : Hardik Pandya to Manish Pandey, Fullish length, right around the tramline again, Manish Pandey stays back and hits it square on the off side for a single and brings up the 50-run partnership between these two. |
| 12.4 : Hardik Pandya to Venkatesh Iyer, Right around the top of off stump, Venkatesh Iyer keeps a compact shape and punches it firmly but straight to mid off. |
| 12.5 : Hardik Pandya to Venkatesh Iyer, Hard length around the pads, whipped away aerially over mid-wicket and into the deep by Venkatesh Iyer for a single. |
| 12.6 : Hardik Pandya to Manish Pandey, Full and straight at the stumps, Manish Pandey goes across to the off side and swats the low full toss to deep mid-wicket for a single, just 3 off it. |
| Jasprit Bumrah (1-0-2-0) comes back replacing Gerald Coetzee. |
| 13.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Manish Pandey, Hard length around off stump, tapped away in front of covers. |
| 13.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Manish Pandey, Four! |
| 13.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Manish Pandey, Back of a length and outside off, dabbed away square on the off side for a single. |
| 13.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Manish Pandey, SIX! Pure class from Manish Pandey! A quick bumper outside off at 141 clicks, Pandey nonchalantly ramps it over third man for a maximum and all of a sudden, Kolkata are in a pretty decent position. |
| 13.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Venkatesh Iyer, Goes full now on off stump at 142 clicks, Venkatesh Iyer toe-ends it to mid off for a quick single. |
| 13.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Manish Pandey, Too full, a low full toss in fact and angling back in sharply onto middle stump, Manish Pandey flicks it straight to short mid-wicket and will feel he should have put it away. |
| 14.1 : Hardik Pandya to Venkatesh Iyer, Back of a length over leg stump, Venkatesh Iyer picks it up and hoicks it away in between deep mid-wicket and long on for a couple of quick runs. |
| 14.2 : Hardik Pandya to Venkatesh Iyer, Nice and full right at the toes, punched down towards long on for a single by Venkatesh Iyer. |
| 14.3 : Hardik Pandya to Manish Pandey, An effort ball from Hardik Pandya as he bends his back and bangs in a bumper around off stump, Manish Pandey looks for the ramp again but misses out this time. |
| 14.4 : Hardik Pandya to Manish Pandey, Bowled back of a length and well outside off, Manish Pandey goes after it and one hand comes off the handle as the ball is hit in front of covers for a couple of more runs. |
| 14.5 : Hardik Pandya to Manish Pandey, Slower one, bowled well into the pitch and over the stumps, Manish Pandey gets inside the line and pulls it in front of square leg for one more. |
| 14.6 : Hardik Pandya to Venkatesh Iyer, Very full at the legs, right in the blockhole at 140 clicks, Venkatesh Iyer flicks it away to deep mid-wicket for another single. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! Despite being 5 down on a paltry 57, Kolkata has made a decent comeback with Venkatesh Iyer and Manish Pandey, the impact sub, forging a resilient stand together. Venkatesh Iyer is inching closer to his fifty but the job's not done yet as Kolkata needs a stronger finish from here. The stage is set and with Andre Russell and Ramandeep Singh yet to come, these two will aim to go aggressive. Whereas, Mumbai will be looking to break this partnership as soon as possible. Let's s |
| 15.1 : Nuwan Thushara to Venkatesh Iyer, A hard-fought Fifty from Venkatesh Iyer! Brilliant from him! Just outside off on a fuller length, Venkatesh Iyer slashes it through cover-point for a single. |
| 15.2 : Nuwan Thushara to Manish Pandey, NO BALL! Oopsie! A beamer down leg going over the batter's head. Manish Pandey had to duck underneath it to get away from the line. Ishan Kishan does well to stop it behind the wickets with a dive to his left. Free Hit to follow. |
| Nuwan Thushara to Manish Pandey, Short and slow, wide of off, Manish Pandey waits and aerially picks it, and the ball just lands short of long off for a single. No damage done. |
| 15.3 : Nuwan Thushara to Venkatesh Iyer, Wide of off, on a fuller length. Venkatesh Iyer digs it out over point for a single. |
| 15.4 : Nuwan Thushara to Manish Pandey, On the middle stump, full in length. Manish Pandey clears his front foot and picks it over mid-wicket for a single. |
| 15.5 : Nuwan Thushara to Venkatesh Iyer, Sees the batter skipping down the track, Nuwan Thushara slows down the pace and lands it outside off on a fuller length. Venkatesh Iyer wildly swings and misses. |
| 15.6 : Nuwan Thushara to Venkatesh Iyer, Another great display of pace-off bowling! Rolls his fingers on the leather, and bowls it on a good length, outside off. Venkatesh Iyer again fails to read the variation off the hand and gets beaten. Another boundary-less over. |
