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IPL 12 Match 47 KKR vs MI at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders break the losing strike finally to beat Mumbai Indians by 35 runs after surviving a Hardik Pandya scare. With the win, all teams are still in contention to make it to the playoffs IPL 2019, KKR vs MI, Today’s Match Preview: Kolkata Knight Riders will look to end their six-game losing streak when they face Mumbai Indians at the Eden Gardens on Sunday. The Knight Riders, led by Dinesh Karthik, started the tournament on a good note but then lost their way having suffered six defeats on a trot. Over reliance on star all-rounder Andre Russell didn’t auger well for the team as they are ranked sixth among eight teams, having won only four matches from the 11 they played this season. Captain Karthik still believes his team can make a strong comeback but he would also know that time is running out and one more defeat on Sunday would be fatal for the ambitions to make it to the top-four. Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai will take the confidence gained after beating table-toppers Chennai Super Kings in their own backyard and would look to pile more misery on struggling Kolkata. A victory at the Eden Gardens will more or less seal their spot in the playoffs, having secured 16 points from 12 matches. Mumbai players will be careful they don’t bring in complacency into the game as Kolkata have the kind of players who can turn around the game in no time. Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians Full Squads: Kolkata Knight RidersTeam 2019 Team Players list: 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 Team 2019 Players list: 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 For all the latest news, opinions and analysis from IPL 2019, click here For the full schedule, date, time and venue of all the matches of IPL 12, click here Check out the full points table for IPL 2019, including holders of Orange and Purple Caps
KKR vs MI Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019, Full cricket score: Kolkata beat Mumbai by 34 runs despite Hardik's masterclass
KKR vs MI IPL 2019 Match 47 Live Updates: Kolkata Knight Riders break the losing strike finally to beat Mumbai Indians by 35 runs after surviving a Hardik Pandya scare. With the win, all teams are still in contention to make it to the playoffs
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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
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)
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*
Hardik is no less than Russell!
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.