END OF OVER:
20 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 122/7 (42 runs required, RR: 6.10)

  • Kieron Pollard6 (8b)
  • Piyush Chawla3-0-15-1
  • Sunil Narine4-0-20-4

10.10 pm So the tournament gets off with the ball besting the bat on a pitch that did have some grass on it. Kolkata had upstaged the champions who have some work to do in sorting out their batting order, or at least what each player's role is. But like Rohit said this is a big competition and the next game coming at you is Delhi v Bangalore. Hope to have your company then, but for now this is Alagappan Muthu saying good night

Jacques Kallis is the Man of the Match "Had a good few months off. Nice to catch up with friends and family, but I worked had on my cricket to help Kolkata this season. There was more bounce this season which suited. Kept the good balls out at the start and cashed it in the death. Morne started great at the start with the ball and Narine was brilliant as well. I probably haven't got too many years left and I'm just looking forward to having some fun in the middle"

"We've got a very good bowling attack and if we put runs on the board most of the times we'll end up winning,"Gautam Gambhir says, "A quality batter like Kallis knows when to accelerate and if either me or him stays till the 15th over we'll get a good score. We have Morne's pace and Narine and Chawla in the spin department and Vinay's pretty good at the death as well"

"Disappointing, first game of the season. Lots to learn from this game. We will tak the positives from this game, although there weren't many. I hope the guys stay positive and enjoy each other's company. It's a long tournament," says Rohit Sharma. "They batted really well, we didn't get a wicket when we wanted and they knew with eight wickets in hand they went after the bowling. We tried our best, Malinga bowled really well and I hope the guys can turn it around as quickly as possible. Fair bit of grass on the wicket, there was a bit of bounce. Odd balls were stopping and coming so it wasn't true. It played well but we didn't bat well. Still 13 more games and I hope we come back strongly"

9.55 pm Gambhir was highly confident with his bowling attack and they showed it off in restricting the big-name Mumbai to a very ordinary total. Morne Morkel set the tone early on with his extra bounce and pace and Sunil Narine's variations proved too good in the death

Pushkar: "I think Kallis should be the MoM instead of Narine. Batting doesnt seem to be that easy on this pitch... and Mumbai bowling lineup is not that bad"

Pratyush: "What is the world was Polly doing? Was he playing for being not out? Pathetic from a player of his stature!" In his defence the game was pretty much done when he came out

19.6
W
Chawla to Gautam, OUT, that's emphatic. Misreads the googly as he races down the track. Misses wildly and Uthappa breaks the stumps. Kolkata beat the defending champions by 41 runs, their biggest win over Mumbai

CM Gautam st †Uthappa b Chawla 7 (5m 7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100

19.5
1
Chawla to Pollard, 1 run, quicker and flatter delivery outside off, chopped to short third man
19.4
1
Chawla to Gautam, 1 run, down the track and swings this flighted delivery down to long-on

Harish: "How not to chase a 160 odd target ! Mumbai are setting a sample . Do not underestimate any bowling attack with your power hitting skills . 50 from 5 is different from 65 from 5 ."

19.3
0
Chawla to Gautam, no run, well flighted outside off and he was looking to sweep it. Misses. They're checking the stumping but Gautman has dragged his back foot back just in time
19.2
2
Chawla to Gautam, 2 runs, comes down the track to get to the pitch of a flighted ball on off stump. Lovely drive over the off side

Idrees Kanchwal: "GAME, SET & MATCH SUNIL NARINE!!"

19.1
1
Chawla to Pollard, 1 run, flighted on off stump, driven to long-off

END OF OVER:
19 | 4 Runs 2 Wkts | MI: 117/6 (47 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.15, RRR: 47.00)

  • Chidhambaram Gautam4 (3b)
  • Kieron Pollard4 (6b)
  • Sunil Narine4-0-20-4
  • Piyush Chawla2-0-10-0
18.6
0
Narine to Gautam, no run, switches his stance around in search of a reverse whip, but Narine is too clever for him. Fires in a yorker down the leg side and his premeditation means it's not a wide
18.5
4
Narine to Gautam, FOUR, moves across to the off side and slog sweeps it to the square leg boundary
18.4
0
Narine to Gautam, no run, good length ball which turns away from him. Goes back to try and read it off the deck and gets a leading edge back to the bowler

