IPL opener: KKR beat Mumbai Indians
Sunil Narine picked up four wickets, to restrict Mumbai Indians at 122 for seven in their 20 overs.
Shakib Al Hasan and Piyush Chawla, who played his first match for the KKR side, picked up a wicket.
He was stumped out by Narine, two short of a fifty.
Earlier, riding on Jacques Kallis, who was adjudged the Man of the Match, for his 72, KKR posted 163 for five on the scoreboard. He smashed five boundaries and three sixes in the match.
Pandey and Kallis added 131 runs in the second wicket partnership which turned out to be crucial for the former champions.
MI skipper Rohit Sharma said: "We need to learn from this game."
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