Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, 1st Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Indian Premier League 2015 Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata Date & Time: Apr 08, 08:00 PM LOCAL
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For the second season running, Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians kick off the Indian Premier League. The stage for last year's encounter was Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Stadium where KKR trumped MI before going on to lift the title. IPL 2015 starts off at KKR's fortress, the Eden Gardens. The two-time champions, KKR, were given an added boost ahead with ace spinner Sunil Narine being cleared to bowl in the tournament.

The 2013 champions, Mumbai Indians boast the best record for a visiting side at the Eden Gardens. Rohit Sharma and Co. will be vary of their slow start last season and would look to get off the blocks straight away. They boast of a superior 10-4 head to head advantage against the champions in all IPL's and will look to extend their advantage.

Here's a stat to get you Rohit Sharma fans excited. His highest scores in ODI (264) and IPL (109*) have come at the Eden Gardens.
Here's a stat to get you Rohit Sharma fans excited. His highest scores in ODI (264) and IPL (109*) have come at the Eden Gardens.

Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Morne Morkel and Andre Russell are the four foreigners for KKR. Gambhir is not sure about the dew being a factor. Rohit Sharma reckons that it is a good toss to lose. He wanted to bat anyway. Aaron Finch, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga and Corey Anderson are the foreigners in for Mumbai Indians.

News also coming in that Vinay Kumar will be making his debut for Mumbai Indians. He's played for Bangalore, Kochi and Kolkata before. Fourth team for the Karnataka captain in the IPL. Wonder who has played for the most teams in the IPL. If you have the answer, let us know by sending an email to submissions@cricbuzz.com or simply leave a tweet to @ganeshcee. Join in!

Teams:

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Aaron Finch, Ambati Rayudu, Aditya Tare(w), Corey Anderson, Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Vinay Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Pragyan Ojha

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Gautam Gambhir(c), Robin Uthappa(w), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Morne Morkel

He had ten consecutive scores of over 40 in the last season but Robin Uthappa managed just 9 today. Corey Anderson found some swing in and away to the right-hander. Uthappa chased one away from his body and got a thick edge to the lone slip in place. False start for KKR.

Gambhir is swinging at everything in search of a lucky break. What's that joke about Delhi boys hitting on everything that moves? Gambhir is in that zone right now.

So Umesh Yadav kickstarted proceedings for IPL 8. Good first over. Just four runs off it and worked up good pace as well. Trust Gambhir to look for wickets all the way. Not that it does matter too much when you have batsmen readily giving away wickets in search of boundaries. Aaron Finch's Mumbai debut lasted just 5 balls before he swung out at a length delivery and top edged it to fine leg. First blood drawn by KKR thanks to a suicidal shot from Finch.

Lovely cover drive from Rohit Sharma. Delectable really. Slower ball from Umesh and Rohit caresses it through the gap in the cover region. Five people manning the offside area mind you. And he does it again off the last ball of the third over. This time behind point. The crowd is still buzzing. Boundaries scored by the opposition batsmen doesn't seem to stop them from crying their throats hoarse. Loudest cheer still for Umesh's catch to get rid off Finch.

First sound of that IPL trumpet as well. Lukewarm response from the crowd.

The powerplay ends and Gambhir gets in Shakib straightaway, with a slip in place. And that brings the first six off the match as well. Rohit thumps it straight over the bowler's head.

Aditya Tare throws it away as well. Shakib bowls a wide off the last ball and the extra delivery yields a wicket. Poor shot from Tare. Holes out straight to long off.

Morne Morkel operates with two slips in place now. Rayudu surprised by the extra awkward bounce right away and then bites the dust! First ball shoots off a good length, Rayudu keeps his bat close to his body. Flirts with a similar delivery next ball and edges to slip. Quality fast bowling, shot demanded by the format and a wicket just does not feel the same but hey, this is T20 and the IPL. Even commentary gaffes made by Ravi Shastri are interrupted by ad-breaks.

Three slips in now for Morne. Gambhir on the prowl. Top over from Morne Morkel. A maiden to boot. KKR calling the shots.

Remodelled action, talk of the town before the start of IPL 8. Here comes Sunil Narine. Still bowls with long sleeves. Hmm. But there's a definite change in action. The arm looks a lot straighter. Accurate as ever. We'll need to see more of him before we can fully guage what the action change has done to his bowling. Corey Anderson seems clueless picking the ball. He's just about getting bat to ball against Narine. Five runs from his first over. Mumbai definitely need a move on now.

Morne Morkel is bowling out in one spell. Brave call from Gambhir and probably a good one given that Morkel is most effective in this period. Nine balls for Corey Anderson to get off the mark but does so with a boundary through cover. First sight of Sachin Tendulkar on the screen as well. Ravi Shastri expects him to do the work of the IPL trumpet. ""Big cheer coming on," he says and waits. Nothing did come. Meanwhile, Morne Morkel finishes with a spell of 4-1-18-2. Says everything.