| 16.1 : Hardik Pandya to Manish Pandey, SIX! OUTTA HERE! Pitched way outside off on a fuller length, Manish Pandey has to reach it long way to fetch it and just deposits it behind long on for a maximum. |
| 16.2 : Hardik Pandya to Manish Pandey, WIDE! Goes further away from the batter and bowls it full. Manish Pandey shoulders arms as the ball passes beyond the tramline. Mumbai opt for a review. The split-screen comes up and the TV umpire confirms that the ball is beyond the reach of Manish Pandey despite him shuffling a bit on off. |
| Hardik Pandya to Manish Pandey, OUT! TAKEN! Manish Pandey falls after a brilliant 42 and the skipper Hardik Pandya strikes again for Mumbai. |
| Andre Russell walks out to bat now. |
| 16.3 : Hardik Pandya to Andre Russell, SIX! Off the mark in style! Way too short in length, on the top of off, Andre Russell climbs on the bounce and ramps it over deep third for a maximum. |
| 16.4 : Hardik Pandya to Andre Russell, Takes the pace off the leather, outside off on a length, Andre Russell waits and works it to extra cover for a single. |
| 16.5 : Hardik Pandya to Venkatesh Iyer, SIX! Go fetch that says Iyer! Balls a half-volley just on the middle and leg, Venkatesh Iyer shuffles a bit and stays leg side of the ball before picking it over cow corner for a maximum. |
| 0.0 : Ramandeep Singh is the new batter in. |
| 16.6 : Hardik Pandya to Venkatesh Iyer, OUT! RUN OUT! Oh, dear! The last thing Kolkata expected was a run out and it's Andre Russell who walks back and is absolutely livid! |
| 17.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ramandeep Singh, 2 runs. |
| 17.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ramandeep Singh, No run. |
| 17.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ramandeep Singh, Short and angled back in sharply from outside off. Ramandeep bends to slice it through the off side but is beaten through to the keeper. Half-hearted appeal from Bumrah is turned down. |
| 17.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ramandeep Singh, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! |
| 0.0 : Mitchell Starc is in next. |
| 17.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Mitchell Starc, Around the wicket, at 144 clicks, a yorker on the stumps. Mitchell Starc digs it toward Bumrah. |
| 0.0 : Vaibhav Arora is the new batter in. |
| 17.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Mitchell Starc, OUT! YOU MISS I HIT! BOWLED'EM! |
| 18.1 : Nuwan Thushara to Venkatesh Iyer, WIDE! On the back of a length, wide outside off. Iyer lets it go through and the Umpire signals for a Wide. |
| Nuwan Thushara to Venkatesh Iyer, Yorker outside off, Venkatesh Iyer hits it straight to Tilak Varma at point. |
| 18.2 : Nuwan Thushara to Venkatesh Iyer, No run. |
| 18.3 : Nuwan Thushara to Venkatesh Iyer, Just around off, on a length, Venkatesh Iyer goes for a switch hit but misses. |
| 18.4 : Nuwan Thushara to Venkatesh Iyer, Six! |
| 18.5 : Nuwan Thushara to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! Much needed for Kolkata! Aims the off-pole on a fuller length, Venkatesh Iyer reverse sweeps it and clears short third for a boundary. |
| 18.6 : Nuwan Thushara to Venkatesh Iyer, Full, outside off, Venkatesh Iyer works it to point where Tilak Varma parries the ball in the deep. Iyer runs for a single to retain the strike. |
| 19.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Venkatesh Iyer, Low full toss, outside off, Venkatesh Iyer gets it off the cue end of the bat to the off side. |
| 19.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Venkatesh Iyer, Swing and a miss! Touch full in length, it nips away after pitching on off, Venkatesh Iyer swings but only manages to meet thin air. Excellent death-over bowling from Jasprit Bumrah. |
| 19.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Venkatesh Iyer, Almost a knee-length full toss on off, Venkatesh Iyer slams it down the ground behind the bowler and hurries back for the second successfully. Good running and presence of mind from Iyer. |
| 19.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Venkatesh Iyer, Darts a full toss on off, Venkatesh Iyer slices it to deep point and denies to run a single. What a sensational last over this is turning out to be for Mumbai. |
| 19.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Venkatesh Iyer, OUT! BOWLED'EM! And yet again, the middle stump has been uprooted courtesy of that toe-crushing yorker from Jasprit Bumrah. Aims the woods and precisely lands the yorker with a pin-point accuracy, on the middle, Venkatesh Iyer shuffles across off to ramp it over short fine but totally miscalculates the length and the ball beats his willow before uprooting the middle stump. Bumrah gets his third wicket and Mumbai restrict Kolkata on an average score. |
