| 13:51 GMT: Start of play for the day | |||
| Hello and welcome to the coverage of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Knight Riders won 2 matches and lost a match against Super Kings. Mumbai Indians lost all the 4 mathces they played and need to win to boost their morale. | |||
| Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and will bat | |||
| Kolkata Knight Riders: *SC Ganguly, +BB McCullum, RT Ponting, DJ Hussey, Mohammad Hafeez, DB Das, LR Shukla, AB Agarkar, M Kartik, I Sharma, AB Dinda | |||
| Mumbai Indians: ST Jayasuriya, RV Uthappa, AM Rahane, DJ Bravo, *SM Pollock, AM Nayar, +P Shah, M Pandey, A Nehra, CRD Fernando, DS Kulkarni | |||
| 14:27 GMT: Start of session's play | |||
![]() © Glamorgan Cricket Archives ![]() © Lancashire CCC | BB McCullum and SC Ganguly to open the batting | ||
| 14:30 GMT: Start of innings | |||
| SM Pollock comes on to bowl | |||
| 0 | b1 | 1 | Pollock to McCullum good length ball on the legs, turns it to fine leg for a run. |
| 0 | b2 | 4 | Pollock to Ganguly short of good length ball on the off, pulled it towards mid-wicket for FOUR! |
| 0 | b3 | 0 | Gone! good length ball just outside the off and seaming away, tries to drive it got outside edge towards slip and Jayasuriya took a good catch. |
| Ganguly c Jayasuriya b Pollock (4 runs, 2 balls, 1x4, 0x6) | |||
![]() © CricketArchive | RT Ponting comes in to bat | ||
| 0 | b4 | 1 | Pollock to Ponting fuller length ball on the off, turns it towards mid-wicket for a run. |
| 0 | b5 | 0 | Pollock to McCullum Gone! good length ball on the middle and nips back, tries to flick it misses, hit him on pads, shouts for lbw, umpire Jayaprakash raises finger. |
| McCullum lbw b Pollock (1 runs, 2 balls, 0x4, 0x6) | |||
| DB Das comes in to bat | |||
| 0 | b6 | 0 | Pollock to Das good length ball just outside the off, left alone. |
| End of over 1: | (6 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 6-2 (Ponting 1*, 1 balls, Das 0*, 1 balls) | ||
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| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| A Nehra comes on to bowl | |||
| 1 | b1 | 0 | Nehra to Ponting good length ball on the off, defended towards mid-on for no run. |
| 1 | b2 | 1 | good length ball just outside the off, tries to push it got inside edge towards fine leg for a run. |
| 1 | b3 | 4 | Nehra to Das fuller length ball just outside the off, punches it towards point for FOUR! |
| 1 | b4 | 4 | good length ball just outside the off, cuts it wide of backward point for FOUR! |
| 1 | b5 | 0 | good length ball just outside the off and nips back, guides it towards backward point for no run. |
| 1 | b6 | 0 | good length ball just outside the off, punches it towards point for no run. |
| End of over 2: | (9 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 15-2 (Ponting 2*, 3 balls, Das 8*, 5 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 2 | b1 | 0 | Pollock to Ponting good length ball just outside the off and nips back, leans forward and pushed towards covers for no run. |
| 2 | b2 | 0 | good length ball on the off and seaming away, leans forward and pushed towards mid-on for no run. |
| 2 | b3 | 1 | good length ball on the legs, turns it to deep square leg for a run. |
| 2 | b4 | 0 | Pollock to Das good length ball just outside the off, tries to steer it misses. |
| 2 | b5 | 6 | Bang! fuller length ball on the middle, smashed it towards mid-wicket stands for a SIX!! |
| 2 | b6 | 0 | good length ball on the off and seaming in, pushed towards covers for no run. |
| End of over 3: | (7 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 22-2 (Ponting 3*, 6 balls, Das 14*, 8 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| CRD Fernando comes on to bowl | |||
