Match – 40th IPL 2014 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians
Date – Wed May 14
Time – 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Toss – Kolkata Knight Riders elected to field
Result – Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets
Man of the match – Robin Uthappa

The poor run of Mumbai Indians continue and the defending champions are now almost out for the playoff contention as they suffered their 8th defeat today. Kolkata Knight Riders led by Robin Uthappa’s 52 ball 80 crushed Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets today.

Chasing 142 to win, Kolkata Knight Riders got off to a good start with captain Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa adding 50 runs for the first wicket stand. Gambhir was the first to fall after scoring 14. Robin Uthappa stood firm on one end and single handily took the game away from Mumbai Indians. Manish Pandey chipped in with useful 14 but it was 52 ball 80 by Uthappa which sealed the game for KKR. After his departure, Yusuf Pathan scored 13 ball 20 to take his team to a stunning 6 wicket win.

Earlier Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field. Mumbai Indians once again failed to get a good start as they lost opener Chidhambaram Gautam when the team score was just 12. Lendl Simmons also failed and got out after scoring 12. Mumbai were struggling at 35/2 in 5.1 overs and needed Ambati Rayudu and captain Rohit Sharma to perform. The duo added 35 runs in 6.4 overs as Chawla got the wicket of Rayudu(33 off 27 balls). Captain Rohit Sharma and Corey Anderson took the team score past 100. Rohit completed his 50 but was soon bowled by Nariane for 51. Eventually Mumbai were able to post 141/5 in 20 overs.

Match – 40th IPL 2014 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Scorecard