KKR vs MI Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019, Full cricket score: Kolkata beat Mumbai by 34 runs despite Hardik's masterclass

Andre Russell, MoM: For me, hand-eye co-ordination is important. I generate a lot of my power from the core. You need to make sure your body is fit and strong. That shot was a surprise for me as well. We have given ourselves a chance. Hopefully the result in the next two games goes our way. We needed to get 200-plus but getting 230 was just enough. We kept our heads calm under pressure and executed our plans well.

Dinesh Karthik, India captain: I think at the end of the day you should make sure your process is right and as much as it sounds like a cliche, it is all you can do in a sport like this. You need to keep a smile and you need to be happy. Lot of bickering can creep in and I’m aware of that. It’s hardwork. Everyone is trying to do their best. It is high pressure and high octane tournament. It was a flat wicket, the bowlers did well. We were waiting for one bad shot and everyone must be feeling oh it is going the other way when they were hitting but you need to hold your nerves and do well. (On Russell) Terrific. He’s a special player for us. He’s special in this tournament. The way he’s responded to different situations, he’s shown maturity and I was just telling him that.

Andre Russell is the Man of the Match.

Rohit Sharma, MI captain: You have got to start well and it didn’t happen for us. We kept losing wickets and that added scoreboard pressure.I think we tried everything we could. We bowled the yorkers, but couldn’t execute it perfectly. We bowled the bouncers. We bowled the variations.You’ve got to give credit to their batsmen. Lynn gave them a good start and Shubman batted really well and Russell at the end. Good learnings for us in the game. I am not really worried about the bowling unit. We needed partnerships, we needed someone to bat with Hardik. That didn’t happen. You got to believe that you will be able to chase the total. Few people have to put their hands up. We have to regroup as quickly as we can. There will be times like these when you have to look back and learn from it.As a team we’ve done some good things, we just have to believe in our abilities

KKR’s first T20 match: April 18, 2008

RCB’s first T20 match: April 18, 2008

KKR’s 100th T20 win: April 28, 2019

RCB’s 100th T20 defeat: April 28, 2019

In the context of the comments made by Russell in his last press conference, this was quite the statement. Mumbai will have to wait for that Playoff slot, and this makes the race for that top two finish all the more interesting. We’re into the last week of IPL action and we still don’t know what the final four looks like.

Teams with 100-plus T20 wins:

Mumbai Indians

Chennai Super Kings

Lancashire 

Nottinghamshire

Warwickshire

Kolkata Knight Riders*

After 20 overs,Mumbai Indians 198/7 ( Barinder Sran 3 , Rahul Chahar 1)

Kolkata Knight Riders break the losing strike finally to beat Mumbai Indians by 34 runs after surviving a Hardik Pandya scare. With the win, all teams are still in contention to make it to the playoffs

OUT! Hasn’t been the night for Piyush, but he has some redemption in the form of Krunal’s wicket. Bowls the googly, keeps it wide and Krunal top edges. Chawla has to run back and take the catch to earn his first wicket.

Krunal Pandya c and b Chawla 24(18)

SIX! Krunal connects this slog sweep and sends it over wide long on ropes as Piyush takes some more beating.

After 19 overs,Mumbai Indians 190/6 ( Krunal Pandya 18 , Barinder Sran 2)

Russell comes on to bowl the penultimate over and makes sure there is no mathematical possibility left for MI going into the final over, provided the bowler bowls six legitimate delivery. One helluva innings though from Hardik that won’t end in a win. KKR to now play for NRR.

Most sixes against KKR in an IPL match:

10 – Shreyas Iyer, Delhi, Delhi, 2018

9 – Chris Gayle, RCB, Bangalore, 2013

9 – HARDIK PANDYA, MI, Kolkata, 2019*

Finally the madness ends. Hardik’s blitz was almost too good to be true, and the end has almost returned sanity to proceedings. But it’s incredible how he has taken his power hitting to the next level this season.

Hardik is no less than Russell! 

So Hardik Pandya is basically Andre Russell without the muscle.#KingsOfSixes

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) April 28, 2019

OUT! Gurney persists with the slower ball and has the wicket of Hardik Pandya just at the right time. Slower ball banged into the surface. Hardik had to nail it perfectly. He was looking to flat-bat it down the ground but it turns in his hand and fittingly it is Russell who takes the catch at long on. End of one of the most brilliant innings played in the tournamanet.

