08/04Result
1st match (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Kolkata, Apr 8 2015
KKR won by 7 wkts (9b rem)
Player of the Match
Morne Morkel
Morne MorkelKolkata Knight Riders
08/04Result
1st match (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Kolkata, Apr 8 2015
KKR won by 7 wkts (9b rem)
Player of the Match
Morne Morkel
Morne MorkelKolkata Knight Riders

Best performances - Batsmen

RG Sharma
RG Sharma
98(65) 12x4 - 4x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 21 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
2 0 13 18 20 14 5 26
G Gambhir
G Gambhir
57(43) 7x4 - 1x6
Control %68%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 13 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
2 2 10 6 12 4 5 16

Best performances - Bowlers

M Morkel
M Morkel
O4
M1
R18
W2
Eco4.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
CJ Anderson
CJ Anderson
O2
M0
R21
W1
Eco10.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Partnerships

Mumbai Indians - Innings

8
AJ Finch5 (5)
RG Sharma2 (4)
29
RG Sharma21 (14)
AP Tare7 (7)
0
AT Rayudu0 (2)
RG Sharma0 (0)
131*
RG Sharma75 (47)
CJ Anderson55 (41)

Kolkata Knight Riders - Innings

13
G Gambhir2 (5)
RV Uthappa9 (12)
85
G Gambhir44 (31)
MK Pandey40 (24)
23
G Gambhir11 (7)
SA Yadav12 (7)
49*
YK Pathan14 (12)
SA Yadav34 (13)

Manhattan

Run rate graph

Worm

Match Coverage

All Match News

Leading from the Front

155

Runs scored by opposition captains in this match (Gambhir 57, Rohit 98), the third highest in any IPL game, just missing the IPL record of 163.

Stepping on it

6.3

KKR's run-rate in the first six overs. Their run-rate in the next six overs was 10.2.

Nosing Ahead

38/1

Knight Riders' score after six overs. Mumbai Indians were 37/3. Knight Riders' average Powerplay score in the IPL is 43/1.

The Rohit-Eden love story

102.1

Rohit Sharma's batting average at Eden Gardens (across formats). He has scored 919 runs, including 4 hundreds and a fifty.

A Big Stand

131

The partnership between Anderson and Rohit, the highest fourth wicket stand for Mumbai Indians.

Piling on the 50s

23

Number of 50+ scores for Rohit Sharma in the IPL, the second-most for any player. Raina has 24, while Gambhir has 23.

Morne Morkel - 2/18

5

Number of times Morne Morkel has conceded less than 20 runs in an IPL game when picking up 2 or more wickets.

A Difficult Maiden

3

Number of maiden overs bowled by Morne Morkel for KKR when bowling in the Powerplay. He bowled one today (6th over).

Power-less Play

43/1

Mumbai Indians' average Powerplay score in the IPL. They only managed 37/3 in this game.

Mumbai Ahead

10

Number of matches that Knight Riders have lost to Mumbai Indians. They have won only four times.