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
, play 03:07
Star of the day: Suryakumar Yadav

Ajit Agarkar is full of praise for Kolkata Knight Riders' Suryakumar Yadav, who starred in their win over Mumbai Indians with an unbeaten 46 off 20 deliveries

, play 03:38
Agarkar: You want Indian players to start the tournament well

Ajit Agarkar and Gaurav Kalra preview the first match of the IPL 2015 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at the Eden Gardens

, play 02:45
Agarkar: Rohit batting at the top is a great decision

Raunak Kapoor and Ajit Agarkar discuss Rohit Sharma's first innings in the IPL where he made an unbeaten 98 off 65 balls

, play 03:32
'Attacking Mumbai spinners paid off well' - Gambhir

Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Gautam Gambhir talks about Suryakumar Yadav, Sunil Narine and what KKR needs to improve on going ahead in the IPL

, play 01:43
'Confident that bowlers will comeback strong' - Rohit

Mumbai Indians' captain hoped his bowlers to get better as the tournament progressed and talked about his fondness for Eden Gardens

, play 01:56
'Never thought of a back-up spinner for Narine' - Gambhir

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir talks about match-winners in his squad, having Sunil Narine back in the team and the value of domestic players ahead of the IPL

, play 03:50
'In IPL, it is very important to start well' -Rohit

Rohit Sharma talks about Mumbai Indians' first encounter of IPL 2015 against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens

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.