Hardik Pandya c A Russell b Gurney 91(34)

FOUR! Pandya finds the gap on the offside. He has sliced that through extra cover and beats the fielder in the deep. Into the 90s.

SIX! This is a fantastic hitting! Hardik is batting on a different plane altogether. Moves across and sends it long over deep mid wicket fence.

After 17 overs,Mumbai Indians 174/5 ( Hardik Pandya 81 , Krunal Pandya 14)

Good comeback by Narine after been struck for a four and six off the first two balls. Ends up conceding 14 runs that is five less than the required rate. MI need 59 off 18 balls.

SIX! Incredible! This is the eighth six off his innings. Hardik has once again cleared mid wicket boundary. Whipped the full ball for six.

FOUR! Hardik Pandya goes straight down the ground, the umpire has to duck almost instantaneously. No stopping that. Hardik holds his calf and is in some discomfort here.

Hardik is on 68 off 25. MI need 73 off 24. Even if he faces every ball with the same brutal results, which have brought him the fastest fifty of the season, it won’t be enough. That tells you how big KKRs total was. As good as it is to watch, tough for MI to dream of this total.

After 16 overs,Mumbai Indians 160/5 ( Hardik Pandya 68 , Krunal Pandya 13)

Piyush Chawla has been taken to the cleaners by Hardik Pandya. He can count himself unlucky here as some miscommunication between Robin Uthappa and Dinesh Karthik leads to a big mess. Krunal Pandya got a top edge that went straight up and was a straightforward chance for the fielding side, but both barge in one another and the ball slips out. Pretty embarrassing. His quicker ball also misses the stumps and DK fails to collect it cleanly and runs for four byes. Another 20 run over. MI need 73 off 24 balls.

FOUR! Again wide of off stump, but is back of a length and Hardik has struck this powerfully through covers for another boundary. Hammered it to extra cover fence.

FOUR! Chawla goes wide of off and Hardik extends his arms and carves it over covers for a boundary. Didn’t get all of it but enough to clear the infield and the ball bounces away to the boundary

SIX! Krunal Pandya’s chance to make merry! Down on hisknee and blasts it down the ground over long on for a big six.

After 15 overs,Mumbai Indians 140/5 ( Hardik Pandya 59 , Krunal Pandya 6)

Andre Russell comes back into the attack and delivers a superb over under the circumstances. It is a great fight between two all-rounders from either sides. Both want to win it for their side. Russell displayed his power hitting in the first innings with Pandya also bearing the brunt now the roles have been reversed. Just seven runs from the over as the equation is now 93 needed off 30 balls.

Indian players to score 2,000 runs and take 100 wickets in T20 cricket:

Ravindra Jadeja

HARDIK PANDYA*

Fastest fifties for MI in IPL: (By balls)

17 – Ishan Kishan v KKR, Kolkata, 2018

17 – Kieron Pollard v KKR, Mumbai, 2016

17 – HARDIK PANDYA v KKR, Kolkata, 2019*

It is also the fastest fifty of this IPL.

After 14 overs,Mumbai Indians 133/5 ( Hardik Pandya 57 , Krunal Pandya 1)

Hardik unperturbed by Pollard’s wicket at the other end as he continues to bash the ball around the park, majorly mid wicket region. He is joined by his elder brother and MI now need 100 off 36 balls.

FOUR! Hardik again eyes the deep mid wicket region. Swings it across and collects another boundary. Stupendous hitting.

FIFTY! Fastest half-century of IPL 2019. Hardik Pandya is looking unstoppable at the moment. Brings up his fifty with another massive six over deep midwicket. Just 17 balls to get there.

OUT! Sunil Narine returns into the attack and his countryman. Pollard was eyeing the straight boundary, gets it from the inside half of the bat and the fielder at deep mid wicket runs in and dives to grab a good catch.
 

Pollard c Nitish Rana b Narine 20(21)

After 13 overs,Mumbai Indians 121/4 ( Kieron Pollard 20 , Hardik Pandya 46)

Gurney faces Hardik Pandya’s wrath. A  helicopter for ahuge six and a boundary in the over along with three singles. MI need 112 off 42 balls.

FOUR! Wide full toss from Gurney and Pandya has sliced this over point for a boundary. Too easy.

