IPL 2021 Highlights: Mumbai Indians win by 10 runs

Rahul Chahar (4/27) and Trent Boult (2/27) led Mumbai Indians’ fightback as the defending champions registered their first win of the 2021 season. 

Wicket: Andre Russel hands Trent Boult an easy caught and bowled. KKR need 13 off 3 balls

19.1: Russell almost chopped on! He didn’t want that run for a moment, wanted the strike but Karthik ran through.

Trent Boult comes in for the final over. Andre Russell is on strike.

Score Update: The game comes down to the wire. Kolkata Knight Riders need 15 runs to win in 6 balls

Dropped: Krunal Pandya drops Andre Russell off his own bowling. Kolkata Knight Riders- 123/5 after 16 overs

15.2: Shakib Al Hasan tries to take Krunal Pandya to the stands. Mistimes completely and finds Suryakumar Yadav at deep mid-wicket. Mumbai bounce back in the game. Kolkata Knight Riders – 122/5

14.6: Rahul Chahar is unstoppable. The leg-spinner foxes a well-set Nitish Rana, who steps out and misses the ball completely. De Kock executes a simple stumping. Nitish Rana st de Kock b Rahul Chahar 57(47) [4s-6 6s-2]

12.5: Rahul Chahar strikes again! Eoin Morgan looks to take Chahar out of the park, misjudges the length and hands Jenson a catch

Fifty! Nitish Rana brings up his secomd fifty of the season. He reaches the half-century mark in 40 balls

10.3: Out! Rahul Chahar pitches around leg stump and turns the ball across Tripathi. De Kock takes an easy catch. Kolkata Knight Riders- 85/2 after 11 overs

8.5: Caught! It is Rahul Chahar, who finally brings a breakthrough for Mumbai. The leg-spinner lures Gill into a lofted stroke and the batsman mistimes only to find Pollard’s hands. Shubman Gill departs for 33 runs off 24 balls.

Score update: KKR keep cruising as Mumbai fall short of bowling options. Desperate for a wicket, Rohit brings Kieron Pollard into action, but Rana and Gill take the Windies skipper for a 12-run over. Kolkata Knight Riders – 62/0 after 8 overs. 

Powerplay: Shubman Gill (20) and Nitish Rana (23) take Kolkata Knight Riders to 45 runs by the end of six overs.

Score update: Nitish Rana and Shubman Gill score regular boundaries to score 28 runs in 4 overs

Innings break: Andre Russell claims 5/15, downs Mumbai Indians to a below-par 152-run total

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19.3: Caught! Andre Russell casts a magical spell, gets Krunal Pandya in the final over

17.3: Duck! Marco Jenson tries to hit a full deliver over extra-cover only to find Cummins. Mumbai fall to 127/’7

17.2: Caught! Russell bowls a slanting away outside off delivery, Pollard throws his hands and slices a thick outside edge to the keeper. Pollard dismissed for 5 runs, Mumbai reduced to 126/6

16.2: Caught! Hardik Pandya miscues a Prasidh Krishna delivery as Russell takes an easy catch at mid-off. Hardik Pandya dismissed for 15 runs.

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15.2: Bowled! Cummins provides a crucial breakthrough. Takes the pace off, bowls the off-cutter into the surface and manages to find the inside edge of Rohit Sharma. The Mumbai skipper departs after scoring 43 runs off 32 balls.

Strategic Time-out: Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya ready to set foot in the death overs. Mumbai Indians: 106/3 in 14 overs.  

11.1: Wicket! Pat Cummins digs it short and lures Ishan Kishan into a hook, rushes him for pace and it’s been dragged off the bottom half only to find the fielder. Kishan dismissed for 1.

10.3: Suryakumar Yadav dismissed immediately after scoring his 12th IPL fifty. 

Strategic Time-out: Suryakumar Yadav plays some sizzling shots, scores 40 runs in 27 balls. Mumbai – 64/1 after 8 overs

Powerplay: Suryakumar Yadav (23) and Rohit Sharma(16) work the field prudently and reach the 42-run mark by the end of six overs.

1.6 : Varun Chakravarthy served a tossed up delivery to see De Kock go rash. Rahul Tripathi takes the catch and the opener departs for 2 runs.

Earlier, skipper Eoin Morgan won the toss and chose to field first at the MA Chidambaram stadium, Chennai. The move played well, as with spinners bowling from both the sides, KKR were able to dismiss Quinton De Kock in the second over. Even after a 33-ball fifty from Suryakumar Yadav and a 43-run knock from Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians were reduced to 125/5 after the 17th over. Ishan Kishan (1) couldn’t cause much damage, Pandya, Pollard and Jenson also departed for cheap.

For Kolkata, Andre Russell top-performed with five wickets against his name. Pat Cummins (2/24) and Shakib Al Hasan (23/1) bowled crucial overs to choke Mumbai.