| 3 | b1 | 0 | Fernando to Ponting fuller length ball on the off, pushed back to bowler for no run. |
| 3 | b2 | 1 | fuller length ball on the legs, pushed towards mid-off for a run. |
| 3 | b3 | 1wd | Fernando to Das wide down the legs, left alone. |
| 3 | b4 | 4 | fuller length ball on the middle, punches it towards mid-wicket for FOUR! |
| 3 | b5 | 0 | good length ball on the off, pushed towards mid-on for no run. |
| 3 | b6 | 4 | low juicy full toss on the middle, punches it towards mid-wicket for FOUR! |
| 3 | b7 | 1 | good length ball on the legs, turns it to fine leg for a run. |
| End of over 4: | (11 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 33-2 (Ponting 4*, 8 balls, Das 23*, 12 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| DS Kulkarni comes on to bowl | |||
| 4 | b1 | 0 | Kulkarni to Das fuller length ball on the off, pushed towards mid-on for no run. |
| 4 | b2 | 0 | fuller length ball on the off, punches it to long on for no run. |
| 4 | b3 | 4 | fuller length ball on the off, drives it straight down the ground wide of mid-on for FOUR! |
| 4 | b4 | 0 | good length ball just outside the off, steered it towards backward point for no run. |
| 4 | b5 | 0 | good length ball on the off, pushed back to bowler for no run. |
| 4 | b6 | 1 | good length ball just outside the off guides it to thirdman for a run. |
| End of over 5: | (5 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 38-2 (Ponting 4*, 8 balls, Das 28*, 18 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| DJ Bravo comes on to bowl | |||
| 5 | b1 | 1 | Bravo to Das good length ball on the off, pushed towards extra cover for a quick run. |
| 5 | b2 | 1 | Bravo to Ponting good length ball just outside the off, pushed towards point for a run. |
| 5 | b3 | 0 | Bravo to Das Gone! good length ball just outside the off, cuts it to point for an easy catch to Uthappa. |
| Das c Uthappa b Bravo (29 runs, 20 balls, 5x4, 1x6) | |||
![]() © Nottinghamshire CCC | DJ Hussey comes in to bat | ||
| 5 | b4 | 0 | Bravo to Hussey good length ball outside the off, left alone. |
| 5 | b5 | 0 | good length ball on the off, pushed towards covers for no run. |
| 5 | b6 | 0 | good length ball just outside the off, left alone. |
| End of over 6: | (2 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 40-3 (Ponting 5*, 9 balls, Hussey 0*, 3 balls) | ||
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| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 6 | b1 | 4lb | Kulkarni to Ponting good length ball on the legs, flicks it towards fine leg for FOUR! |
| 6 | b2 | 1 | good length ball on the off, pushed straight down the ground for a run. |
| 6 | b3 | 1 | Kulkarni to Hussey good length ball just outside the off, punches it got bottom edge and bounces towards point for a run. |
| 6 | b4 | 0 | Kulkarni to Ponting fuller length ball just outside the off, pushed towards point for no run. |
| 6 | b5 | 0 | good length ball on the off, turns it to mid-wicket for no run. |
| 6 | b6 | 1 | good length ball on the off, pushed to mid-off for a run. |
| End of over 7: | (7 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 47-3 (Ponting 7*, 14 balls, Hussey 1*, 4 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 7 | b1 | 0 | Bravo to Ponting good length ball on the legs, tries to flick it misses, off the pads to keeper for no run. |
| 7 | b2 | 0 | good length ball just outside the off, pushed towards point for no run. |
| 7 | b3 | 0 | good length ball on the off, turns it to mid-wicket for no run. |
| 7 | b4 | 1 | good length ball just outside the off, pushed towards mid-off for a run. |
| 7 | b5 | 1 | Bravo to Hussey good length ball just outside the off, punches it to sweeper cover for a run. |