Nothing to lose situation has set up some  great hitting from Hardik. Strangely, Pollard is happy to play second fiddle, which won’t do in this situation, they need impetus from both ends. And that’s brought about Pollard’s downfall.

SIX! Helicopter!! What a brilliant shot from Hardik!! It was the slot, alright, but he whips the ball from outside off way over mid wicket fence. Strong wrists, stronger muscles.

After 12 overs,Mumbai Indians 108/4 ( Kieron Pollard 18 , Hardik Pandya 35)

Sixes on either end of the Chawla’s over. Hardik Pandya is turning the game single handedly. He has taken a liking to Chawla and shredding him to bits. MI take 16 runs off the over to go past 100-run mark.

SIX! Pandya hangs back to a short ball and swings it over deep backward square leg. Massive hit! Pandya is milking Chawla here. DK can surely not bowl him more.

SIX! Chawla comes round the stumps but has dropped it too short and Hardik pulls it over mid wicket for a biggie. Scoring sixes for fun.

After 11 overs,Mumbai Indians 92/4 ( Kieron Pollard 16 , Hardik Pandya 21)

Pandya with some lusty blows in his innings to race into the 20s. He has decided to take on the spinners, misses out on couple occasions and lets out a huge roar in anger

SIX! That’s a big heave from Hardik Pandya to smack the ball deep into the stands. Little shuffle across and sends it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie

FOUR! Narine strays on Pollard’s pads and he has picked off his legs to whip it wide of the deep midwicket fielder for a boundary

After 10 overs,Mumbai Indians 78/4 ( Kieron Pollard 10 , Hardik Pandya 13)

Hardik Pandya’s affinity towards legspinners is no secret. He blasts Piyush for couple of maximums and forces him to change his angle. Pollard collects a boundary for himself.

Piyush Chawla has taken 23 wickets against MI in IPL – the most by any spinner.

He’s doing it with the ball now! Russell ensures there is a strong finish to the Powerplay for KKR, with the RRR now above 14 already. Not a great way to start chasing the highest score at Eden. Surprised that Mumbai sent in Suryakumar ahead of Pollard and Pandya. If there was ever a need for a promotion of the power hitters, it is now.

FOUR! A little too short from Chawla. It was the googly and Pollard had enough time to pick it. Cracks it hard off the backfoot to cover fence.

SIX! That’s gone a long way too. Again dished up right in Pandya’s hitting range and Hardik has clubbed this over wide long on.

SIX! Piyush Chawla comes into th attack and bowls right in the slot for Hardik Pandya, who tonks it straight down the ground with great disdain.

Russell can’t put a foot wrong!

Russell can’t put a foot wrong this season. He’s ravaged bowlers this season with amazing power and consistency. The World Cup’s a different format, of course, but his IPL form carries stiff warning to opposing bowlers already

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 28, 2019

After 9 overs,Mumbai Indians 60/4 ( Kieron Pollard 5 , Hardik Pandya 1)

Hardik Pandya comes out to the middle. Can Pollard and Pandya pull off a miracle for MI? Eight runs from the over and a second wicket for Russell tonight.

We all know what is working for KKR tonight! 

if this is what it results in, russell should do a press conference ahead of every #KKR game #KKRvMI

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 28, 2019

OUT! Smart bowling from Russell. It was the slower ball from Dre Russ. Surya’s eye must have light up seeing the full toss but the ball dips on it because Russell has taken the pace off it. The leading edge goes right up and DK pouches another catch.

Suryakumar Yadav c Karthik b A Russell 26(14)

SIX! That is typical from Surya. Walks across his stumps, gets outside his off stump and flicks it over deep square leg. Got it right from the middle.

After 8 overs,Mumbai Indians 52/3 ( Suryakumar Yadav 20 , Kieron Pollard 4)

Pollard was looking to take the attack to Warrier but ended up collecting couple of singles off the leading edges, fortunately for him, they didn’t go to any fielders. MI trudge past 50 in the 8th over. Warrier bowls out his quota.

Kieron Pollard has been dismissed only twice out of his last nine IPL innings against KKR.

After 7 overs,Mumbai Indians 46/3 ( Suryakumar Yadav 17 , Kieron Pollard 1)

Russell can’t put a foot wrong today. He got the promotion that he wanted in the batting line up and since then he has been dictating the game on his terms. Removes Lewis off the first ball after the strategic time out and has new man Kieron Pollard jumping with a vicious bouncer. A boundary off the final ball as his first over costs five runs.

