MUMBAI INDIANS (MI) vs KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (KKR) LIVE SCORES IPL 2016 WANKHEDE STADIUM

LIVE SCORES | MI vs KKR | IPL 2016 | MUMBAI

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LIVE SCORECARD

  Mumbai Indians innings

• 17.6 overs: SIX! Another full toss and same result. Pollard don't miss the gifts. With that Mumbai Indians win this match by 6 wickets.

• 17.4 overs: SIX! Full toss, it went high but safely out of the park. Pollard is in dangerous mood.

• 17.3 overs: SIX! Pollard launched Unadkat into the crowd.

• 17 overs: 7 runs off Narine's last over. The run-rate now is below 7 so it is a good over. Mumbai Indians 156/4 (19 runs required from 18 balls).

• 16 overs: Big over. 23 runs off it. Pollard has changed the course of the match in just one over. Mumbai Indians 149/4 (26 runs required from 24 balls).

• 15.6 overs: SIX! He hits a third one too. Again over mid-wicket but this time it was off the back foot.

• 15.4 overs: SIX! Another one. This time over the mid-wicket.

• 15.3 overs: SIX! That was Pollard special. Straight over Sathish's head.

• 15 overs: Another good over for Mumbai. Again 10 runs in the over. The match is heading towards a thrilling end. Mumbai Indians 126/4 (49 runs required from 30 balls). Pollard 10 (7b 2x4 0x6), Rohit 60 (41b 7x4 2x6), Shakib Al Hasan 4-0-30-1, Russell 3-0-28-0.

• 14 overs: 10 runs off Russell's over. Good for Mumbai Indians but they need such overs consistently.  Mumbai Indians 116/4 (59 runs required from 36 balls).

• 13 overs: Great over by Narine. He gave just 4 runs and dismissed Buttler.  Mumbai Indians 106/4 (69 runs required from 42 balls).

• 12.6 overs: WICKET! Superb catch by Chris Lynn. Buttler has to go back. Narine gets another wicket. Jos Buttler c Lynn b Narine 15 (15b 2x4 0x6).

• 12 overs: Much better over for Mumbai Indians. 11 runs came off it with two FOURS. Mumbai Indians 102/3 (73 runs required from 48 balls).

• 11.5 overs: Another 50 for Rohit Sharma. He took 36 balls to complete it.

• 11.3 overs: 100 up for Mumbai.

• 11 overs: Shakib keeping it tight. Just 6 runs. Mumbai need bigger overs now. Mumbai Indians 91/3 (84 runs required from 54 balls).

• 10 overs: KKR bowlers have pulled things back and pressure is now on Mumbai Indians. 7 runs off Russell's over.  Mumbai Indians 85/3 (90 runs required from 60 balls). Rohit 43 (31b 4x4 2x6), Buttler 1 (2b 0x4 0x6), Russell 1-0-7-0, Narine 2-0-11-1.

• 9 overs: Superb over by Narine. Just 3 runs from it and he provided a wicket. Mumbai Indians 78/3 (97 runs required from 11 overs).

• 8.6 overs: WICKET! Krunal Pandya skips out of crease to hit a big one but Narine is a canny fellow. He deceived Pandya in flight. Krunal Pandya b Narine 6 (5b 1x4 0x6).

• 8 overs: Fine over by Sathish. Just 7 runs off it. Mumbai Indians 75/2 (100 runs required from 12 overs).

• 7 overs: Excellent over by Shakib. Just 4 runs and he dismissed Rayudu in the over. Mumbai Indians 68/2 (107 runs required from 13 overs).

• 6.5 overs: WICKET! Superb catch by Suryakumar at the long-on boundary. Much-needed break for KKR. Shakib gets Rayudu. Ambati Rayudu c SA Yadav b Shakib Al Hasan 32 (20b 5x4 1x6).

• 6 overs: What a way to end the Powerplay. Unadkat hit for 19 runs by Rohit and Rayudu. Mumbai Indians 64/1 (111 runs required from 14 overs). Rayudu 31 (17b 5x4 1x6), Rohit 30 (17b 3x4 2x6), Unadkat 2-0-27-0, Narine 1-0-8-0.

• 5.1 overs: SIX! It was full on middle-stump by Unadkat and Rohit helped it over backward square-leg.  50 up for Mumbai Indians.

