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29 March 2024

KKR stun defending champs Mumbai Indians

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By Cricket Correspondent and Agencies

The UAE leg of IPL 7 got off to a cracking start with Kolkata Knight Riders scoring an upset 41-run win over defending champions Mumbai Indians at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

Riding on half centuries by Kallis (72) and Pandey (64), KKR opting to bat first made 163-5 despite Malinga's haul of four for 23.

Chasing a stiff target of 164, Mumbai never really got going despite knocks from Tare (24), Rayudu (48) and skipper Sharma (27).

Narine cast a spell over Mumbai claiming four 20 while Morkel, Shakib and Chawla also bowled impressively.

This was Kolkata's third win over Mumbai in the history of IPL.

MUMBAI INDIANS INNINGS

Uthappa gets another stumping as Mumbai end on 122-7 in their 20 overs.

CM Gautam st Uthappa b Chawla 7 (7b 1x4 0x6)

Narine finishes with excellent figures of 4-0-20-4.

Narine knocks back the stumps of Harbhajan sounding the death knell for Mumbai. MI 113-6 in 18.3 overs.

Harbhajan Singh b Narine 0 (2b 0x4 0x6)

Narine clatters the stumps of Anderson who swings and misses. MI 113-5 in 18.1 overs.

Corey Anderson b Narine 2 (8b 0x4 0x6)

Anderson survives with Uthappa missing a sharp caught behind chance off Narine. MI 109-4 in 17 overs.

Narine strikes with Uthappa managing to stump Rayudu after juggling with it. MI 106-4 in 16.1 overs.

Ambati Rayudu st Uthappa b Narine 48 (40b 4x4 0x6)

Rayudu picks up a boundary off Morkel who puts Pollard on the back foot. MI 106-3 in 16 overs.

Rohit blasts Morkel for a massive six but is out next ball with Kallis taking a superb catch. MI 101-3 in 15.2 overs.

Rohit Sharma c Kallis b Morkel 27 (20b 0x4 1x6)

Rohit survives with Uthappa missing a stumping chances off Narine. MI 95-2 in 15 overs.

Mumbai need 78 from 36 balls. MI 86-2 in 14 overs.

Rayudu dances down the track and slams Shakib over extra cover. MI 83-2 in 14 overs.

Rayudu sweeps Kallis over the infield with some innovative strokeplay. MI 65-2 in 11 overs.

Mumbai need 110 from 60 balls at the halfway stage chasing 164.

Tare perishes going for a big one only skying it back to the bowler Shakib who pockets after a bit of a juggle. MI 40-2 in 7.5 overs.

Aditya Tare c and b Shakib Al Hasan 24 (22b 2x4 1x6)

Rayudu smashes Shakib down the ground for his first boundary as Mumbai match the Kolkata total in the Batting Powerplay. MI 32-1 in 6 overs.

Tare slog sweeps Narine for a thundering six over midwicket but Hussey is bamboozled by a delivery which sneaks through and rattles his stumps. MI 24-1 in 4.4 overs.

Mike Hussey b Narine 3 (13b 0x4 0x6)

Tare smashes Vinay to the midwicket fence for another boundary. MI 16-0 in 3 overs.

Morkel bowls an excellent opening over conceding just a single as Hussey plays and misses. MI 9-0 in 2 overs.

Tare hits the first boundary of the innings hooking Vinay Kumar to leg. MI 8-0 in 1 over.

New boy Mike Hussey opens for Mumbai with skipper Rohit Sharma making way for Aditya Tare as they begin the run chase.

KOLKATA INNINGS

Half centuries by Jacques Kallis (72) and Manish Pandey (64) has lifted Kolkata to 163-5 after opting to bat first.

The pair figured in a 131-run stand for the second wicket after losing skipper Gambhir early.

Malinga struck at regular intervals to finish with four for 23 but Kolkata blasted 73 in the last six overs to make a competitive total after making only 31-1 in the first six.

Yadav cracks three boundaries in the final over from Anderson as Kolkata finish strongly on 163-5 in 20 overs.

Malinga claims his fourth wicket choking Shakib with a slower ball. KKR 149-5 in 19 overs.

Shakib Al Hasan c Sharma b Malinga 1 (2b 0x4 0x6)

Anderson takes a well judged catch in the deep as Kallis goes attempting to smash Malinga out of the ground. KKR 145-4 in 18.2 overs.

