IPL 2019 highlights: MI thrash KKR by 9 wickets, to meet CSK in Qualifier 1

Andre Russell failed to deliver when it mattered the most as Kolkata Knight Riders scored a sub-par 133 for 7 in their 'do-or die' IPL game. Check MI vs KKR LIVE score, and match commentary here

7:39 PM

MI playing 11

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga

7:39 PM

KKR playing 11

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shubman Gill, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Harry Gurney, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna

7:38 PM

WATCH TOSS: KKR to bat first in virtual QF for them

7:33 PM

Two changes in MI playing 11

McClenaghan comes in for Evin Lewis and Barindra Sran misses out for Ishan Kishan

7:32 PM

One change in KKR playing 11

Prasidh Krishna in for Piyush Chawla

7:30 PM

TOSS ALERT: MI to bowl first

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma flips the coin and Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik calls tails but it is heads. MI win toss and elect to bowl first

7:26 PM

Toss will take place in few minutes, stay tuned

7:21 PM

Key bowlers for MI

Mumbai Indians have Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya and leggie Rahul Chahar and they were up to the mark in IPL 2019 so far

7:17 PM

Key bowlers for KKR

For KKR, their bowling has been the biggest concern as their bowlers have been ripped apart by their opponents both in the Powerplay as well as at the death.

 

Pacers Harry Gurney, Sandeep Warrier, Narine and Piyush Chawla will have to bowl a tight line and length to restrict the famed Mumbai batters.

 

With the Wankhede track aiding slow bowlers, KKR may also be tempted to play chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, who has been dumped because of poor form.

Sunil Narine

 

7:10 PM

Key batsmen for MI

For the hosts, apart from Hardik (380 runs from 13 matches), South African Quinton De Kock (462 from 13) has been among the runs. But others including Rohit Sharma (331 runs from 12), Suryakumar Yadav (292 runs from 13), Krunal Pandya ( 176 runs from 13) and Kieron Pollard (240 runs from 13) need to shoulder responsibility.

 

However an area of concern for head-coach Mahela Jayawardene would be the frequent middle-order collapse and he would like to strengthen before the knockouts.

 

7:05 PM

Key batsmen for KKR

With Chris Lynn and Shubhman Gill coming good and the marauding Andre Russell to follow at No 4, skipper Dinesh Karthik would fancy his chances at the batting-friendly Wankhede.
 
Gill's confidence would have boosted after his back-to-back half-centuries against Mumbai Indians (at home) and Kings Xi Punjab.
 
His unbeaten 65 off 49 balls steered KKR to a seven-wicket victory against KXIP in Mohali on Friday.

6:58 PM

Here are the playing 11 prediction of both the teams

MI playing 11: Rohit Sharma (capt), Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis/Ben Cutting, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Barinder Sran

KKR playing 11: Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Robbie Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Harry Gurney, Sandeep Warrier

 

6:43 PM

Hardik Pandya wants Bumrah to advice him

Mumbai Indians all-rounder Hardik Pandya revealed whenever he does something wrong during bowling, he wants Jasprit Bumrah to guide him.
 
"After the game he (Bumrah) was telling me that you should have bowled a slower bouncer and I told him in the game that you have to come if you think I am doing something wrong or you want me to do something, you should come," Pandya told Bumrah in a video posted by IPL official website.
 
However, Bumrah replied that he does not want to confuse Pandya and want him to bowl whatever he feels like.
 
Mumbai Indians became the third team to qualify for the IPL playoffs after they registered a victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a Super Over and the credit goes to Bumrah, who restricted the visitors on just eight runs in the Super Over which Mumbai Indians chased easily.
 
Bumrah, in the video, said that his mantra to perform well in the Super Over or in the game was to keep things simple.
 
"I was just focusing on what I have to do during the super over as well as whenever you are bowling in a tough situation, you try to back yourself as much as you can and try to keep things simple and that has always worked for me," Bumrah said.

6:43 PM

6:32 PM

MI rank 1st in Asia, 3rd in world in social interaction with fans

Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Mumbai Indians have featured among the top 10 most popular sports teams in the world for the month of March 2019. With 34.3 million views on Instagram, Mumbai Indians is at the fifth spot and is slightly ahead of Chennai Super Kings (34.3 million).
 
In fact, MI and CSK are the only two cricket clubs and only Asian sports clubs featuring in the Top 10 list. The list is dominated by football clubs. FC Barcelona tops the chart with 108 million, followed by Liverpool 93.3 million and Juventus at 65.6 million.
 
In April, Mumbai Indians ranked first amongst the Asian sports teams with 16.1 million views on its YouTube page. Royal Challengers Bangalore (7.26 million) and CSK (6.73 million) make up for the top three in Asia.
Globally, Mumbai Indians are ranked third on YouTube video content consumption by fans. FC Barcelona with 35.9 million views tops the chart, while Liverpool at 18.1 million is placed second. The Mumbai-based IPL franchise is third with a difference of just two million. RCB is placed at the 10th spot.
The study was done by Deportes and Finanzas, a Spanish sports management company which publishes insights of all sports teams' social media impact analysis globally.
 
Traditionally, Mumbai Indians has been the most watched club among the IPL teams. The franchise has set the benchmark by garnering highest sponsorship value and has been amongst the preferred partners for many international brands.