Match: 56th T20, IPL3
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: April 18, 2010
Time: 8 pm
Toss: Mumbai Indians elected to bat.
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 9 wickets

Mumbai Indians won the toss today and elected to bat first. Today’s match had no impact on semi finals so Mumbai Indian I had as many as six changes in the squad. Aditya Tare and Shikhar Dhawan opened the innings but could not give Mumbai a good start. Mumbai Indians were 14/2 in 2.5 overs. Then S Tiwary and J Duminy got into a good partnership and took the score to 77. Tiwary and Duminy both got out at the same score leaving Mumbai Indians struggling at 77/4 in 13.1 overs. The stand in captain D Bravo also failed and Mumbai looked in real trouble with 5 wickets down at 89 in 15.4 overs. A Rayudu and R Satish then took the score past 100 at the end they were able to post a meager total of 133/8 in 20 overs.

Chasing 134 to win, KKR got off to a superb start. Ganguly and McCullum played shots right from the first over and scored runs with ease. Both these scored 97 runs for the first wicket partnership. Mumbai Indian bowlers looked clueless against KKR batsmen today. Finally KKR were able to win today’s match by 9 wickets but still they are out of IPL 2010.

A nice end to KKR’s journey of this year’s IPL which witnessed many ups and downs throughout.

Match Notes

* Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 7.2 overs, Extras 1
* Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 16.3 overs, Extras 3
* Innings Break: Mumbai Indians – 133/8 in 20.0 overs

* Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 6.3 overs, Extras 3
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 13.6 overs, Extras 10
* BB McCullum: 50 off 52 balls (7 x 4)


Match 56 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Scorecard