IPL 2021 MI vs KKR highlights: Kolkata outclass Mumbai by seven wickets
Iyer (53 off 30), playing his second IPL game, displayed the wide range of his strokes alongside Rahul Tripathi (74 not out off 42) to enable KKR to chase MI's modest total of 155 for six
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KKR pulled things back between 10-15 overs, conceding only 26 runs and picked up two wickets. Photo: Sportzpics for IPL
Rookie Venkatesh Iyer left many in awe of his talent as Kolkata Knight Riders produced a clinical performance for the second successive game since IPL's resumption to tame the mighty Mumbai Indians by seven wickets and enter the top-four in the points table at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
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Iyer (53 off 30), playing his second IPL game, displayed the wide range of his strokes alongside Rahul Tripathi (74 not out off 42) to enable KKR to chase MI's modest total of 155 for six with as many as 29 balls to spare.
Quinton de Kock struck an entertaining 55 for MI before KKR bowlers bounced back in the last 10 overs, conceding 75 runs and taking five wickets.
Shubman Gill and Iyer gave KKR another flying start with the first two overs bowled by Trent Boult and Adam Milne going for 15 runs each.
Gill flicked Boult for a delightful six while Iyer pulled the New Zealand pace spearhead to set the tone for the rest of the innings.
While Jasprit Bumrah found Gill's stumps in the third over, Iyer went on to play a memorable knock comprising four boundaries and three sixes.
Iyer and Tripathi shared an 88-run stand for the second wicket which completely shut the door on MI, who suffered their second loss since IPL's resumption.
Earlier, MI skipper Rohit Sharma (33 off 30) got off the innings in scintillating fashion, caressing a Nitish Rana delivery on to the mid-off boundary. The skipper, who was in sublime touch in the Tests in England, had not played the opening game against CSK.
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Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya did not start once again, raising questions about his fitness.
Rohit took the attack to mystery spinner Varun Charkravarthy with two consecutive fours in opening two deliveries of the fourth over.
De Kock was not to be left behind as he matched his skipper stroke for stroke, pulling a Lockie Ferguson delivery over the fence for the first maximum of the match.
Introduced into the attack in the sixth over, Prasidh Krishna was taken to task by de Kock, hitting the medium pacer twice over the fence to pick up 16 runs from his first over as MI cantered to 56 for no loss.
De Kock seemed unstoppable as he welcomed Andre Russell with consecutive fours. Morgan bowled out trump card Chakravarthy by the 11th over (4-0-22-0) with MI not losing a wicket against him.
Sunil Narine was also tidy giving away only 20 runs in four overs.
With de Kock going hammer and tongs, Rohit played the second fiddle and scored 33 runs off 30 balls before Narine got his man for the ninth time in T20s, holing out to Shubman Gill at the boundary.
KKR pulled things back between 10-15 overs, conceding only 26 runs and picked up two wickets.
Pollard, as he often does, came up with much needed big hits in the last five overs, including a flat batted six over mid wicket in Krishna's 18-run over.
Ferguson bowled a brilliant last over for KKR, removing the dangerous duo of Pollard and Krunal Pandya (12) at the cost of only six runs.
MI collected 49 runs from the last five overs.
MI vs KKR playing 11
MI playing 11: Quinton de Kock(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Saurabh Tiwary, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent BoultKKR playing 11: Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna,
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Mumbai Indians' scorecard
| Batsman | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
| Rohit Sharma | c Gill b Narine | 33 | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| Quinton de Kock | c Narine b Prasidh | 55 | 42 | 4 | 3 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | c Karthik b Prasidh | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Ishan Kishan | c Russell b Ferguson | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Kieron Pollard | runout (Morgan/Ferguson) | 21 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| Krunal Pandya | c Venkatesh b Ferguson | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Saurabh Tiwary | not out | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Milne | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: 155-6 in 20 Overs | |||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |
| Nitish Rana | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| Lockie Ferguson | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
| Prasidh Krishna | 4 | 0 | 43 | 2 | |
| Andre Russell | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
Kolkata Knight Riders' scorecard
10:59 PM
MI vs KKR live score after 16 Overs: 159-3 | Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders: 159-3 ; Nitish Rana (5), Rahul Tripathi (74)
Rohit Sharma, right-arm off break, comes into the attack and Nitish Rana reverse sweeps through short third man for FOUR.