| 0.0 : A tale of two halves this first innings but overall, Mumbai will definitely be the happier of the two sides heading into the break. Not a typical Wankhede pitch as the ball was stopping a bit early on and Nuwan Thushara took complete advantage of it by picking up three scalps and that put Mumbai well ahead. Hardik Pandya and Piyush Chawla also picked up a wicket each to leave the opposition reeling at 57/5 after which they faced some stern resistance. They couldn't pick a single wicket in th |
| Kolkata will be pretty disappointed with that batting effort and will know that they are under par here. They lost their top four batters cheaply and then Rinku Singh too fell right after the Powerplay. This forced the visitors to bring on Manish Pandey as the Impact Player which wasn't quite the idle plan but this move led to a resurgence with the bat. Venkatesh Iyer and Pandey added 83 runs to put Kolkata in a promising position but they lost wickets quickly at the death. Iyer stayed on til |
| Piyush Chawla is up for a flash interview. He begins by saying that the wicket's a bit sticky and they bowled in the right areas. Says he's satisfied with his rhythm. Also says that it totally depends on what the captain wants. States that there was a bit of dew in the first innings itself which might surely help their batters. |
| Right then, 170 runs to win for Mumbai and at the Wankhede Stadium, one would say that should be a straightforward chase for the home side but there is just something there in the pitch that will certainly give the Kolkata bowlers some hope. However, given the dew factor, Mumbai will have the advantage and will look to make it 10 wins out of 11 against Kolkata at this venue. Are we in for a surprise though? Only time will tell. Join us in a bit for the crucial run chase. |
| ... The Run Chase ... |
| We are back for the run chase! The umpires are back out in the middle and so are the players of Kolkata who huddle-up before taking the field. |
| 0.1 : Vaibhav Arora to Ishan Kishan, On the hard length, at the middle and leg stump line, Ishan Kishan works it to the left of mid-wicket and gets off the mark with a single. And, the towels are already out to dry the ball. |
| 0.2 : Vaibhav Arora to Rohit Sharma, WIDE! Full, and swinging down leg, Rohit Sharma fails to flick but it has been given as a Wide. |
| Vaibhav Arora to Rohit Sharma, 1 run. |
| 0.3 : Vaibhav Arora to Ishan Kishan, Swinging away from the southpaw, on a length just outside off, Ishan Kishan drives it through point and cover for a single. |
| 0.4 : Vaibhav Arora to Rohit Sharma, Bowls it from the wide of the crease, and gets the ball to swing into the batter on the length, around off, Rohit Sharma reads the ball well and defends it on the front foot. |
| 0.5 : Vaibhav Arora to Rohit Sharma, Swings inward again on the fuller length, on off, Rohit Sharma tries to go for a big shot and ends up hitting it off the inside half toward deep square leg for one. |
| 0.6 : Vaibhav Arora to Ishan Kishan, Ends up by bowling an away swinger outside off at 132 clicks, Ishan Kishan gets a thickish outside edge toward deep backward point for just one to end the first over. |
| 1.1 : Mitchell Starc to Ishan Kishan, A brief inquiry for LBW but umpire denies it! Cannons on the pads on a fuller length, Ishan Kishan goes to swipe it across the line and gets pinged on the pads. |
| 0.6 : Mitchell Starc to steam in from the opposite end. |
| 1.2 : Mitchell Starc to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! On the up and boundary! Hits the deck hard, swings it away from outside off, Ishan Kishan gets on top of it and clears the inner ring over covers for a boundary. |
| 1.3 : Mitchell Starc to Ishan Kishan, SIX! In the zone and punished! Pitches on the good length, just on the middle and leg, Ishan Kishan gets underneath it and picks it over deep backward square leg for a biggie. Effortless stuff from Ishan Kishan. |
| 1.4 : Mitchell Starc to Ishan Kishan, OUT! b Mitchell Starc. |
| 0.0 : Naman Dhir is in at number 3. |
| 1.5 : Mitchell Starc to Naman Dhir, A full toss tailing into the batter on the middle, Naman Dhir flicks it straight to mid on. |
| 1.6 : Mitchell Starc to Naman Dhir, Sprays it ont he pads, on a length. Naman Dhir looks to flick it away but misses. It clips off his thigh pad and carries to Phil Salt behind the wicket. Just for a brief moment, Mitchell Starc thought it has tickled off his bat but Shreyas isn't quite convinced to go upstairs. |
| 2.1 : Vaibhav Arora to Rohit Sharma, Full, swinging on the pads, Rohit Sharma flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 2.2 : Vaibhav Arora to Naman Dhir, Hits the deck hard around off at 135 clicks, Naman Dhir punches it firmly off the back foot. |
