MI vs KKR: Knight Riders thrash Mumbai by 24 runs

KKR win!

Starc hammers the final nail in the coffin as MI get bowled out for 145 runs. KKR win their first game at Wankhede stadium in 12 years.

Two in two for Starc

Starc strikes to dismiss Piyush Chawla, on a hat-trick

MI: 144/9 after 18.2 overs and need 26 runs in 9 balls.

Starc strikes!

Tim David attempts a big hit, gets caught out by Shreyas Iyer.

MI: 144/8 after 18.2 overs and need 26 runs in 10 balls.

MI fight back

Tim David and Gerald Coetzee continue to put up a fight against KKR bowlers.

MI: 138/7 after 18 overs and need 32 runs in 12 balls.

Out

Surya tries to force the issue and top edges one off Andre Russell. Salt takes an excellent catch. He s out for 56 from 35.

MI: 120/7 after 15.3 overs.

50 for Surya

Surya is waging a lone war here. He reaches his fifty in 30 balls.

MI: 110/6 after 14 overs.

SKY keeping MI in the chase

Suryakumar Yadav is standing between the Kolkata Knight Riders and the win.

MI: 90/6 after 13 overs.

Hardik Pandya’s poor run continues

The Mumbai Indians are down and out. Their batting has been shambolic, and it’s their skipper who departs for 1(3).

MI: 71/6 after 11.1 overs.

Narine strikes!

The Mumbai Indians have lost half of their team for just 70 runs. The 170-run target is looking unreachable right now.

MI: 71/5 after 11 overs.

Trouble calling for MI

Now Chakravarthy removes Tilak Varma. Is this the end of Mumbai? Hardik Pandya needs to come up with something special.

MI: 66/4 after 9.2 overs.

Trouble calling for MI

MI: 54/3 after 8 overs.

Twin blows

First Varun Chakravarthy removes Naman Dhir, and then in the next over Sunil Narine gets rid of Rohit Sharma. This match has changed quickly.

MI: 46/3 after 6 overs.

Nothing to worry

This is still a good start by Mumbai as Naman and Rohit hit a few boundaries here. Kolkata need to keep getting wickets.

MI: 38/1 after 4 overs.

Out

Starc comes for his first over, and he removes Ishan Kishan. He goes for a wild swing, misses the ball completely and is bowled.

MI: 16/1 after 1.4 overs.

Decent start for Mumbai Indians

Chasing what seems to be a below-par score, Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma have given their side a brisk start.

MI: 6/0 after 1 over.

Iyer castled!

Bumrah sends Venkatesh Iyer’s middle stump crashing as KKR are bowled out.

KKR are 169 in 19.5 overs.

Another one

Mitchell Starc gets castled by a ripper from Bumrah, KKR are 8 wickets down.

KKR are 155/9 in 18 overs.

Bumrah strikes!

Ramandeep Singh departs after scoring just 2 runs as Bumrah strikes

KKR are 155/8 in 17.4 overs.

No Russell mania

A mix-up between Venkatesh Iyer and Andre Russell brings an end to the Caribbean’s innings as he is run out.

KKR are 153/7 in 16.5 overs.

Manish Pandey departs

MI end partnership between Venkatesh Iyer and Manish Pandey as the latter departs.

KKR are 140/6 in 16.2 overs.

Fifty for Venkatesh Iyer

Southpaw Venkatesh Iyer scores a fighting half-century off 36 deliveries.

KKR look to step on accelerator!

Venkatesh Iyer and Manish Pandey steady the innings for KKR after the side suffered a top-order collapse.

KKR are 128/5 in 15 overs

Iyer and Pandey fight hard

Manish Pandey comes on to bat for the very first time in this year’s IPL. And he is starting to string a partnership with Venkatesh Iyer. The score has moved to 91/5 in 11 overs.

Rinku Out

It has been a poor day with the bat so far for the KKR. Now Rinku Singh hands a simple catch to Piyush. KKR 60/5 in 7 overs.

Double blow

What is happening here? One day Salt doesn’t shine, and KKR batting is falling cheaply. First Thusara removes Shreyas, and then Hardik castles Narine.

Out

Raghuvanshi, after playing a couple of awesome shots, plays a loose one. He gives a simple catch to Surya, as the score moves to 22/2.

Thusara starts

Salt gets a four in the very first over. And once again, we can expect a high-scoring game from KKR. But in the same over he skies one is caught by Tilak, after a mix up. It is 7/1.

Pandya says..

We will bowl. It’s always about playing for pride, it looks quite tough for us but at the same time, we want to play good cricket, feels good to be back home. Looks like a good track, it’s a fresh wicket so thought that bowling first will be good. Only one change, Naman Dhir comes in place of Nabi.

Playing XIs

Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara.

Kolkata Knight Riders playing the same team

Shreyas Iyer has decided to field the same team. At the toss, he said: “It’s always about doing the small things well; obviously, the dew is a factor, but we have to keep that out of mind. The message is clear: each one of them knows their role and responsibility. We are going with the same team.”

Hardik Pandya after winning the toss

We will bowl. It’s always about playing for pride; it looks quite tough for us, but at the same time, we want to play good cricket. It looks like a good track; it’s a fresh wicket, so I thought that bowling first would be good. Only one change: Naman Dhir comes in place of Nabi.

Mumbai Indians win the toss and elect to bowl first

Welcome to the live coverage of the 51st match of the IPL 2024 season between the Mumbai Indians and the Kolkata Knight Riders.