• 5 overs: 8 runs are enough from Sunil Narine's over. He is a difficult bowler to score against. So Mumbai must be happy to get 8 off it. Mumbai Indians 45/1 (130 runs required from 15 overs).

• 4 overs: Good over for Mumbai again. They are getting runs easily. Keeping the run-rate up. Mumbai Indians 37/1 (138 runs required from 16 overs).

• 3 overs: Good over for Mumbai. 10 runs off Shakib's over. Mumbai Indians 26/1 (149 runs required from 17 overs).

• 2.5 overs: SIX! Rayudu waited for the ball and smashed it over long-on for the maxium. Shakib Al Hasan was the bowler.

• 2 overs: A good over by Umesh Yadav. Just 8 runs and a wicket. Mumbai Indians 16/1 (159 runs required from 18 overs).

• 1.1 overs: WICKET! It was wide of off-stump by Umesh Yadav and Parthiv Patel went after it. The ball took the outside edge and Yusuf Pathan took a good catch in the slip. Parthiv Patel c Pathan b UT Yadav 1 (2b 0x4 0x6).

• 1 over: Unadkat bowled well to resurrect his over after Rohit hit him for a SIX off the second ball. Just 8 runs off the over. Mumbai Indians 8/0 (167 runs required from 19 overs).

• 0.2 overs: SIX! Massive hit over square-leg. Short by Unadkat and Rohit picked it well.

• 175 -- Is it enough? We will find it soon. Players are in. Rohit Sharma and Parthiv Patel the openers for Mumbai Indians. Jaydev Unadkat to start for KKR.

 

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Kolkata Knight Riders innings

• 20 overs: 8 runs off the last over. KKR finish with 174/5 on the scoreboard.

• 19 overs: It could have been a great over for Mumbai Indians but Southee dropped two catches on consecutive balls. McClenaghan was unlucky there. 10 runs off it. Kolkata Knight Riders 166/5.

• 18 overs: 13 runs off Southee's over despite the wicket. Yusuf Pathan didn't take time to apply the fourth gear. Two FOURs straight away.  Kolkata Knight Riders 156/5.

• 17.2 overs: WICKET! Southee again. Perfect yorker to slip the ball past Russell's high back-lift. Leg-stump uprooted. Andre Russell b Southee 22 (16b 3x4 0x6).

• 17 overs: Good over for KKR. Russell finally provided some fireworks in the over. He smashed Bumrah for three FOURS in the over to collect 13 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders 143/4.

• 16 overs: Brilliant over by Southee. He dismissed Suryakumar and gave just 4 runs. What more you need? Kolkata Knight Riders 130/4.

• 15.5 overs: WICKET! Suryakumar Yadav couldn't show his magic in this match. Southee has him with a short ball. Suryakumar Yadav c & b Southee 21 (17b 2x4 0x6).

• 15 overs: Good over by Bumrah. Just 4 runs. Gambhir's departure has slowed down the runs. Kolkata Knight Riders 126/3. Russell 4 (6b 0x4 0x6), S Yadav 20 (15b 2x4 0x6), Bumrah 2-0-13-0, McClenaghan 3-0-23-1.

• 14 overs: Excellent over by McClenaghan. Just 6 runs and he got Gambhir. Kolkata Knight Riders 122/3.

• 13.5 overs: WICKET! McClenaghan gets Gambhir. Big one for Mumbai this. Short and Gambhir was late in his pull. Gautam Gambhir c Pollard b McClenaghan 59 (45b 6x4 1x6).

• 13 overs: Big over. 15 runs came off Krunal Pandya's over. Kolkata Knight Riders 116/2.

• 12.3 overs: FOUR! and that's half-century for Gautam Gambhir.

• 12.2 overs: SIX! Gambhir steps out and smashed it over long-on. Krunal Pandya is the victim.

• 12 overs: Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav are trying hard to score as many runs as they can but Mumbai bowlers are doing really well at the moment. 8 runs off the over. Kolkata Knight Riders 101/2.

• 11.5 overs: 100 up for KKR.

• 11 overs: Pandya bowled another good over. Just 6 runs off it. Kolkata Knight Riders 93/2.