| 2.3 : Vaibhav Arora to Naman Dhir, Oh, this one sharply tails in with the angle on the middle and leg, the length is just around the halfway. Naman Dhir goes for a lifted shot but plays over the line and the ball crashes into his pads. |
| 2.4 : Vaibhav Arora to Naman Dhir, FOUR! Flicked away with sheer authority! Angles it in on the pads, full in length. Naman Dhir takes a step ahead and flicks it over mid-wicket for a cracking boundary. |
| 2.5 : Vaibhav Arora to Naman Dhir, Swings back into the batter from the middle to the pads, Naman Dhir goes for another flick but misses and wears on the front pad. |
| 2.6 : Vaibhav Arora to Naman Dhir, FOUR! Shot! Arora bowls it short and on the top of the middle. Naman Dhir reads the length early, readies himself on the back foot and pulls it neatly over mid-wicket for a boundary to end the over. |
| 3.1 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, 3 WIDES! Swings it down leg on a length. Rohit Sharma misses to flick it and the ball goes to Phil Salt on a single bounce where he misses to collect the ball cleanly. The ball rolls down to the deep fine leg region. Ramandeep Singh fetches the ball just before the ropes. The batters cross for the second in the meatime. |
| Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, On the back of a length, around off, Rohit Sharma presses ahead and pushes it to covers. |
| 3.2 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Six! |
| 3.3 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Yorker on the legs, Rohit Sharma manages it to clip behind square for a single. |
| 3.4 : Mitchell Starc to Naman Dhir, Full and on off, Naman Dhir drives it to mid off and sets off for a quick single. The fielder has a shy at the non-striker's end and the ball rolls to to the mid-wicket region which allows them to cross for the second run. |
| 3.5 : Mitchell Starc to Naman Dhir, A low full toss outside off, Naman Dhir drives it but finds Ramandeep Singh at covers. |
| 3.6 : Mitchell Starc to Naman Dhir, Hard length, on the top of the middle, Naman Dhir swipes it across the line of the ball towards deep mid-wicket for a single to end the over. 13 runs from this over. |
| 4.1 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Naman Dhir, OUT! BOWLED'EM! Chakravarthy comes and strikes straightaway! |
| 4.2 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Suryakumar Yadav, Very slow, turning on the pads from a length, Suryakumar Yadav flicks it to deep square leg and gets off the mark with a single. |
| 0.0 : Suryakumar Yadav is the new man in. |
| 4.3 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Rohit Sharma, No run. |
| 4.4 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Rohit Sharma, Slightly overpitched on middle, Rohit Sharma drives it inside out through widish mid off and gets a single. |
| 4.5 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Suryakumar Yadav, Straight and on off, full in length, Suryakumar Yadav plants his front foot ahead and drives it straight to covers. Shreyas Iyer initially fumbles but manages to recover the ball quickly. |
| 4.6 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Suryakumar Yadav, On the middle and leg, fuller in length, Suryakumar Yadav flicks it through the right of mid-wicket for a quick single to end the over. |
| 5.1 : Sunil Narine to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Sunil Narine gets greeted with a boundary. Short around off, Suryakumar Yadav rocks back and punches it away past a diving Andre Russell at covers for a boundary. That should have been stopped. |
| 5.2 : Sunil Narine to Suryakumar Yadav, Bowled flatter at the stumps, tucked away neatly in front of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 5.3 : Sunil Narine to Rohit Sharma, No run. |
| 5.4 : Sunil Narine to Rohit Sharma, Flights it up a bit more and bowls it on leg stump, Rohit Sharma goes for the slog-sweep but miscues it badly off the inside edge towards short fine leg or another dot ball. |
| 5.5 : Sunil Narine to Rohit Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! Sunil Narine with the big wicket and Rohit Sharma is distraught with himself. |
| 0.0 : Tilak Varma is in at number 5 for Mumbai. |
| 5.6 : Sunil Narine to Tilak Varma, On the fuller side on middle and leg, just stopping a bit on the batter, Tilak Varma leans on and manages to tuck it towards mid-wicket. At the end of the Powerplay, Mumbai at 46/3! |
| 6.1 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Suryakumar Yadav, Shortens the length and bowls it over off and middle, Suryakumar Yadav presses back and works it away to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 6.2 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tilak Varma, Bowled from around the stumps to the left-hander and too full outside off, Tilak Varma drives it on the full and towards deep cover for just another single. |