FOUR! Surya pokes at a delivery outside off and the ball races down to third man, where Piyush Chawla should have done better.

OUT! Russell strikes! It is his night, isn’t it? Runs, catch and now a wicket of the first ball he has bowled. Slants across the left-hander on the fourth stump line, Lewis was looking to push off the backfoot but Evin Lewis ends up nicking it to Dinesh Karthik.

After 6 overs,Mumbai Indians 41/2 ( Evin Lewis 15 , Suryakumar Yadav 13)

Boundaries for each batsmen as Mumbai Indians take 12 runs off the last over of the fielding restrictions. Gurney completes his second over and we break for a strategic time out. Mumbai need 192 runs in 84 balls

FOUR! Typical Evin Lewis! Gurney bowls length outside off giving an opportunity for Lewis to free his arms and blast it over covers. One bounce and into the advertising hoardings.

FOUR! Flicked away nicely from Suryakumar. Uses the angle of Gurney’s delivery to earn four more runs.

After 5 overs,Mumbai Indians 29/2 ( Evin Lewis 9 , Suryakumar Yadav 7)

Despite the six from Surya, Mumbai scoring less than run-a-ball. The required run rate has climbed way over 13 runs and only six balls are left in the Powerplay. Eight runs from Warrier’s third.

SIX! Oh that is some shot from Suryakumar Yadav! Warrier bowls it on middle stump and Surya has picked this up beautifully. Hits the skirtings at mid wicket on the full.

After 4 overs,Mumbai Indians 21/2 ( Evin Lewis 8 , Suryakumar Yadav 0)

Harry Gurney is brought into the attack and he gets rid of Rohit Sharma to provide a major setback for the Mumbai Indians. The bowling change works perfectly for KKR. Big call to remove Narine, who picked a wicket in his previous over.

OUT! Gurney comes from round the wicket and angles the ball into Rohit Sharma, who lines up for huge hoick across the line, fails to connect by a good margin and is hit infront of middle and leg. It is hitting the top of the leg stump so the decision stays with the on field call. Nitin Menon raises his finger for the second time and Rohit is on his bike. Body blow for MI!

Rohit lbw b Gurney 12(9)

After 3 overs,Mumbai Indians 20/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 12 , Evin Lewis 7)

After four dots, Lewis gets off the mark with a six off Warrier. He will retain the strike for the start of the next over with a single of the final ball.

SIX! Short and wide from Warrier and Lewis throws his hands at it. Opens the blade to scythe it over point for a biggie.

After 2 overs,Mumbai Indians 13/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 12 , Evin Lewis 0)

Narine strikes in his first over and an early exit of De Kock in a tall chase prompts Dinesh Karthik to exert pressure as he places a short leg for Rohit Sharma. MI skipper whacks his third boundary to move to 12 runs.

FOUR! Rohit Sharma goes down his knee and drags it wide of the long on fielder. Not exactly where intended but he will gleefully take the boundary.

OUT! Sunil Narine provides an early breakthrough. De Kock departs for a blob. Tries to sweep it off the ball bowled on middle and leg. Narine gets some extra bounce and he top edges to Andre Russell at deep square leg.

De Kock c A Russell b Narine 0(4)

Rohit Sharma has scored 470 runs in 14 T20 innings at Eden Gardens at an average of 42.72. 

Only Chris Gayle (428) has scored more runs than Rohit Sharma (400) against KKR at Kolkata in IPL. ​

Rohit Sharma is one of the three players to have scored 700-plus runs against KKR in IPL. (757 runs, 23 innings, 44.52 average)

After 1 overs,Mumbai Indians 9/0 ( Quinton de Kock (W) 0 , Rohit Sharma (C) 8)

Warrier gets a good shape into De Kock first up. Rohit Sharma is off and running with couple of nicely timed boundaries in the first over.

FOUR! Slightly short on the hips from Warrier and Rohit Sharma has played the natraja shot to backward square leg. One bounce over the ropes.