| 7 | b6 | 0 | Bravo to Ponting good length ball just outside the off, pushed towards backward point for no run. |
| End of over 8: | (2 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 49-3 (Ponting 8*, 19 balls, Hussey 2*, 5 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| CRD Fernando comes on to bowl | |||
| 8 | b1 | 1 | Fernando to Hussey good length ball on the off, pushed towards point for a run. |
| CricketArchive Oracles say that the Kolkata Knight Riders 50 took 8.1 overs | |||
| 8 | b2 | 4 | Fernando to Ponting short of good length ball on the middle, pulled it wide of fine leg for FOUR! |
| 8 | b3 | 1 | good length ball on the off, turns it wide of mid-wicket for a run. |
| 8 | b4 | 0 | Fernando to Hussey fuller length ball just outside the off, tries to drive it misses. |
| 8 | b5 | 0 | good length ball on the off, pushed towards extra cover for no run. |
| 8 | b6 | 0 | good length ball just outside the off, punches it towards extra cover for nor un. |
| End of over 9: | (6 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 55-3 (Ponting 13*, 21 balls, Hussey 3*, 9 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| ST Jayasuriya comes on to bowl | |||
| 9 | b1 | 0 | Jayasuriya to Ponting tossed up on the off, defended towards covers for nor un. |
| 9 | b2 | 1 | tossed up on the off, punches it to long on for a run. |
| 9 | b3 | 0 | Jayasuriya to Hussey tossed up on the off, pushed towards extra cover for no run. |
| 9 | b4 | 0 | tossed up on the off, pushed back to bowler for no run. |
| 9 | b5 | 0 | tossed up just outside the off, tries to cut it misses. |
| 9 | b6 | 4 | tossed up on the off, punches it straight down the ground for FOUR! |
| End of over 10: | (5 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 60-3 (Ponting 14*, 23 balls, Hussey 7*, 13 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| SM Pollock comes on to bowl | |||
| 10 | b1 | 1 | Pollock to Ponting good lngth ball on the off, turns it to mid-wicket for a run. |
| 10 | b2 | 4 | Pollock to Hussey good length ball on the off, makes room and drives it over extra cover for FOUR! |
| 10 | b3 | 1 | fuller length ball on the off, pushed to long on for a run. |
| 10 | b4 | 1 | Pollock to Ponting good length ball on the off, steered it to thirdman for a run. |
| 10 | b5 | 0 | Pollock to Hussey good length ball on the off, turns it to mid-wicket for no run. |
| 10 | b6 | 4 | short of good length ball just outside the off, guides it wide of short thirdman for FOUR! |
| End of over 11: | (11 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 71-3 (Ponting 16*, 25 balls, Hussey 16*, 17 balls) | ||
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| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 11 | b1 | 1 | Jayasuriya to Ponting tossed up on the off, punches it to long on for a run. |
| 11 | b2 | 1 | Jayasuriya to Hussey tossed up on the middle, walks down the track and punches it wid eof mid-wicket for a run. |
| 11 | b3 | 0 | Jayasuriya to Ponting tossed up on the legs, walks down the track to drive it misses, hit him on pads. |
| 11 | b4 | 1 | fuller ball on the legs, turns it to short fine leg for no run. |
| 11 | b5 | 0 | Jayasuriya to Hussey fuller ball on the off, punches it to extra cover for no run. |
| 11 | b6 | 0 | Gone! low full toss on the middle, makes room and drives it got top edge to long on for an easy catch to Nehra. |
| Hussey c Nehra b Jayasuriya (17 runs, 20 balls, 3x4, 0x6) | |||
| End of over 12: | (3 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 74-4 (Ponting 18*, 28 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
![]() © PCB | Mohammad Hafeez comes in to bat | ||
| 12 | b1 | 0 | Pollock to Mohammad Hafeez good length ball just outside the off, tries to steer it misses. |