| 6.4 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Suryakumar Yadav, No run. |
| 6.5 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Suryakumar Yadav, No run. |
| 6.3 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Suryakumar Yadav, Oh, just falling short! Nagging length on the stumps, this one stops on the batter, Suryakumar Yadav tries to get on the front foot but gets it right of the face of the bat back towards the bowler who dives forward but the ball bounces well in front. |
| 6.6 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Suryakumar Yadav, Bowled flatter and on a dragged length around middle and leg, Suryakumar Yadav plays it off the back foot down to long on and picks up a single. |
| 7.1 : Sunil Narine to Suryakumar Yadav, No run. |
| 7.3 : Sunil Narine to Suryakumar Yadav, Nice and full at the stumps, Suryakumar Yadav plays it off the front foot and hits it down to long on for a run. |
| 7.2 : Sunil Narine to Suryakumar Yadav, Looked like a certain boundary that! Too full and on leg stump, Suryakumar Yadav gets down on one knee and brooms it away wide of short fine leg but Vaibhav Arora sprints to his right from deep backward square leg and dives across to keep it down to a brace. |
| 7.4 : Sunil Narine to Tilak Varma, No run. |
| 7.5 : Sunil Narine to Tilak Varma, 1 run. |
| 7.6 : Sunil Narine to Suryakumar Yadav, Pushed through quicker and flatter into the batter, Suryakumar Yadav backs away and punches it down to long on for a single. |
| 8.1 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! A rare bad ball and Suryakumar Yadav doesn't let it go unpunished. Short and wide, there to be hit, SKY makes some room and cuts it hard past point for a much-needed boundary. |
| 8.2 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Suryakumar Yadav, Drags it down a bit and angles it onto the pads, this is nudged away behind square leg for an easy single. |
| 8.3 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tilak Varma, Floated up fuller and onto middle stump, Tilak Varma leans right ahead and works it nicely into the gap at mid-wicket for a couple of quick runs. Good running! |
| 8.4 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tilak Varma, OUT! c Sunil Narine b Varun Chakaravarthy. |
| 8.5 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Nehal Wadhera, Looked like the one that is bowled from the back of the hand and this is bowled quick and a bit full at the stumps. Nehal Wadhera nudges it on the leg side. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! Well, with the departure of Tilak Varma, Mumbai has just lost its rhythm at the moment and finds itself in very deep trouble being 61/4. The top order failed big time to put on a show yet again. Kolkata is right on the top of the game and they just need a couple of more wickets to totally outclass the home side. The spinners, Varun Chakaravarthy and Sunil Narine have troubled the opposition badly, using the slowness of the pitch to perfection. With Suryakumar Yadav still unbe |
| 8.6 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Nehal Wadhera, Flatter this time and on a good length on off stump, Nehal Wadhera is late on the cut and edges it down to short third for another dot ball. |
| Andre Russell is introduced into the attack now. He replaces Sunil Narine. |
| 9.1 : Andre Russell to Suryakumar Yadav, Starts off with a shortish ball aimed at the body, Suryakumar Yadav hops back and nudges it through mid-wicket for one. They look for the second run but decide against it. |
| 9.2 : Andre Russell to Nehal Wadhera, Four! |
| 9.3 : Andre Russell to Nehal Wadhera, The slower bumper, bowled around off stump and at the perfect height, Nehal Wadhera has a poke at it but leaves it alone eventually. |
| 9.4 : Andre Russell to Nehal Wadhera, WIDE! The quick bumper now around leg stump, Nehal Wadhera looks to swivel and pull but is beaten for pace and a wide is signaled. Shreyas Iyer does review it though. |
| 9.5 : Andre Russell to Nehal Wadhera, Too full around off, nailed in the blockhole, Nehal Wadhera bunts the ball back on the bounce to Andre Russell. |
| 9.6 : Andre Russell to Nehal Wadhera, Just a single to end! Slower one around the top of off and Nehal Wadhera gets an inside edge onto the pads as the ball just rolls past the cut strip on the off side. They pick up a quick single but Andre Russell has gone down on the follow-through, hope he is fine. |
| 0.0 : Halt! Andre Russell is down on his follow-through and looks in some pain out there. The physio runs in to check him up. |
| 10.1 : Sunil Narine to Nehal Wadhera, Slightly on off, full in length, Nehal Wadhera strides forward and blocks it to the pitch. |