FOUR! Rohit Sharma uses the away swing to his advantage. Opens the face of the bat to run it past the first slip for a boundary to third man

Alrighty! Big chase in store for us. Rohit Sharma, leading MI for the 100th time today has a huge responsibility on his shoulders. He loves the Eden Gardens, can MI pull off history. Partnering him will be the in form Quinton de Kock. Sandeep Warrier will open the attack for Knight Riders. One slip in place.

MI running into a red-hot Russell. If anyone could change the prospects of KKR, it is Russell, and the best use of him.by putting him up at No. 3 last night, KKR have given the  MI bowlers a nightmare. For me, the standout was Chahar’s right arm over, coming across strategy.

KKR’s total of 232/2 against MI today,

– Their second highest total in IPL
– Second highest total v MI in IPL
– Highest total at Kolkata in IPL

Andre Russell becomes the second player after Gayle to hit 50-plus sixes in an IPL season after Gayle (59 in 2012 and 51 in 2013).

After 20 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 232/2 ( Andre Russell 80 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 15)

MI need 233 to win!

20 off last over as Russell continues his onslaught. Two sixes and two fours for him in final over. KKR post 232/2, the highest total of this season in IPL.

SIX! Not what you want to bowl to Russell. Full delivery from Malinga is smoked wide of long off by Russell

FOUR! The shot from Russell off the yorker ball bumps into the turf and jumps over keeper to run over for a four

FOUR! This was full and wide of off as Russell outstretched to put this past the point for a boundary

SIX! Russell starts the last over with a six! This was in the slot from Malinga as Russell dug deep to clobber it over long-on

After 19 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 212/2 ( Andre Russell 60 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 15)

Quite a contest between Bumrah and Russell! Wide first ball. Russell plays the yorker next for a single followed by a no ball as Russell plays the free-hit to square leg for a four. Then slaps the wide slower ball over cover for a six after stretching for the shot. Bumrah beats him next with a short ball followed by a single. 15 off the over.

SIX! Wide slower delivery by Bumrah and Russell had to stretch as he moved across but his sheer power took it over cover

FOUR! Russell utilises the free-hit to get a four. Bumrah went short as Russell pulled it on leg. No timing but enough power to get a four

Andre Russell’s fifties this IPL: (By balls)

21 v RCB, Eden Gardens
23 v DC, Kotla
30 v MI, Eden Gardens*
44 v CSK, Chepauk

FIFTY! Russell reaches his half-century in 30 balls. Eight IPL fifty for the West Indian

After 18 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 198/2 ( Andre Russell 49 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 14)

Russell show now playing at Eden Gardens! Clobbered the slower short ball from Hardik over mid-wicket. Slammed the full toss over cow corner for another six as Hardik missed his mark followed by a slap over third man. 20 off the over.

SIX! Good improvisation by Russell again! Hardik went short and gave very little room to Russell who rocked back to slap it over third man

SIX! Hardik missed his yorker their by a mile as Russell moved towards leg to clobber that over mid-wicket

Most sixes in an IPL season:

59 – Chris Gayle, 2012
51 – Chris Gayle, 2013
45 – Andre Russell, 2019* (And counting)
44 – Chris Gayle, 2011  
38 – Chris Gayle, 2015

SIX! Slower ball from Pandya. On shorter length and that is deposited over mid-wicket by Russell. 600th six of this season

After 17 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 177/2 ( Andre Russell 30 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 13)

DK did well against CSK and will be confident! 13 off the over as DK gets a four and six off Bumrah! Both were short balls as he pulled them to mid-wicket for 10 runs in two balls.

SIX! Amazing shot! Another back of the length ball from Bumrah as DK pulls it over mid-wicket for a maximum

FOUR! Back of length ball by Bumrah and DK picked it early to pummel it to mid-wicket

Hardik Pandya has bowled a cameo. We say that a lot about his batting, but with the ball he’s provided the over Mumbai Indians needed, and gotten through them with minimal damage. Just one boundary conceded so far. Now over to Bumrah and Malinga.

After 16 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 164/2 ( Andre Russell 29 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 1)

Top-edge off Russell’s bat first ball but it falls safely. Hardik gets the wicket of Gill next ball. Took pace off the ball as Gill dragged his slog shot to Lewis at long on. Russell got a four on last ball with an upper cut over short third man. Seven off the over.

