Kolkata Knight Riders 140 for 7 (Tiwary 41) beat Mumbai Indians 108 (Narine 4-15, Balaji 2-11) by 32 runs
<<<Narine mystery too much for Mumbai>>>
It had all built up to that one moment. Gautam Gambhir, playing three spinners against the home side's decision to stick to three fast bowlers at the Wankhede Stadium, had hoped at the toss that the pitch would turn later. Kolkata Knight Riders had just about recovered from a horror start to post a decent 140. Mumbai Indians had found run-scoring as difficult as Knight Riders had, but had lost only two wickets at the halfway stage.
The last ball of the 11th over, Sunil Narine bowled a good length delivery to Sachin Tendulkar, who went for the cut. The ball spun in a mile and cannoned into off stump off bat and pad. Had both not come in the way, it would have taken out leg stump. With one of the game's greats not being able to pick Narine, the rest of the Mumbai Indians line-up had little chance. He finished with 4 for 15; had Lasith Malinga not got six off a dropped catch on the straight boundary, Narine could have had 5 for 9.
The 32-run margin was substantial in the end, and it was down to how swiftly Knight Riders barged in to the opening created by Tendulkar's dismissal. The pressure was already on Mumbai Indians after Herschelle Gibbs had crawled to 13 off 24 deliveries, four of those runs being overthrows. When Tendulkar fell, the asking-rate had touched nine. Ambati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard had hunted down a much stiffer target against Royal Challengers Bangalore a couple of day ago. It wasn't to be today. Not on this pitch.
Hosts Mumbai Indians crashed to a 32-run defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders despite chasing a modest target of 141. It was pure magic from West Indian Sunil Narine that caught the Mumbai Indians’ batsmen in a web. Jacques Kallis and Lakshmipathy Balaji bowled tremendously too as Mumbai Indians collapsed to 108 all out in 19.1 overs at the Wankhede Stadium!
After a quiet start, Herschelle Gibbs (13 from 24 balls) departed in the 6th over at 26 for 1 when he was out lbw trying to sweep an arm ball from Iqbal Abdulla. Gibbs’ opening partner Sachin Tendulkar who took 24 balls for his 27 was completely bamboozled by a quicker turning off break from Sunil Narine which hit his pad and forced its way onto middle in the 11th over with Mumbai Indians at 60 for 2.
<<<Narine mystery too much for Mumbai>>>
The last ball of the 11th over, Sunil Narine bowled a good length delivery to Sachin Tendulkar, who went for the cut. The ball spun in a mile and cannoned into off stump off bat and pad. Had both not come in the way, it would have taken out leg stump. With one of the game's greats not being able to pick Narine, the rest of the Mumbai Indians line-up had little chance. He finished with 4 for 15; had Lasith Malinga not got six off a dropped catch on the straight boundary, Narine could have had 5 for 9.
The 32-run margin was substantial in the end, and it was down to how swiftly Knight Riders barged in to the opening created by Tendulkar's dismissal. The pressure was already on Mumbai Indians after Herschelle Gibbs had crawled to 13 off 24 deliveries, four of those runs being overthrows. When Tendulkar fell, the asking-rate had touched nine. Ambati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard had hunted down a much stiffer target against Royal Challengers Bangalore a couple of day ago. It wasn't to be today. Not on this pitch.
Hosts Mumbai Indians crashed to a 32-run defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders despite chasing a modest target of 141. It was pure magic from West Indian Sunil Narine that caught the Mumbai Indians’ batsmen in a web. Jacques Kallis and Lakshmipathy Balaji bowled tremendously too as Mumbai Indians collapsed to 108 all out in 19.1 overs at the Wankhede Stadium!
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