| 12 | b2 | 1 | good length ball on the off, defended towards extra cover for a quick un. |
| 12 | b3 | 0 | Pollock to Ponting good length ball on the off, steered it to backward point for no run. |
| 12 | b4 | 1 | fuller length ball on the middle, tries to flick it got edge towards thirdman for a run. |
| 12 | b5 | 1 | Pollock to Mohammad Hafeez good length ball just outside the off, steered it towards backward point for a run. |
| 12 | b6 | 0 | Pollock to Ponting good length ball just outside the off, pushed towards extra cover for no run. |
| End of over 13: | (3 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 77-4 (Ponting 19*, 31 balls, Mohammad Hafeez 2*, 3 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 13 | b1 | 0 | Jayasuriya to Mohammad Hafeez Gone! tossed up on the off, pushed towads covers and looking for a run, Rahane fields it and throws to bowler, Jayasuriya dislodges bails for an easy run out. |
| Ponting run out (19 runs, 31 balls, 1x4, 0x6) | |||
| LR Shukla comes in to bat | |||
| 13 | b2 | 0 | tossed up just outside the off, tries to steer it misses. |
| 13 | b3 | 0 | Gone! tossed up just outside the off, tries to cut it got outside edge to keeper for a good catch by Shah. |
| Mohammad Hafeez c Shah b Jayasuriya (2 runs, 6 balls, 0x4, 0x6) | |||
![]() © CricketArchive | AB Agarkar comes in to bat | ||
| 13 | b4 | 0 | Jayasuriya to Agarkar tossed up on the off, pushed towards mid-wicket for no un. |
| 13 | b5 | 0 | tossed up on the off, pushed back to bowler for no run. |
| 13 | b6 | 0 | tosed up on the off, punches it back to bowler for no run. |
| End of over 14: | (0 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 77-6 (Shukla 0*, 0 balls, Agarkar 0*, 3 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| DJ Bravo comes on to bowl | |||
| 14 | b1 | 4 | Bravo to Shukla fuller length ball on the legs, flicks it towads fine leg for FOUR! |
| 14 | b2 | 1 | good length ball just outside the off, steered it to thirdman for a run. |
| 14 | b3 | 1 | Bravo to Agarkar good length ball on the off, pushed it got inside edge wide of stumps for a run. |
| 14 | b4 | 4 | Bravo to Shukla good length ball on the off, chips it over mid-off for FOUR! |
| 14 | b5 | 0 | good length ball just outside the off, tries to steer it misses. |
| 14 | b6 | 0 | short of good length ball on the off, defended towards mid-on for no un. |
| End of over 15: | (10 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 87-6 (Shukla 9*, 5 balls, Agarkar 1*, 4 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 15 | b1 | 1 | Jayasuriya to Agarkar tossed up on the off, pushed to long on for a run. |
| 15 | b2 | 1 | Jayasuriya to Shukla tossed up on the off, walks down the track and pushed towards covers for a run. |
| 15 | b3 | 1wd | Jayasuriya to Agarkar wide down the legs, tries to sweep it misses. |
| 15 | b4 | 0 | Gone! tossed up on the off, drives it to long on for an easy catch to Nehra. |
| Agarkar c Nehra b Jayasuriya (2 runs, 6 balls, 0x4, 0x6) | |||
![]() © Vic Isaacs | M Kartik comes in to bat | ||
| 15 | b5 | 1 | Jayasuriya to Shukla tossed up on the legs, sweeps it to deep backward square leg for a run. |
| 15 | b6 | 1 | Jayasuriya to Kartik tossed up just outside the off, pushed towards covers for a run. |
| 15 | b7 | 1 | Jayasuriya to Shukla fuller ball on the off, pushed towards extra cover for a run. |
| End of over 16: | (6 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 93-7 (Shukla 12*, 8 balls, Kartik 1*, 1 balls) | ||
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| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 16 | b1 | 1 | Bravo to Shukla good length ball just outside the off, steered it to thirdman for a run. |
| 16 | b2 | 0 | Bravo to Kartik good length ball on the off, pushed towards cover point for no run. |