FOUR! Great awareness from Russell! It was short delivery outside off as Russell moved across. He improvised and cut it over short third man

WICKET! Shubman Gill c Lewis b HH Pandya 76 (45)

Hardik Pandya did very well to take pace off the ball as Gill went for a slog over long-on. Didn’t get power behind it as the shot is taken by Lewis

After 15 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 157/1 ( Shubman Gill 76 , Andre Russell 23)

Poor over from Malinga! His length ball outside off is smashed down the ground by Gill for a four. Malinga then goes full on pads as Gill flicks it to fine leg fence. Russell slaps the short wide of off ball to third man boundary. 14 off the over.

Huge total in KKR’s sights today

Quite a hammering for #MI so far. Plumb pitch, but even so, chasing 215-220 daunting. Good to see young Shubman Gill getting runs

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 28, 2019

FOUR! Length ball outside off and Russell slams that by throwing his bat on it as the toe-end shot runs down to the fence

FOUR! Not a good delivery! Full on Gill’s pads as he flicks that to beat short fine leg fielder

FOUR! Gill smoked the length ball outside off from Malinga down the ground for a boundary

The novelty of the right arm across and over from Chahar is the only good news for Mumbai right now. Just when it looked like MI were keeping Russell in check, he’s cut loose. Pandya’s wide yorker tactic seemed to be working well though, and if he gets another over in, MI don’t need to Bowl Sran again.

After 14 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 143/1 ( Shubman Gill 67 , Andre Russell 18)

Big over for KKR! Three sixes! 20 off it. Gill goes against leg break to sweep it over long on. Russell slams two consecutive sixes over mid-wicket as Chahar goes full against him.

SIX! Another full delivery and Russell did well to get under it to slam it over mid-wicket. Consecutive sixes

SIX! Too full from Chahar as Russell slams that with full strength over mid-wicket fence

SIX! Huge and lovely shot! Leg-break from Chahar as Gill gets a stride forward to slog sweep it over long on

After 13 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 124/1 ( Shubman Gill 60 , Andre Russell 6)

Hardik Pandya came into attack with the plan to bowl wide of off. Conceded three wide deliveries but did very well to keep KKR batsmen silent. Just one single. Just four off it.

After 12 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 119/1 ( Shubman Gill 59 , Andre Russell 6)

Lewis put in a dive at long on but failed to grab Russell’s catch as it ran down to the fence. Gill added a six with a beautiful shot. Came down to get to pitch of the ball and sent it downtown. 13 off the over.

SIX! Lovely shot! Brilliant use of the feet from Gill as he stepped down to tonk the tossed ball down the ground

DROPPED! FOUR! Russell offered a chance as his shot to long on stayed in air but Lewis failed to grab it with a dive

After 11 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 106/1 ( Shubman Gill 51 , Andre Russell 1)

Russell has walked in to bat at No 3. KKR not taking any risks today. Gill gets a four on first ball off Bumrah as cover fielder allows a drive to run through. Gill adds a double and single after that to complete fifty. Nine off the over.

Andre Russell’s scores batting at No.3 in IPL:

1(3), 45(17), 2(5)

FIFTY! Gill takes a single through third man to complete his half-century in 32 balls

FOUR! A drive through cover for Gill off full delivery from Bumrah. Should have been stopped but the cover fielder failed

Finally some respite for MI, but with Russell at the crease, they can’t breathe easy. Good to see a slip in for the new batter against Chahar

After 10 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 97/1 ( Shubman Gill 43 , Andre Russell 0)

KKR lose their first wicket! Lynn departs for 54. Opened himself to go big against a leg side delivery from Chahar but didn’t get the distance as Lewis took the catch at long on. Gill got a six on first ball with an inside-out shot over deep extra-cover.

Andre Russell expressed his displeasure with some decision making within KKR and today he gets promoted to number three. Interesting.

No reply for Lynn. MI have tried spin, tried pace, but the runs keep coming. It tells you how good this pitch is for batting. Once again, Mumbai have held back overs from Malinga and Bumrah, but this assault might force them to being them back early.

WICKET! RAHUL CHAHAR STRIKES!

Chris Lynn c Lewis b Rahul Chahar 54(29)

The opening stand is broken. Lynnsanity is over. The leg-break pitched on leg as Lynn opened himself for a big shot towards long on but it went high and to Lewis

This is Lynn’s fourth fifty-plus score out of last eight IPL innings.

SIX! Lovely shot! Inside-out shot from Gill against leg-break from Chahar. Played over deep extra cover.