10:57 PM
MI vs KKR live score after 15 Overs: 155-3 | Bumrah scalps Morgan
Over Summary: W 0 4 1 1 2 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 155-3 ; Nitish Rana (1), Rahul Tripathi (74)
Bumrah continues...
Bumrah continues...
Ball 6: Rahul Tripathi plays an straight drive and collects a couple of runs.
Ball 5: Nitish Rana collects a single towards third man.
Ball 4: A single Rahul Tripathi.
Ball 3: Rahul hits FOUR towards deep fine leg.
Ball 2: DOT
Nitish Rana, left handed bat, comes to the crease
Nitish Rana, left handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 1: A short delivery and Morgan goes for a pull shot, but manages only a top-edge, Boult completes the catch at deep backward square leg. Morgan c Boult b Bumrah 7(8) [6s-1]
10:50 PM
Adam Milne [2.0-0-27-0] is back into the attack
MI vs KKR live score after 14 Overs: 147-2
Over Summary: 1 0 0 1 0 0 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 147-2 ; Eoin Morgan (7), Rahul Tripathi (67)
Adam Milne [2.0-0-27-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: Morgan collects a single.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Rahul Tripathi collects a single.
10:46 PM
MI vs KKR live score after 13 Overs: 145-2
Over Summary: 6 0 4 1 0 6 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 145-2 ; Eoin Morgan (6), Rahul Tripathi (66)
Rahul Chahar continues...
Rahul Chahar continues...
Ball 6: Morgan smashes SIX towards deep mid-wicket.
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: Rahul Tripathi collects a single towards deep mid-wicket.
Ball 3: Rahul Tripathi smashes FOUR,
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Rahul Tripathi slog sweeps towards deep mid-wicket for SIX.
10:42 PM
MI vs KKR live score after 12 Overs: 128-2 | Bumrah castles Venkatesh
Over Summary: 6 4 1 W 0 0 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 128-2 ; Eoin Morgan (0), Rahul Tripathi (55)
Bumrah continues...
Bumrah continues...
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Eoin Morgan, left handed bat, comes to the crease and fails to put bat on ball. DOT.
Ball 4: Venkatesh Iyer goes for a wild slog but this time he misses and Bumrah hits, BOWLED. Venkatesh Iyer b Bumrah 53(30) [4s-4 6s-3]
Ball 3: Rahul Tripathi hits towards sweeper cover for a single.
Ball 2: Rahul Tripathi slogs between short mid-wicket and mid-on for FOUR.
Ball 1: Rahul Tripathi gets a leading edge to third man and it goes for SIX.
10:36 PM
Rahul Chahar [1.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack
MI vs KKR live score after 11 Overs: 117-1
Over Summary: 2 0 0 1 1 2 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 117-1 ; Venkatesh Iyer (53), Rahul Tripathi (44)
Rahul Chahar [1.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Venkatesh Iyer collects a couple of runs.
Ball 5: Rahul Tripathi collects a single.
Ball 4: Venkatesh Iyer collects a single.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Venkatesh Iyer collects a couple of runs.
10:29 PM
Jasprit Bumrah [1.0-0-10-1] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Venkatesh Iyer collects a single towards third man.
MI vs KKR live score after 10 Overs: 111-1
Over Summary: 1 0 2 4 1 Wd5 1 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 111-1 ; Venkatesh Iyer (48), Rahul Tripathi (43)
Jasprit Bumrah [1.0-0-10-1] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Venkatesh Iyer collects a single towards third man.
Ball 6: FIVE WIDES
Ball 5: Rahul Tripathi collects a single.
Ball 4: Rahul Tripathi cuts through backward point for FOUR.
Ball 3: Rahul Tripathi collects a couple of runs.
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Venkatesh Iyer collects a single.
10:27 PM
MI vs KKR live score after 9 Overs: 97-1
Over Summary: 6 0 1 0 1 4 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 97-1 ; Venkatesh Iyer (46), Rahul Tripathi (36)
Krunal Pandya continues...
Krunal Pandya continues...
Ball 6: Rahul Tripathi smashes FOUR.