• 10 overs: Good over for KKR. 9 runs off Harbhajan's over. Kolkata Knight Riders 87/2.

• 9 overs: Another successful over for Mumbai. Two wickets in two over. Pandya gave just 7 runs in the over. Kolkata Knight Riders 78/2.

• 8.5 overs: WICKET! What a horrible shot. Shakib pays the price. Pandya provides the second scalp. It was short on off and going way above his reach but Shakib wanted to pull it hard through leg-side. Edged it and Parthiv took a good catch above his head. Shakib Al Hasan c Patel b HH Pandya 6 (4b 1x4 0x6).

• 8 overs: Successful over by Harbhajan. Just 4 runs and he provided the first breakthrough. Kolkata Knight Riders 71/1.

• 7.4 overs: WICKET! What an unfortunate way of getting out after playing a good knock. Harbhajan bowled an full toss and Uthappa smashed it straight to long-on fielder. Robin Uthappa c Pollard b Harbhajan Singh 36 (20b 1x4 2x6).

• 7 overs: An okay over by Hardik Pandya. 8 runs off it. He did concede a boundary in the over but that was it. Kolkata Knight Riders 67/0.

• 6 overs: Nice over to finish the powerplay. 11 runs off it. Kolkata Knight Riders 59/0. Gambhir 25 (21b 3x4 0x6), Uthappa 33 (15b 1x4 2x6), Harbhajan 1-0-11-0, Bumrah 1-0-9-0.

• 5.2 overs: SIX! Short ball by Harbhajan and Uthappa sent it where it belonged -- out of the park.

• 5 overs: Good over for KKR. 10 runs off it. Bumrah pulled things back well after getting hit for a SIX. Kolkata Knight Riders 48/0. 

• 4.2 overs: SIX! Brilliant hit by Uthappa. Short of length by Bumrah, Uthappa picked it early and thumped hit flat over the mid-on for the maximum.
• 4 overs: Much better over by McClenaghan. Just 6 off it. Didn't allow any room to Gambhir or Uthappa. Kolkata Knight Riders 38/0.

• 3 overs: Another expensive over for Mumbai. Southee was hit for 17 runs in the over. Gambhir and Uthappa have provided a good start to KKR. Kolkata Knight Riders 32/0.

• 2 overs: Expensive over by Mitchell McClenaghan. And, he dropped a simple catch of Gambhir on his own bowling. Kolkata Knight Riders 15/0.

• 1 over: Nice over to start with. Southee gave just 4 runs in it.

• Players are in. Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa get ready to face Tim Southee with the news ball.

PLAYING XIs Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Parthiv Patel, Ambati Rayudu, Jos Buttler, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Harbhajan Singh, Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah. Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Robin Uthappa, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Andre Russell, Rajagopal Sathish, Jaydev Unadkat, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine.

• Mumbai Indians are unchanged for this match. KKR have two changes: Chris Lynn and Jaydev Unadkat come in for Morne Morkel and Piyush Chawla.

• Toss time. Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma win toss and decided to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders.

• TRIVIA: Eight batsmen have scored more than 200 runs so far this year and Gautam Gambhir has hit the fewest sixes (2) among them. He also has the second-lowest strike rate (123.43) among those batsmen, after Ambati Rayudu (121.91).

• TRIVIA: Mumbai's average opening stand is just 12.14 --  lowest among all teams in this IPL season.

• 1831 hrs IST: We are just one hour away from the toss.

• PITCH REPORT: The pitch at the Wankhede Stadium is generally very good for batsmen. Three matches played here so far and they have yielded progressively higher first-innings totals. In the last match on April 20 between Mumbai Indians and RCB, 170 were scored. Interestingly, on all three occasions, the totals have been successfully chased down.

• Welcome everyone. This is the 24th match of the IPL 2016.

SQUADS Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (capt), Parthiv Patel, Hardik Pandya, Jos Buttler, Mitchell McClenaghan, Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Jagadeesha Suchith, Tim Southee, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Gopal, R Vinay Kumar, Corey Anderson, Unmukht Chand, Marchant de Lange, Siddhesh Lad, Kishore Kamath, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Punia, Nitish Rana, Jitesh Sharma, Nathu Singh, Akshay Wakhare, Martin Guptill. Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (capt), Piyush Chawla, Brad Hogg, Jason Holder, Sheldon Jackson, Kuldeep Yadav, Chris Lynn, Manan Sharma, Morne Morkel, Colin Munro, Sunil Narine, Manish Pandey, Yusaf Pathan, Ankit Rajput, Andre Russell, Rajgopal Satish, Shakib Al Hasan, Jaydev Unadkat, Robin Uthappa, Suryakumar Yadav and Umesh Yadav.