Jacques Kallis c Anderson b Malinga 72 (46b 5x4 3x6)

Kallis slams Zaheer for a six over midwicket while Uthappa perishes slicing one up in the air. KKR 144-3 in 18 overs.

Robin Uthappa c Sharma b Khan 1 (2b 0x4 0x6)


The partnership between Pandey and Kallis produced 131 runs in 15.2 overs for the second wicket.

Pandey clubs Malinga for a massive six over midwicket but the Sri Lankan slinger has his revenge yorking the batsman with a toe crusher. KKR 135-2 in 17 overs.

Manish Pandey b Malinga 64 (53b 6x4 2x6)

Another big over for Kolkata as Kallis slams a couple of boundaries off Pollard. KKR 125-1 16 overs.

Kallis attacks Ojha who goes for a 20 in his final over as the South African veteran smashes a couple of boundaries and a six to race to his half century. KKR 110-1 in 15 overs.

Malinga at short fine leg drops a sitter as Kallis flicks Pollard. KKR 90-1 in 14 overs.

Pandey completes his half century off 48 deliveries.

Malinga returns to the attack but Kallis despatches a bouncer to the long leg fence. KKR 86-1 in 13 overs.

Pandey lofts Harbhajan over his head for another boundary. KKR 78-1 in 12 overs.

Ojha manages to find the boundary with regular hitting Ojha inside over extra cover but Kolkata need more of those. KKR 69-1 in 11 overs.

Pandey whacks Anderson to the long-on fence in the first over after the strategic time-out. KKR 63-1 in 10 overs.

Kallis sweeps Ojha over square leg for his first boundary and bring up the 50 of the innings. KKR 54-1 in 9 overs.

Mumbai employ an all-spin attack but Pandey is not in a mood to curb his aggressive instint smashing the last ball from Harbhajan to the midwicket fence. KKR 37-1 in 7 overs.

Ojha bowls a tight opening over as Kolkata make 31-1 at the end of the Powerplay overs.

Pandey hits the first boundary of the match smashing Anderson through midwicket and then lofting him straight for the first six of IPL 7. KKR 20-1 in 4 overs.

Malinga draws first blood shattering the stumps of Gambhir with a spearing yorker. KKR 4-1 in 1.4 overs.

Gautam Gambhir b Malinga 0 (8b 0x4 0x6)

Zaheer bowls an excellent opening over conceding only a wide.

Mumbai have a 10-2 advantage in matches against Kolkata.

This is the 400th IPL match in the seventh edition of the mega T20 evetn.

Gambhir and Kallis are the openers for KKR while Zaheer has been handed the new ball.

Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and opted to bat first in the opening match of IPL 7 against Mumbai Indians at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

Shakib Al Hasan, Morne Morkel, Sunil Narine and Jacques Kallis are the overseas players for 2012 winners KKR.

PLAYING XI

Mumbai: Rohit Sharma, Mike Hussey, AP Tare, Ambati Rayudu, CM Gautam, Kieron Pollard, Corey Anderson, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha

Kolkata: Gautam Gambhir, Jacques Kallis, MK Pandey, Robin Uthappa, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, SA Yadav, Piyush Chawla, R Vinay Kumar, Sunil Narine, Morne Morkel

BOYCOTT

A number of news agencies have decided against covering cricket's Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition in India and the United Arab Emirates, due to the exclusion of some photo agencies from covering matches.

Thomson Reuters, Agence France-Press and Associated Press will send no reporters or photographers to the tournament, which begins on Wednesday, as a protest against the IPL's limit on editorial freedom.

The photo agencies, including Getty Images and Action Images, supply publishers of editorial newspapers and websites around the world with images from sporting events in numerous countries without problems, but have been excluded from covering the seventh edition of the IPL following a disagreement regarding the commercialisation of images.

"The IPL policy is counter-productive and will lead to cricket fans being denied the varied and independent coverage they would expect from such reputable news sources," the News Media Coalition, which fights against controls placed on news gathering and distribution by the organisers of major sporting events, said in a statement.

"Between them, news agencies reach hundreds of thousands of publishing entities which are seen by millions of readers. That's the value of getting the news media on-side - to the benefit of team franchises, players and sponsors.

"International news and photo agencies were able to cover the first IPL tournaments including the one in South Africa and we do not believe there should be an obstacle for the IPL 7 or other Indian cricket events."