| 10.2 : Sunil Narine to Nehal Wadhera, Lands on the leg stump line, on a dragged length, Nehal Wadhera tucks it to deep mid-wicket off the back foot for an easy single. |
| 10.3 : Sunil Narine to Suryakumar Yadav, Hides the ball and lands it on off, just fuller in length, Suryakumar Yadav tucks it off the back foot through mid-wicket for one. |
| 10.4 : Sunil Narine to Nehal Wadhera, Slower and fuller on the middle and off channel, Nehal Wadhera leans ahead and drives it straight to covers. |
| 10.5 : Sunil Narine to Nehal Wadhera, WIDE! Way down leg on a fuller length, Nehal Wadhera goes for a sweep but misses. Wided. |
| Sunil Narine to Nehal Wadhera, OUT! CHOPPED ON! Mumbai is in a serious trouble now with half of its side back to the sheds. |
| 0.0 : Skipper, Hardik Pandya walks in with Mumbai in dire straits. |
| 10.6 : Sunil Narine to Hardik Pandya, Full, around off, Hardik Pandya drives it inside out along the grass for a single to long off to end another successful over for Kolkata. |
| 11.1 : Andre Russell to Hardik Pandya, On the back of a length, on the top of off, Hardik Pandya punches it off the inside half of the bat straight to covers. |
| 11.2 : Tim David is the next batter in. |
| Andre Russell to Hardik Pandya, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Things are just getting more and more precarious for Mumbai and nothing's going right for the skipper Hardik Pandya. |
| 11.3 : Andre Russell to Tim David, WIDE! Bumper over the helmet of the batter down the leg side, Tim David ducks underneath it. The Umpire calls for a Wide and Shreyas Iyer sends it upstairs. The replays come in and the ball is clearly above David's head. The original decision of Wide stands and Kolkata burn a review. |
| 11.4 : Andre Russell to Suryakumar Yadav, Six! |
| 11.3 : Andre Russell to Tim David, Back of a length angling on the leg stump line. David gets inside the line of the ball but misses the flick on the thigh pads for a leg bye. |
| 11.5 : Andre Russell to Suryakumar Yadav, Full-length delivery on the middle and leg stump line. Suryakumar flicks it to the deep square leg region and the fielder in the deep does well to slide across and saves two. |
| 11.6 : Andre Russell to Suryakumar Yadav, Full and at the middle stump. Suryakumar Yadav drills it off the toe end of the bat down to long on for a single. |
| 12.1 : Sunil Narine to Suryakumar Yadav, 2 runs. |
| 12.2 : Sunil Narine to Suryakumar Yadav, Full and around off-stump line, Suryakumar Yadav pushes it to mid-off for none. |
| 12.3 : Sunil Narine to Suryakumar Yadav, Drags the length back at the stumps, Suryakumar Yadav tucks across to long on for a single |
| 12.4 : Sunil Narine to Tim David, No run. |
| 12.5 : Sunil Narine to Tim David, 1 run. |
| 12.6 : Sunil Narine to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Nice shot! Flighted delivery around the off-stump line at 89.5 kph. Tim David sits down on one knee and sweeps it along the ground towards deep backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 13.1 : Vaibhav Arora to Tim David, Over the wicket, short in length, outside off, Tim David pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 13.2 : Vaibhav Arora to Suryakumar Yadav, Short, just outside off, Suryakumar Yadav covers his off stump and tries to get it through short third but finds the fielder. |
| 13.3 : Vaibhav Arora to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! This time he goes over the circle and gets the reward! Not an ideal length to bowl with the third man inside the circle. Short, and on off, Suryakumar Yadav climbs on the ball by hopping from the crease and guides it over the short third for a boundary on a single bounce. |
| 13.4 : Vaibhav Arora to Suryakumar Yadav, Uh, oh! A front foot No Ball from Arora and Suryakumar Yadav would want to make the most out of it. Full toss angling into the stumps. Suryakumar Yadav pushes it to cover. Free Hit to follow. |
| Vaibhav Arora to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! He has picked the bones out of it! Misses the yorker and offers a juicy full toss on the middle, Suryakumar Yadav clears his front leg and hoists it over long off for a maximum. |
| 13.5 : Vaibhav Arora to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! SHOT! SKY GETS HIS 24th FIFTY IN THE INDIAN T20 LEAGUE! Short in length, angling into the batter, Suryakumar Yadav stays inside the crease and pulls it well along the ground through square leg for a boundary. |
| 13.6 : Vaibhav Arora to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! The fielders are getting a bit irrelevant at the moment! Not that short but short enough on off for Suryakumar Yadav to employ the pull shot once again. He gets it correct once more and through square leg for another cracking four. |