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PREVIEW The odds are in favour of table toppers Kolkata Knight Riders as they square off against defending champions Mumbai Indians, experiencing a campaign that is oscillating between high and low, in a potentially exciting Indian Premier League contest. KKR and MI are the two teams that have clinched the honours alternately in the glamorous T20 league over the last four editions. With the form shown thus far in the tournament by the two outfits, the match at the Wankhede Stadium promises to be an engaging battle between two top-notch sides. KKR are on a roll with four successive victories in five games. Interestingly, their lone defeat of the season, by six wickets, had come at the Eden Gardens against the Rohit Sharma-inspired MI on April 13. Captain Sharma blasted a match-winning 54-ball 84 not out to lead MI to victory in the first leg clash and KKR would be eager to set the record straight and stay at the top of the pecking order. The Knight Riders have travelled well this season and have also been led brilliantly by their opener Gautam Gambhir who has been the fulcrum of the batting, aggregating 237 runs from five games. When he fell cheaply KKR struggled on to chase down Rising Pune Supergiants' total of 160 for five and won by two wickets on April 24, thanks largely to Mumbai Ranji batsman Suryakumar Yadav's timely 49-ball 60. Yadav got good back-up from the under-performing Yusuf Pathan (36) which helped KKR's cause. "It is still the start of the tournament, we need to keep continuing the way we have done in the last five games, because we have realised what has happened last year. We were right at the top of the table till the 12th game, and suddenly we did not qualify for the playoffs," said Gambhir here during a team promotional in the run-up to the game. MI, at the other end of the spectrum, have had a mixed bag of results so far, wins coming in between losses and are going into the game with their confidence restored following a 25-run victory over Kings XI Punjab at Mohali on Monday. "It (this win) means a lot, considering our last few games hadn't gone the way we wanted to. We played like we are known to, this is the performance we have been expecting," said Sharma after the victory. Significantly, MI registered a competitive score of 189 for six without a big contribution from the captain and the form shown by his opening partner Parthiv Patel, who notched his first half century of the season with a knock of 81, must have pleased Sharma. The win over Punjab, their second in the last three outings, lifted them to the fifth spot, but there's still a long way to go before they can seal a spot in the play-offs. In batting, MI have relied mostly on Rohit and Ambati Rayudu (217 runs), with the occasional blasts from Kieron Pollard and Jos Buttler. It's their bowling, especially the pacers, who have caught the eye for MI with New Zealand's Mitchell McClenaghan (11 wickets) and Jasprit Bumrah (8) being the pick, in the absence of the injured Lasith Malinga. Among the slow bowlers, Harbhajan Singh has taken just three wickets and against the strong batting of KKR he would be expected to strike important blows after the power play. For KKR, Gambhir has - as in the past - been the stand-out performer with the bat while his opening partner Robin Uthappa (134 runs) has given him decent support. The good show of Yadav against Pune bodes well for the visitors as the Wankhede is his home ground away from IPL. There has been no outstanding bowler for KKR so far as they have re-jigged the attack constantly. But they have the extra bounce of Morne Morkel and the pace of Umesh Yadav to bank on and the duo could pose a few problems for MI batsmen on a Wankhede track which is known to assist the pacers. The return of Sunil Narine with a remodelled bowling action has added extra teeth to the slow bowling department, although bowling second with the possibility of dew fall could be a difficult proposition for him and the likes of Piyush Chawla and Shakib Al Hasan. KKR have already lost the services for the remainder of the season of Australian pace bowler John Hastings due to an ankle injury, according to Cricket Australia. The fast bowler, who has now been ruled out of the subsequent Australian tour to West Indies too, played in KKR's first two games on April 10 and 13 and has not been part of the playing XI since then. MI have a superb 17-5 all-time win-loss record against KKR, their last loss having come in their opening game of the last season at Eden Gardens before they turned around the fortunes and raced to the title.