- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.2 goes for the heave, but is taken at long-on! Narine gets Rohit yet again - ninth time in T20s. It is a good length ball on off, which gets good bounce. Rohit is down on his back knee early to try and hammer that, but gets it off the higher side of the bat, as the catch is taken right on the edge of the boundary 78/114.5 mistimed! Slower ball, full just outside off. de Kock picks the slower ball, and then tries to clatter a slog over midwicket. But the bat's face turned while playing the shot, and it's gone straight to Narine at midwicket. Out for 55 106/312.1 out first ball! Good length just outside off. Surya looks to flick across the line, and ends up getting an edge to DK. Just a bit of away movement after hitting the deck, and that's what messes Surya's attempted flick. Expected the ball would angle in, instead it went the other direction. Surya's dry run continues 89/216.2 skyer and Russell runs in from long on to take a catch around mid on. Short ball, on middle, and Kishan looks to pull. But he toe-ends the shot, and Russell makes no mistake although it went high in the night sky 119/419.2 Pollard caught napping at the bowler's end! Full and wide ball, Pollard clatters a shot to Morgan at cover. But Morgan picks up in one swift move, and then throws to Ferguson with the bowler near the stumps. Pollard slow off the blocks, and out by a couple of metres 149/519.3 on a team hat-trick as Lockie makes that two in two. Back of a length ball from around the stumps. Takes the pace off too. Pandya looks to pull by swiveling to the leg side, but that's been mistimed. Iyer at long on gets under it 149/6Extras9 (lb 1, nb 2, w 6)TOTAL155/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.75)Fall of wickets: 1-78 (Rohit Sharma, 9.2 ov), 2-89 (Suryakumar Yadav, 12.1 ov), 3-106 (Quinton de Kock, 14.5 ov), 4-119 (Ishan Kishan, 16.2 ov), 5-149 (Kieron Pollard, 19.2 ov), 6-149 (Krunal Pandya, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB N Rana 1 0 5 0 5.00 4 1 0 0 0 CV Varun 4 0 22 0 5.50 9 2 0 1 0 SP Narine 4 0 20 1 5.00 10 2 0 0 0 LH Ferguson 4 0 27 2 6.75 9 2 1 0 0 M Prasidh Krishna 4 0 43 2 10.75 10 1 3 4 2 AD Russell 3 0 37 0 12.33 4 3 2 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.6 bowled 'im! Bumrah hits back! Offcutter from the quick this time, as Gill chops it back on to his stumps. He looks to poke at that tentatively, as it is a full delivery pitching on off, while also coming back in. There is a gap between his bat and pad, and enough space for the ball to crash into his middle stump 40/111.4 leg stump knocked back and Iyer has been done in by a slower ball. Fullish, outside leg stump but angling into leg. He clears the front leg to muscle a six over midwicket but this time he is done in by the lack of pace. Standing ovation for Iyer from the KKR management 128/214.1 back of a length, on middle, and he pulls to the leg side. But top-edged, and it goes to Boult fielding in the deep. 147/3Extras7 (lb 1, w 6)TOTAL159/3 (15.1 Overs, RR: 10.48)Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Shubman Gill, 2.6 ov), 2-128 (Venkatesh Iyer, 11.4 ov), 3-147 (Eoin Morgan, 14.1 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50-21.20
Match days
23 September 2021 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Mumbai Indians 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 56 runs, 0 wicket)
- Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (RG Sharma 27, Q de Kock 25, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians - 56/0 in 6.0 overs (RG Sharma 27, Q de Kock 27)
- Q de Kock: 50 off 37 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 13.6 overs (84 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians - 101/2 in 14.0 overs (Q de Kock 54, Ishan Kishan 5)
- Mumbai Indians: 150 runs in 19.4 overs (120 balls), Extras 9
- Innings Break: Mumbai Indians - 155/6 in 20.0 overs (SS Tiwary 5, AF Milne 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 63 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 4.1 overs (25 balls), Extras 0
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 63/1 in 6.0 overs (VR Iyer 33, RA Tripathi 16)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (VR Iyer 18, RA Tripathi 31, Ex 2)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 2
- VR Iyer: 50 off 25 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- RA Tripathi: 50 off 29 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 7
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