MI vs KKR, 51st match at Mumbai, May 14 2015, Pepsi Indian Premier League

RESULT
51st match (N), Wankhede, May 14, 2015, Pepsi Indian Premier League
(20 ov, T:172) 166/7

MI won by 5 runs

Player Of The Match
61* (31)
hardik-pandya
Cricinfo's MVP
91.22 ptsImpact List
shakib-al-hasan
Match centre 
Comms: Karthik Krishnaswamy
Scorecard summary
Mumbai Indians 171/4(20 overs)
1/27 (4)
Kolkata Knight Riders 166/7(20 overs)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
PLAYERTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
KKR91.2223(15)25.4927.42/222.6163.82
MI89.9361(31)74.2991.170/10-- 1.24
KKR55.2952(37)54.2255.29--0
MI44.05--01/311.8744.05
KKR41.0238(29)41.641.02--0
end of over 206 runs • 1 wicket
KKR: 166/7CRR: 8.30 
Piyush Chawla1 (7b)
Umesh Yadav5 (2b 1x4)
Kieron Pollard 1-0-6-1
Lasith Malinga 4-0-31-1

12.00pm And that's it from all of us. It was a fun game to bring to you, and we hope you enjoyed following it. Do keep joining us, and keep sending in your comments. Until next time, good night!

Hardik Pandya is the man of the match. "Before every game I talk to Ricky. Pollard told me to take my time at the start, he told me I can cover up later. Even Sachin sir is helping a lot, how I can improve my game. I can say now that I can bat a bit. They have faith in me. It was good [Gambhir] got out next ball [after I dropped him]. It was a relief."

Rohit Sharma: "It was a very nerve-racking game. We all know it went to the last over but we held our nerves, and it was a wonderful game for the spectators. When we were batting, the ball was stopping, odd ball was gripping and turning, so we didn't know exactly what the par score was. Normally it's a 180 wicket, but this was a different wicket, a little slow. During the strategic time-out [we decided Pollard would bowl the last over]. Polly has been in that situation before. It was a gamble, but looking at his body language, his confidence, I knew I could throw him the ball and he would do the job."

DKGP: "RR would be the second happiest team with this result. Now their qualification is in their hands"

Shubham: "Pollard shows us that he can not only play slower innings but can also bowl slower balls."

Kausthub G: "First IPL season where each team lost atleast 5 matches!"

Gautam Gambhir: "I always felt that letting them score 170 was not a great effort from our bowlers. Hardik played a brilliant innings, but our bowling and fielding were not up to the mark. We did well to get it down to the last over, but we kept losing wickets at crucial junctures. Yusuf played a very good knock. Letting them score 170 was the game-changer, especially after the first 15 overs they had. We needed to be more clever in the death overs. You can't let anyone score 70 in five overs. Nothing comes easy for KKR. We've always had to work hard and scrape through, I hope we get our number one game for the 16th."

11.45pm Phew. With 12 to get from one over and Yusuf Pathan still batting, you would have put your money on KKR, but Pollard produced an excellent over under pressure. His innings was far, far slower than anything he's played before, but it kept Mumbai's innings together and provided excellent support to Hardik Pandya at the end. And then, without having bowled a ball before, he stepped up to send down that over. Chawla ends up with 1 off 7 balls.

All manner of mayhem in the league table. Three points separate CSK in first place from RCB in sixth. Mumbai have sneaked back into the top four.

19.6
Pollard to Chawla, no run

and another slower ball, and another swing and miss. He came down the track this time, but again the angle across him, and the lack of pace, defeated his across-the-line swish. What a final over from Pollard

Six off one ball.

19.5
Pollard to Chawla, no run

and again, this one's a bit wider and he swings across the line and only makes contact with air

19.4
Pollard to Chawla, no run

this time he gets the slower ball right, it's just outside off, and Chawla swings and misses

19.4
1w
Pollard to Chawla, 1 wide

goes for the slower ball angled across Chawla, overdoes the angle, and it ends up waay outside off stump

Seven off three. Chawla hit a six in a similar situation against Kings XI.

19.3
1
Pollard to Umesh Yadav, 1 run

shortish slower ball on off stump, swiped towards midwicket

19.2
4
Pollard to Umesh Yadav, FOUR runs

oh my. That was terrible fielding from Malinga. It was a slower ball on middle and leg, and Umesh slogged at it and sent it running away to the left of short fine leg. He dived to his left, ended up falling over the ball, and it ran away for four

19.1
W
Pollard to Pathan, OUT

and he strikes first ball! It's a slower short ball on off stump. Yusuf goes for the pull, top-edges it, and the ball balloons into Parthiv's gloves. This could be a decisive twist. The batsmen didn't run, didn't cross over.

Yusuf Pathan c †Patel b Pollard 52 (37b 5x4 2x6 73m) SR: 140.54

It's Kieron Pollard to send down the final over, with KKR needing 12. Yusuf is on strike.