Ball 5: Venkatesh Iyer collects a single towards long-off.
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: Rahul Tripathi collects a single.
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Rahul Tripathi smashes SIX.
10:25 PM
Rahul Chahar, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
MI vs KKR live score after 8 Overs: 85-1
Over Summary: 2 0 4 1 4 0 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 85-1 ; Venkatesh Iyer (45), Rahul Tripathi (25)
Rahul Chahar, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Venkatesh Iyer smashes FOUR.
Ball 4: Rahul Tripathi collects a single.
Ball 3: Rahul Tripathi smashes FOUR.
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Rahul Tripathi collects a single.
10:23 PM
MI vs KKR live score after 7 Overs: 74-1
Over Summary: 1 6 1 L1 1 1 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 74-1 ; Venkatesh Iyer (41), Rahul Tripathi (18)
Krunal Pandya continues...
Krunal Pandya continues...
Ball 6: Rahul Tripathi collects a single.
Ball 5: Venkatesh Iyer collects a single.
Ball 4: One leg byes for KKR.
Ball 3: Venkatesh Iyer collects a single.
Ball 2: Venkatesh Iyer smashes SIX.
Ball 1: Rahul Tripathi collects a single.
10:10 PM
MI vs KKR live score after 6 Overs: 63-1 | TIMEOUT
Over Summary: 2 4 1 Wd 2 1 1 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 63-1 ; Venkatesh Iyer (33), Rahul Tripathi (16)
Adam Milne [1.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack
Ball 4: Venkatesh hits over extra cover for a couple of runs.
Adam Milne [1.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Rahul Tripathi collects a single.
Ball 5: Venkatesh collects a single.
Ball 4: Venkatesh hits over extra cover for a couple of runs.
Ball 4: WIDE down leg side.
Ball 3: Rahul Tripathi guides the ball towards third man for a single.
Ball 2: Rahul Tripathi moves towards off side and hits over short fine leg for FOUR.
Ball 1: Rahul Tripathi collects a couple of runs towards long-off.
10:04 PM
Krunal Pandya, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack
MI vs KKR live score after 5 Overs: 51-1
Over Summary: 2 0 0 1 0 0 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 51-1 ; Venkatesh Iyer (30), Rahul Tripathi (8)
Krunal Pandya, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: Rahul Tripathi collects a single.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Rahul Tripathi collects a couple of runs.
10:02 PM
MI vs KKR live score after 4 Overs: 48-1
Over Summary: 2 1 0 0 4 1 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 48-1 ; Venkatesh Iyer (30), Rahul Tripathi (5)
Trent Boult [1.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack
Trent Boult [1.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Tripathi collects a single.
Ball 5: Tripathi cuts through backward point for FOUR.
Ball 4: DOT
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: Venkatesh Iyer collects a single.
Ball 1: Venkatesh Iyer collects a couple of runs.
Rahul Tripathi, right handed bat, comes to the crease
9:55 PM
Jasprit Bumrah, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
MI vs KKR live score after 3 Overs: 40-1 | Bumrah scalps Gill
Over Summary: 4 0 1 4 1 W ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 40-1 ; Venkatesh Iyer (27), Shubman Gill (13)
Jasprit Bumrah, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
Ball 6: Bumrah cleans up Shubman Gill with a perfect yorker. Shubman Gill b Bumrah 13(9) [4s-1 6s-1]
Ball 5: Venkatesh Iyer collects a single.
Ball 4: Venkatesh Iyer smashes FOUR.
Ball 3: Shubman Gill collects a single.
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Shubman Gill glances the full ball on the pads through short fine leg for FOUR.
9:51 PM
MI vs KKR live score after 2 Overs: 30-0
Over Summary: 0 1 6 4 0 4 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 30-0 ; Venkatesh Iyer (22), Shubman Gill (8)
Adam Milne, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
Adam Milne, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
Ball 6: Venkatesh Iyer smashes FOUR.
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: Venkatesh Iyer smashes FOUR.
Ball 3: Venkatesh Iyer smashes SIX.
Ball 2: Shubman Gill collects a single.
Ball 1: DOT
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First Published: Sep 23 2021 | 5:10 PM IST