| 16 | b3 | 1 | short of good length ball on the off, defended towards point for a quick run. |
| 16 | b4 | 1wd | Bravo to Shukla fuller length ball just down the legs and slower one, tries to flick it misses. |
| 16 | b5 | 1 | good length ball on the off, pushed towards mid-off for a run. |
| 16 | b6 | 1 | Bravo to Kartik good length ball on the off, steered it to thirdman for a run. |
| 16 | b7 | 6 | Bravo to Shukla Bang! fuller length ball just outside the off, smashed it to long on for a SIX!! |
| CricketArchive Oracles say that the Kolkata Knight Riders 100 took 16.6 overs | |||
| End of over 17: | (11 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 104-7 (Shukla 20*, 11 balls, Kartik 3*, 4 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| CRD Fernando comes on to bowl | |||
| 17 | b1 | 4 | Fernando to Kartik good length ball just outside the off, drives it towards sweeper cover, Kulkarni misfields it for FOUR! |
| 17 | b2 | 1 | good length ball on the off, steered it to thirdman for a run. |
| 17 | b3 | 6 | Fernando to Shukla Bang! fuller length ball on the off, smashed it towards mid-wicket for a SIX!! |
| 17 | b4 | 1 | low full toss on the off, steered it to thirdman for a un. |
| 17 | b5 | 1 | Fernando to Kartik good length ball on the legs, tries to drive it got inside edge to pads and deflected towards covers for a run. |
| 17 | b6 | 1 | Fernando to Shukla fuller length ball on the off, punches it to long off for a run. |
| End of over 18: | (14 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 118-7 (Shukla 28*, 14 balls, Kartik 9*, 7 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| DS Kulkarni comes on to bowl | |||
| 18 | b1 | 1 | Kulkarni to Shukla fuller length ball on the off, makes room and drives it to extra cover for a run. |
| 18 | b2 | 1lb | Kulkarni to Kartik fuller length ball down the legs, walks down the track to drive it misses, off the pads to square leg for a leg bye. |
| 18 | b3 | 1 | Kulkarni to Shukla fuller length ball on the off, drives it to sweeper cover for a run. |
| 18 | b4 | 3wd | Kulkarni to Kartik wide down the legs, tries to flick it misses. |
| 18 | b5 | 0 | fuller length ball just outside the off, makes room to drive it misses. |
| 18 | b6 | 1 | fuller length ball on the legs, walks down the track and digs it to backward point for a run. |
| 18 | b7 | 1 | Kulkarni to Shukla fuller length ball just outside the off, tries to drive it got bottom edge and bounces to keeper for a run. |
| End of over 19: | (8 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 126-7 (Shukla 31*, 17 balls, Kartik 10*, 10 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 19 | b1 | 4 | Fernando to Shukla fuller length ball on the off, makes room and drives it wide of backward point for FOUR! |
| 19 | b2 | 1 | good length ball on the off, drives it to long off for a run. |
| 19 | b3 | 0 | Fernando to Kartik Gone! fuller length ball down the legs, walks down the track and chips it over mid-wicket, Jayasuriya taken a good runing catch. |
| Kartik c Jayasuriya b Fernando (10 runs, 11 balls, 1x4, 0x6) | |||
| I Sharma comes in to bat | |||
| 19 | b4 | 4 | Fernando to Shukla low full toss on the middle, makes room and pulled it wide of mid-wicket for FOUR! |
| 19 | b5 | 0 | short of good length ball on the legs and going down, makes room to pull it misses. |
| 19 | b6 | 1wd | fuller length ball outside the off, makes room and left alone. |
| 19 | b7 | 1b | short of good length ball on the middle, makes room to cut it misses. |
| End of over 20: | (11 runs scored) Kolkata Knight Riders 137-8 (Shukla 40*, 22 balls, Sharma 0*, 0 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 16:02 GMT: End of innings | |||
| 16:02 GMT: Mumbai Indians need 138 runs to win. | |||