Out walks CM Gautam, Mumbai's keeper

18.3
W
Narine to Harbhajan Singh, OUT, how much did that turn! Pitched on leg stump and turned right across the tail-ender's slog to disturb the off stump. A legspinner would be proud of that

Harbhajan Singh b Narine 0 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

18.2
0
Narine to Harbhajan Singh, no run, flighted on off stump, Bhajji the new batsman looks to smear it to deep midwicket and gets a bottom edge
18.1
W
Narine to Anderson, OUT, off stump is knocked back and Anderson's much awaited debut in the tournament ends up an anti-climax. Flighted on off stump and it turns back in. The slog over midwicket fails again and this time it signals the end of his innings

CJ Anderson b Narine 2 (17m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25

END OF OVER:
18 | 4 Runs | MI: 113/4 (51 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.27, RRR: 25.50)

  • Kieron Pollard4 (6b)
  • Corey Anderson2 (7b)
  • Piyush Chawla2-0-10-0
  • Sunil Narine3-0-16-2
17.6
0
Chawla to Pollard, no run, what's happened there? Uthappa has knocked the bail off with his gloves as Pollard's cut gets a bottom edge and wanders into the off side
17.6
1w
Chawla to Pollard, 1 wide, fires it down the leg side. Good take from Uthappa. Moved with the ball and stayed low too

Chinmay: "I am surprised by the lack of urgency from the batsman! First Rayudu and now Pollard"

17.5
2
Chawla to Pollard, 2 runs, flighted on middle and leg, whipped away to deep midwicket
17.4
1
Chawla to Anderson, 1 run, shortish and spins across him, pulls to long-on
17.3
0
Chawla to Anderson, no run, flighted outside off, he goes down on one-knee to slog sweep it into the stands behind midwicket. Soundly beaten
17.2
0
Chawla to Anderson, no run, he was into the pull shot way too early! Top spinner from Chawla and it held onto the pitch that much longer to sneak under his bat
17.1
0
Chawla to Anderson, no run, starts off with the googly and it's too wide for him to cut

Here;s Chawla. Think he's here for Anderson

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 109/4 (55 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.41, RRR: 18.33)

  • Kieron Pollard2 (4b)
  • Corey Anderson1 (3b)
  • Sunil Narine3-0-16-2
  • Morne Morkel4-0-16-1

Puri: "@KamaL: No way! You perhaps don't remember Vinay's death bowling last year."

16.6
0
Narine to Pollard, no run, good length ball fired in on the pads, blocked
16.5
2
Narine to Pollard, 2 runs, flighted outside off, eased into the midwicket region

Head-to-head

3

The number of times that Kolkata have now beaten Mumbai in 13 attempts

Narine v Mumbai

11

Sunil Narine's wickets against Mumbai in five games - economy rate of 5.68

Miserly Morne

1-16

Morkel's second-most economical figures in the tournament. In his previous game against Mumbai, he had conceded 43

Pollard v Kolkata

4

Number of times Kieron Pollard has been dismissed in single figures against Kolkata. He averages 12.16 against them

Mumbai's finishes

1

Number of occasions when Mumbai have scored 69 or more in the last 5 overs while batting second

Poor first half

54

The least Mumbai have scored against Kolkata in the first ten overs

Rohit v Narine

100

Rohit Sharma’s strike rate against Sunil Narine in the IPL – 21 runs off 21 balls while being dismissed twice

More chase stats

8

Number of times Mumbai have successfully chased a target of 164 or more - in 11 attempts

Chase stats

5-2

Mumbai's win-loss when chasing targets between 155 and 165. 2-0 v Kolkata

Yusuf v Bhajji

188.88

Yusuf Pathan’s strike rate against Harbhajan in this tournament (4 innings, 0 dismissals).

Strike-rate

4/5

Four of Pandey's five IPL fifties have taken 40 or more balls, his slowest (43 balls) also came against Mumbai

Go slow

6/10

Six out of the ten slowest fifty-plus partnerships, including this one, against Mumbai have been by Kolkata

Opening woes

52

Runs added by Kolkata's opening wicket in their last seven games against Mumbai