| 14.1 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tim David, FOUR! A little bit of luck and David will take it with both hands! Quicker and outside off on a length, Tim David gets it off the thickish outside edge that just goes past the vacant first slip region for a boundary. |
| 14.2 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tim David, Fuller in length, way outside off enticing him to make a mistake. Tim David reaches to it and drives it towards covers off the inside half of the willow. |
| 14.3 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tim David, Shade short in length, on off, Tim David waits for the ball come at him and cuts it well and through the diving point fielder for a brace. |
| 14.4 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tim David, Short in length, just around off, Tim David rocks back and punches it along the ground to long off for an easy single. |
| 14.5 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Suryakumar Yadav, Pushes it through slower and on off, keeps the length short, Suryakumar Yadav waits for it and drives it through cover-point firmly for a couple of more runs. Excellent running. |
| 14.6 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Suryakumar Yadav, Goes fuller in length, on the fourth stump outside off, Suryakumar Yadav drives it straight to covers to end the over. 51 runs needed off the last 30 deliveries. |
| 15.1 : Andre Russell to Tim David, Hits the deck hard and bowls it over off stump, Tim David stands tall and works it away in front of mid-wicket for a single. They look for two but won't get it. |
| 15.2 : Andre Russell to Suryakumar Yadav, Top delivery! Full and straight, right in the blockhole, Suryakumar Yadav looks to shuffle across but has to adjust and blocks it out in front of covers. |
| 15.3 : Andre Russell to Suryakumar Yadav, OUT! CAUGHT! What a moment in the game, one that could seal the game for Kolkata and Suryakumar Yadav is heartbroken. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! This game's not for the weak-hearted for sure. At one time after a huge collapse, Mumbai fans were chewing their nails off, and just at that moment, Suryakumar Yadav unleashed a streak of big strokes by taking calculated risks. He reached to his fifty in no time but just when things were getting back in control for Mumbai, they have lost Suryakumar Yadav on 56. Mumbai is still in the hunt for 50 more runs in 27 deliveries with Tim David the only recognised batter. While Piyus |
| 15.4 : Andre Russell to Gerald Coetzee, Slower one, fuller in length and angled into the legs, Gerald Coetzee clips it away towards the vacant mid-wicket region and turns the strike over. |
| 15.5 : Andre Russell to Tim David, Oh, overthrows! |
| 15.6 : Andre Russell to Tim David, Full and around off stump, gets it right in the blockhole, Tim David punches it down to long off for a single. |
| Mitchell Starc (2-0-23-1) is back into the attack. |
| 16.1 : Mitchell Starc to Tim David, The call is for two straight away but they won't get it! Comes from around the stumps and angles it in on a good length, trying to nip it away from off stump. Tim David edges it away with soft hands behind point and gets a single. |
| 16.2 : Mitchell Starc to Gerald Coetzee, Tim David says no to the second run! Full and outside off, driven brilliantly by Gerald Coetzee wide of long off but Rinku Singh speeds to his left and cuts off the boundary, just the single then. |
| 16.3 : Mitchell Starc to Tim David, A golden dot ball! Banged in a bit short and angled onto middle, doesn't bounce as much and Tim David is hurried while looking to pull and gets hit on the body. |
| 16.4 : Mitchell Starc to Tim David, 1 run. |
| 16.5 : Mitchell Starc to Gerald Coetzee, Another dot ball and the pressure keeps on rising for Mumbai. Full and quick outside off, Gerald Coetzee connects the cover drive once again but hits it straight to the fielder. |
| 16.6 : Mitchell Starc to Gerald Coetzee, Wow, just 3 off that over and now Mumbai need 43 runs off 18 balls. Starc takes pace off and bowls it on a shortish length outside off, getting it to grip a bit as well. Gerald Coetzee hops back to guide it away but is beaten past the outside edge. |
| 17.1 : Andre Russell to Tim David, More than half an appeal for LBW by the bowler but he gets no support from his teammates. Slightly back of a length again on off and middle, sticking in the deck, Tim David looks to heave it leg side but misses and gets hit very high on the pads. |
| 17.2 : Andre Russell to Tim David, TWO LEG BYES! |
| 17.3 : Andre Russell to Tim David, 2 runs. |
| 17.4 : Andre Russell to Tim David, 1 run. |
| 17.5 : Andre Russell to Gerald Coetzee, Six! |
| 17.6 : Andre Russell to Gerald Coetzee, No run. |
| 0.0 : Mitchell Starc (3-0-26-1) to continue. |
