IPL: Mubai Indians score 172 for 5 against Kolkata Knight Riders
Earlier KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir called correctly and decided to field as the match started 30 minutes late because of a smart shower in the evening.
Coming to bat after the fall of 2nd wicket , Rayadu played a steller knock to keep Mumbai’s hope for a top finish in the round robin league and hit all around the wickets punishing both the KKR spinners and paceman alike.
Rayadu, who came to bat with their total reading 69, was finally out as he failed to read correctly a Kuldip Yadav delivery and was stumped by Uthappa at their team total of 168.
He delighted the packed Eden stadium with six fours and three over bounderies.
Needing a win to keep their hope for a direct entry into the play off for the 10th Indian Prenier League cricket , Kolkata Knight Rider (KKR) started promisingly and struck an early blow when opener Lendl Simmons failed to connect their paceman T A Boult and was caught by Sunil Narine at mid off after scoring 14 in the third over .
The departure of Simmons saw Saurav Tiwari joining Rohit Sharma and the duo batted judiciously and kept the score board moving hitting KKR bowlers comfortably to take the total to 69 before Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma fell to the guile of Ankit Rajpoot scoring 27 off 21 deliveries. He hit four fours and a sixer. Tiwari was unlucky to be run out after scoring 52 with nine fours .
None of the KKR bowlers could impress much , mediumpacer T A Boult who opened home side’s attack bagged a couple of wickets concedinbg 30 runs off four overs.
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