After 9 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 89/0 ( Shubman Gill 35 , Chris Lynn 54)

Lynn’s onslaught has a name — Lynnsanity! 13 off this over and Lynn has completed his fifty in just 27 balls. He scooped the full ball from Barinder to wide of long off for a four. Clobbered the length ball to wide of long on for another boundary.

FOUR! Lynn clears his left leg to slam the length ball to wide of long on for another four

FIFTY! Lynn taps the wide full toss from Barinder to point for a single and completes his fifty in 27 balls

FOUR! Full delivery from Sran and Lynn takes his front foot forward to slice it wide of long off. Lynn on 49

After 8 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 76/0 ( Shubman Gill 31 , Chris Lynn 45)

Lynn turning on insanity! Once again moved back to create room and slammed it to wide of long off. Smoked the full ball from Krunal over mid-wicket for a maximum. 13 off the over.

SIX! Krunal went full this time and that was enough for Lynn as he smoked that over mid-wicket for a maximum

FOUR! Lynn again shuffled across to create room but hit it so well to beat the long off and deep extra cover fielder

Among players who have taken atleast eight wickets this IPL, Rahul Chahar’s economy rate of 6.43 is the fourth best.

After 7 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 63/0 ( Shubman Gill 29 , Chris Lynn 34)’

KKR have got off to a great start and Lynn in particular is in great mood. Made room for himself against leggie Rahul Chahar to slam one to wide of long off for a four. Picks one from length to deposit into stands beyond long on. 13 off the over.

SIX! Lynn doesn’t fear the spinners anymore. Picked this one from length to clobber it over long on

FOUR! Excellent shot! Lynn rocked back to create room and slammed it wide of long off off Rahul Chahar

It’s been boom or bust for MI in the Powerplay . A couple of overs with less than 3 runs an over, and a few big ones. Critically, no wicket. On a pitch where they assumed that they could get some movement early on, that’s a disappointing result for MI.

After 6 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 50/0 ( Shubman Gill 27 , Chris Lynn 23)

Good over for KKR. 11 off it. Lynn could have got out on the second ball as he mistimed his shot to mid-off but Pollard put down the catch after putting in a dive. Gill flicked the full toss from Malinga to backward square leg fence before Lynn slammed a good length ball down the ground for another four. Powerplay up. 50 opening partnership up as well.

FOUR! This time Lynn got hold of the shot and kept it away from Pollard as it run down to long-on boundary

FOUR! A gift from Malinga. Slow full-toss flicked by Gill to deep backward square leg for another boundary

DROPPED! Pollard has dropped a catch! He put in a dive at mid-off for Lynn’s catch but failed to hold onto it

After 5 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 39/0 ( Shubman Gill 21 , Chris Lynn 18)

Bumrah into attack. Two singles off first two balls followed by hard slash by Lynn as the ball hit the bottom half of the bat and ran to deep square leg for a four. Two more singles.

FOUR! It went in a flash. The angle helped Lynn as he swung his bat hard at the length ball to send it to deep square leg fence

After 4 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 31/0 ( Shubman Gill 19 , Chris Lynn 12)

KKR find the boundaries back after two quiet overs. Lynn moved to create some room on off and cut the full ball from Krunal for a four on off. Swept a tossed up ball over short fine leg for another four.12 off the over.

FOUR! Another boundary for Lynn. Tossed up delivery from Krunal very well played as Lynn sweeps it to beat the short fine leg

April, 2013 : Rohit Sharma’s first match as a captain in IPL (v KKR, Kolkata)

April, 2019 : Rohit Sharma’s 100th match as a captain in IPL (v KKR, Kolkata)

FOUR! Lynn invented that shot there! Shuffled across to create some room and then cut the full ball with force past the point

After 3 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 19/0 ( Shubman Gill 17 , Chris Lynn 2)

No second over for Barinder for now. Malinga into attack and starts off with a slower one. That’s what you need on this pitch. Gill plays it to mid-off for a single. A push to cover by Lynn for another single. One more on last ball.

After 2 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 16/0 ( Shubman Gill 15 , Chris Lynn 1)

Good move from Rohit. Krunal called into attack! We saw how he could be successful without spin on offer in the match at Chennai. Just two from this over.

This is the 100th IPL game for Rohit Sharma as a captain.