| 18.1 : Mitchell Starc to Tim David, SIX! Just the start Mumbai wanted to the over! |
| 18.2 : Mitchell Starc to Tim David, OUT! c Shreyas Iyer b Mitchell Starc. |
| 0.0 : Piyush Chawla is in at number 10. |
| 18.3 : Mitchell Starc to Piyush Chawla, OUT! c Sunil Narine b Mitchell Starc. |
| 0.0 : Jasprit Bumrah is the last man in for Mumbai. |
| 18.4 : Mitchell Starc to Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Starc gets the perfect wide yorker in this time. |
| 18.5 : Mitchell Starc to Gerald Coetzee, OUT! BOWLED'EM! That's it, Mitchell Starc has cleaned things up here for Kolkata and boy, he is pumped up. |
| 0.0 : KOLKATA DEFEAT MUMBAI AFTER 12 LONG YEARS AT WANKHEDE IN AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER-COASTER AND REGISTER THEIR 7TH WIN OF THE SEASON! Mumbai kicked off their chase of 170 cautiously, with Ishan Kishan showing some promising shots. Unfortunately, both he and Naman Dhir couldn't hold their ground for long. And just when things seemed tough, Rohit Sharma's early exit left Mumbai struggling with three wickets down for less than 50 runs within the Powerplay. After Tilak Varma's dismissal, Mumbai seemed to |
| Kolkata might have thought their score wasn't all that intimidating, but when they got down to defending it, they really turned up the heat. Sure, Mitchell Starc started off a bit rough, but he came back strong, sending Ishan Kishan packing with a peach of a delivery. Then, Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine joined the party, picking up a wicket each in the first six overs. That put Kolkata in a pretty sweet spot in the game. Chakravarthy caused quite a stir with a couple of key wickets and rea |
| Earlier in the game, Mumbai got off to a great start thanks to Nuwan Thushara's three quick wickets in the Powerplay, really shaking up Kolkata's top order. Phil Salt, Shreyas Iyer, and Raghuvanshi struggled to get going with the bat. Mumbai's spin duo, Naman Dhir and the experienced Piyush Chawla, then added to Kolkata's woes in the middle overs, with Chawla even dismissing Rinku Singh. However, Venkatesh Iyer and impact sub Manish Pandey came to Kolkata's rescue, forming a solid partnership an |
| Hardik Pandya, the captain of Mumbai says that obviously in the batting innings, they lost the game as they failed to build partnerships which proved costly. Adds that there are a lot of questions which will take time to answer but there's not much to say at the moment. Reckons that the bowlers did a fine job to restrict Kolkata under 170 and the wicket actually got a bit better with the dew coming in and they will try to get better. Mentions that you keep fighting and he keeps telling himself t |
| Varun Chakaravarthy is up for a flash interview. He says it's an amazing feeling to win against Mumbai at Wankhede after 12 long years. On being asked about Suryakumar Yadav taking the game away, he says it was just a matter of one wicket to get back into the game. States that there was a lot of dew but they controlled their lines and lengths well. Also adds that after the first innings, the batters said that the ball was stopping. On being asked about bowling in tandem with Sunil Narine, he a |
| Stay tuned for the presentation ceremony... |
| Shreyas Iyer, the skipper of Kolkata begins by saying that it was important for them. Says if they had lost it, they had to win two out of their remaining four and says they are really happy to win it. Adds that the Impact Player rule certainly helped them in this game and Manish Pandey who was waiting to perform for the team, did exactly what the team expected from him. Says he is a wonderful player and it was good to see him building a strong partnership with Venkatesh Iyer. Appreciates the s |
| Venkatesh Iyer is the Player of the Match for his match-winning knock. He starts by saying that as a professional he needs to be flexible given the situation and had to play the anchor role and is happy that it came off. On Manish Pandey, he says that with the Impact Player rule, you can get an extra batter and it was crucial to use Manish at that point in time. Mentions that the wicket was two-paced and Manish was the one guiding him and which bowlers to take on and says that he thrives on bein |
| Right then, this is it from Match number 51. With this win, Kolkata has cemented the second spot as they have 14 points now with seven wins. Next up is an exciting clash between the two teams languishing in the bottom three. Bengaluru hosts Gujarat at the iconic M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Mathematically, Bengaluru needs to win all four remaining games to get close to the knockouts, and also, they can play a spoilsport in Gujarat's journey and would aim to double over them as well. T |
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