A strategic timeout shows us more ads. First thoughts on Narine. Still able to turn the ball both ways. Corey Anderson is still clueless but he does seem to be bowling a lot slower. Maybe, just maybe, we have seen the end of Narine magic. Just as I say it, I regret he's going to prove me wrong soon. Skipper Rohit Sharma is on 34 off 28 after 9 overs. Corey Anderson and Pollard can strike it a long way as well. However the first half of the innings belongs to KKR. Not that it counts for much in this format anyway.

Corey Anderson is a pale shadow of the hitter that he is against spin. Chawla has him looking awkward as well. Suspect a rash shot coming on very soon. And just as I type that, Chawla releases the pressure with a rank short one. Thrashed through covers. Corey carries on.

He's on 13 off 21 balls after 12 overs. Anderson is slashing out but just not connecting. Not his day and it is hurting Mumbai.

No matter how condensed a format, there is always the 'boring' middle overs. No mindless slogging. This is the time to retreat before the attack. KKR still have their noses ahead but Mumbai hanging in there. They've not lost a wicket for close to 9 overs now and look well set for a big launch soon.

Rohit Sharma is making the opener's spot his own in the limited overs for India and Mumbai Indians. The fifty came off 46 balls but what followed was clinical execution of shifting gears. 4,4,6,4 off Umesh Yadav and just like that Mumbai were in a much better position. Rohit Sharma is becoming increasingly impressive as an opener particularly for the way he paces his innings.

Rohit got going with a flurry of boundaries and crossed fifty. Shakib saw Russell dropping a sitter at deep mid wicket. Corey Anderson lived to fight yet again. Meanwhile, Rohit still clobbered boundaries seemingly at will. Mumbai have got things on an even keel at the end of 16 overs now. Time for the onslaught but before that comes another strategic time out.

Robin Uthappa dropped a catch and missed a stumping off the same ball. Narine was left clasping his head in despair. Rohit promptly added insult to injury by striking a six and a four off the next two balls. Corey Anderson seemed invisible for a while. Good job of turning the strike over in a partnership that is closing in on 100. The duo have added 49 in the last 4 overs. Excellent work.

He fell short by just 2 runs but Rohit Sharma had done his job. Opened the innings, saw them through a tough period and provided the finishing touches. Corey Anderson found his groove later on as well and got to his fifty. MI racked up 35 in the last two overs to finish with a very good score.

Gambhir looks to attack Vinay Kumar first ball but his bat just splits into two! Laughs for everyone watching but Gambhir is clearly unhappy. Shakes his head as the replacement comes in. Watchful start from KKR so far. Vinay Kumar begins well, even induces an edge from the KKR skipper but Aditya Tare, the wicket-keeper spills it. Should have been taken. Poor stuff on the field from both teams today.

It took some time coming but when a nearly capacity crowd at the Eden Gardens chant in unison, it is a sight to behold. A four and a six from Manish Pandey set the ball rolling and the crowd got going with loud chants and mexican waves. Definitely going to be a factor if the game heads to a close finish. Gambhir still continues to struggle

Gambhir finally hits the sweet spot. After 16 balls of struggle, he came down the track to loft Ojha for a six. You could almost literally see the pressure easing off Gambhir's shoulders. Looks much more at ease after breaking the shackles. Two more fours off Harbhajan followed. Fifty partnership coming up as well. KKR doing it with ease.

Corey Anderson's turn to make a mess of a simple catch. Manish Pandey the benefactor. Harbhajan is left riling after Gambhir hits him for a couple of boundaries in the same over. KKR making the chase look very easy now. Rohit turns to Malinga for some magic.

A 23-ball 40 helped KKR cruise in the chase. Manish Pandey should have been bagged by Harbhajan earlier but he finally got him in the 11th over. Too little, too late perhaps for Mumbai. Gambhir got his fifty in the next over and Suryakumar Yadav started off quite confidently straightaway. Defending champions KKR are showing good signs quite early.

Gambhir fell miscuing a pull off Bumrah for 57 but that didn't hurt KKR's chances too much. Suryakumar Yadav showed that he was in control with a superb flicked six over fine leg. With enough wickets in hand, this game is well within KKR's grasp.

Clean striking with an air of nonchalance makes Suryakumar Yadav a player to watch out for. His superb cameo when the asking rate was getting a little stiff showed that he had immense temperament under pressure as well. His 20-ball 46 gave KKR the perfect finishing touch and helped them reiterate their position as defending champions. Mumbai Indians had their moments but KKR were comprehensively better on the day.

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