Players to captain in 100-plus IPL matches:

MS Dhoni
Gautam Gambhir
Virat Kohli
ROHIT SHARMA*

After 1 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 14/0 ( Shubman Gill 14 , Chris Lynn 0)

Horrible start for Sran on his MI debut! 14 from first over. Gill got off the mark on first ball with a four through mid-wicket. Slammed the short wide of off ball through deep extra cover for another four. Sran went a bit short again and that was pulled over deep square leg. Pitch looks quite flat.

KKR is one win away from becoming the sixth team to win 100 T20s.

SIX! A bit short again and Gill pulls it over deep square left for first maximum. Looks like a great batting surface

FOUR! A bit short and wide of off as Gill drives that off back-foot through deep extra-cover

FOUR! A bit fuller and Gill creams that with a flick to mid-wicket fence for a boundary. Good start for KKR

Horses for course for MI as they strengthen their pace attack. With the inclusion of Barinder Sran, they add the left arm angle as well. Along with Malinga and Bumrah, that’s some serious variety in the pace attack.

Big game for KKR! They need to break the losing streak if they have to qualify for playoffs.

Shubman Gill and Chris Lynn will open the innings for KKR. Barinder Sran to bowl the first four.

KKR vs MI head to head

 – KKR have lost each of their last eight IPL matches against Mumbai Indians.

 – KKR have lost each of their last six IPL matches.

 – KKR have lost each of their last four IPL matches at Kolkata. 

 – KKR have a 5-18 record against MI in IPL.

Barinder Sran will play his first match for Mumbai Indians!

Barinder Sran is all set to make his debut for the @mipaltan 🧢#KKRvMI pic.twitter.com/aqVAKeCVlm

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 28, 2019

MI playing 11 today

Mumbai Indians XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Evin Lewis, Suryakumar Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Barinder Sran

KKR playing 11 today

Kolkata Knight Riders XI: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Sandeep Warrier, Harry Gurney

Also, DC are through to the playoffs. They have beaten RCB by 16 runs. They are the second team to qualify for the playoffs. Follow more updates here .

KKR vs MI toss result today 

Rohit Sharma wins the toss for Mumbai Indians and the visitors have opted to bowl first.

Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians Full Squads:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik (c/wk), Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Nikhil Naik, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Nitish Rana, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Harry Gurney, Matt Kelly, KC Cariappa and Yarra Prithviraj.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan(w), Krunal Pandya, Alzarri Joseph, Rahul Chahar, Jason Behrendorff, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuvraj Singh, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Lad, Evin Lewis, Pankaj Jaiswal, Anukul Roy, Ben Cutting, Mayank Markande, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan, Barinder Sran, Rasikh Salam, Jayant Yadav

One more win and it will be Playoffs time for Mumbai. And they are up against the team that have lost sight of the rails in the last few games, so they have the best chance of sealing a spot in the top two, which will give them two shots at the final. But with Kolkata not being the spin friendly venue it used to be, it will be interesting to see if Mumbai give Anukul Roy another game.

Kagiso Rabada leads the race for Purple Cap with 23 wickets in 11 matches. He is currently in action against RCB and may increase his tally. Behind him is Imran Tahir (17 wickets). Check out the full list of leading wicket-takers in IPL 2019.

David Warner (611 runs) leads the race for Orange Cap. His Sunrisers Hyderabad opening partner Jonny Bairstow is behind with 445 runs. Click here to check out the complete list of leading run-getters in IPL 2019.

With the result of the DC vs RCB match, the points table is bound to see some changed. Before that happens, take a quick look at where your team is placed in the table. Click here to check out the full points table.

In the 4 pm match, RCB are well placed to chase down the 188. They are currently at 90/2 after the end of 10 overs. RCB need Bangalore need 98 runs in 60 balls. Click here to switch to the match.

Knight Riders aim to arrest losing streak against Mumbai to stay alive in playoffs race

With three matches left in the league stage, KKR and MI clash for the first time this season on Sunday, with the return leg slated for 5 May. Read the full match preview here .

Today’s IPL match live blog between KKR vs MI

Hello and welcome to the coverage of the 47th match of IPL 2019 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians to be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Kolkata badly need a win to bring their campaign on track while Mumbai would look to continue the dominance and make sure they end up in the top 2 at the end of the round-robin contests.