Date – May 1, 2009
Result – Mumbai Indians won by 9 runs

Mumbai Indians Innings
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first. Jayasurya and Sachin started the innings and all the fans expected fireworks all over. But Dinda striked got rid of Jayasurya and Mumbai Indians lost the crucial wicket in the 4th over leaving them 19/1. Harbhajan Singh was sent to do some hitting but he failed and soon Sachin Tendulkar also got out after scoring 34 runs. Mumbai Indians kept loosing wickets at regular interval and this jolted the run rate. But then again Duminy was the player for Mumbai Indians who scored 52 runs in 37 balls and remained unbeaten till end. A small but useful contributions from lower middle order helped Mumbai Indians post 148/6 in alloted 20 overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
Kolkata Knight Riders got off to a disastrous start as Zaheer Khan got rid of Ganguly and Gayle when the team score was just 8. But then B Hodge and M van Wyk got together and played some good shots. While they were batting, it looked that Kolkata Knight Riders might have a chance but just at that moment, Napier got rid of M van Wyk. The run rate was rising and its pressure was too high for Kolkata Knight Riders to manage and thus they eventually lost the match by 9 runs.

Fall of wickets
Mumbai Indians
S Jayasuriya (19-1, 3.2), Harbhajan Singh (40-2, 5.5), S Tendulkar (54-3, 7.5), A Nayar (71-4, 11.4), G Napier (96-5, 15.5), A Rahane (131-6, 18.5)

Kolkata Knight Riders
S Ganguly (1-1, 0.4), C Gayle (8-2, 2.2), M van Wyk (97-3, 14.5), L Shukla (119-4, 17.2), B Hodge (129-5, 19), B McCullum (132-6, 19.3)

Man of the Match – JP Duminy