Chaitu: "That fumble from Parthiv is going to cost them the match!!"

end of over 199 runs
KKR: 160/6CRR: 8.42 RRR: 12.00
Piyush Chawla1 (4b)
Yusuf Pathan52 (36b 5x4 2x6)
Lasith Malinga 4-0-31-1
Mitchell McClenaghan 4-0-31-1
18.6
Malinga to Chawla, no run

another slower offcutter. This one was back of a length on off stump, and Chawla played and missed again, trying to dab it down to third man with half a bat

18.5
1
Malinga to Pathan, 1 run

this time he gets the off-stump yorker right and he can only jab it firmly into the ground and send it bouncing over the bowler's head

18.4
6
Malinga to Pathan, SIX runs

fullish on off stump. He errs on the shorter side while going for the yorker, and it ends up as a full ball that he hoicks away, with the angle, over the midwicket boundary to bring up his fifty

18.3
1b
Malinga to Chawla, 1 bye

and again, a slower offcutter that Chawla swings at and misses. Bounces down to Parthiv, and he fumbles it, allowing them to sneak a bye

18.2
Malinga to Chawla, no run

lovely. Slower ball, full and angling across. Chawla swings at it, looking to carve over the covers, and the ball sneaks past his bat

18.1
1
Malinga to Pathan, 1 run

yorker on middle and leg, clipped to deep midwicket

21 from 12 balls. Here's Malinga.

end of over 187 runs • 1 wicket
KKR: 151/6CRR: 8.38 RRR: 10.50
Yusuf Pathan44 (33b 5x4 1x6)
Piyush Chawla1 (1b)
Mitchell McClenaghan 4-0-31-1
Vinay Kumar 4-0-33-1
17.6
1
McClenaghan to Pathan, 1 run

shortish, sits up at waist height, and that is superb fielding from Rayudu, sprinting to his right from deep square leg and sliding to stop that crisply timed pull from Yusuf. Made the stop look so easy

17.5
1
McClenaghan to Chawla, 1 run

back of a length ball on off stump. Stays in his crease and dabs it softly into the off side for a quick single

back over the wicket to the left-handed Chawla.

17.4
1
McClenaghan to Pathan, 1 run

short again, angling into the body. Yusuf swivels, pulls between long leg and deep square leg

around the wicket now

17.3
4
McClenaghan to Pathan, FOUR runs

short again, this time it's close enough to Yusuf to uppercut with great use of his wrists and clear the desperately leaping fielder at short third man

17.2
McClenaghan to Pathan, no run

slower bouncer angled across Yusuf, who leans backwards to try and ramp it but cannot connect

Chawla is the new batsman, but Yusuf's on strike because they crossed over.

17.1
W
McClenaghan to Suryakumar, OUT

that's his favourite pick-up shot, that's effortlessly timed, and that's hit straight into deep midwicket's hands! It was full on the pads, and he flicked it with an almost casual air. Shot was on, I suppose. He may have been looking to hit it a lot squarer than he ended up doing.

Suryakumar Yadav c Rayudu b McClenaghan 11 (5b 2x4 0x6 11m) SR: 220

28 from 18 balls. This is going right down to the wire. Malinga and McClenaghan have an over left each. Who'll bowl the other one? We'll have to wait to find out. Here's McClenaghan.

end of over 1714 runs
KKR: 144/5CRR: 8.47 RRR: 9.33
Yusuf Pathan38 (29b 4x4 1x6)
Suryakumar Yadav11 (4b 2x4)
Vinay Kumar 4-0-33-1
Lasith Malinga 3-0-23-1
16.6
Vinay to Pathan, no run

full outside off, goes deep in his crease but still can't get under it, hits it low and firm to mid-off

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
HH Pandya
61 runs (31)
8 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
pull
22 runs
3 fours1 six
Control
74%
YK Pathan
52 runs (37)
5 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
cut shot
11 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
80%
Best performances - bowlers
Shakib Al Hasan
O
4
M
0
R
22
W
2
ECO
5.5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
KA Pollard
O
1
M
0
R
6
W
1
ECO
6
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
Match details
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
TossKolkata Knight Riders, elected to field first
Series
Season2015
Player Of The Match
Hours of play (local time)20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23.20
Match days14 May 2015 - night (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsMumbai Indians 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Win Probability
MI 100%
MIKKR
100%50%100%MI InningsKKR Innings

Over 20 • KKR 166/7

Yusuf Pathan c †Patel b Pollard 52 (37b 5x4 2x6 73m) SR: 140.54
W
MI won by 5 runs
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Pepsi Indian Premier League

TEAMMWLPTNRR
CSK1495180.709
MI148616-0.043
RCB1475161.037
RR1475160.062
KKR1476150.253
SRH147714-0.239
DC145811-0.049
KXIP143116-1.436