Kolkata limp to yet another defeat, Saha swings him to long-on and that's just a single
MI vs KKR, 23rd match at East London, IPL, May 01 2009 - Match Result
This is the highest match aggregate (287) involving KKR & MI in IPL
MI's 9-run win against KKR is their smallest margin of victory in terms of runs in IPL, beating 19-run win against CSK
Those overs at the death by Malinga and Zaheer made the difference. Until then Kolkata had the edge. Duminy's late assault was the real turning point.
Phil: "KKR have wrestled a defeat from the jaws of victory." I agree. This was a golden chance to seal an outright win in style. They remain at the bottom with 5 defeats. Hodge played a very commendable knock and he didn't do much wrong. van Wyk offered support but a short break in play changed things and the stand was broken.
Mumbai are at 3rd place. Stay with us for the presentation.
Tendulkar: "JP really set the match for us. All the bowlers chipped in. A good team performance. We wanted out strike bowlers to bowl first. Strategy of leaving Nayar to bowl the last over worked well for us."
Duminy is the Man of the Match: "Not the easiest pitch to bat on. I just wanted to stay till the end."
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fullish on the legstump and he swings him along the turf to long-on
takes a few paces down the pitch and clubs a full toss over midwicket, just a few inches short of the rope
McCullum makes room and he fails to send a low full toss over the rope, Malinga is there at deep extra cover
sprays it wide outside off and he chases it and takes a single to long-off
he makes room and scoops him high over the off side, the ball drops short of third man
Nayar has the last over. 20 needed
forces it towards Duminy at long-on and they turn around for the second, Hodge was running across rather than straight and that hampered his chances of making his ground, Pinal Shah flicks the ball onto the stumps and the decision goes upstairs
Hodge was out of his crease at the start and Malinga purposely drops it short and bowls a bouncer, Hodge looks at the umpire Erasmus but he gives the benefit of the doubt to the bowler
yorker on the legstumps and he shuffles and squeezes it out to the on side
brilliant stuff frpm malinga! The batsman makes room and he just manages to dig it out in front of the stumps
Can McCullum get his eye in quickly and fetch a boundary?
full outside off and he makes room and jams it to long-off
it's a fast yorker and he turns the face of the bat and steers it to point
another yorker and he digs it out to the off side
full outside off and he drives uppishly towards long-off
Zaheer errs by dropping it on a good length and Hodge makes room and scoops it over backward point's reach
gets on the backfoot and he takes a quick single to cover
see that stump cartwheel! Shukla makes room to a fast and fiery full toss and misses it completely, the offstump tumbles backwards and lands at the halfway point between the crease and the keeper
fires the yorker and he chops it almost one handed to short cover
Mumbai need one miserly over, Kolkata are still favourites
makes room and he scoops a length ball over backward point, the ball swirls in the air and drops short of the boundary
yorker outside off and he swings hard and mistmes it to the off side
Buffalo Park, East London | |
Toss | Mumbai Indians, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2009 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 12.30 start, First Session 12.30-13.45, Interval 13.45-14.00, Second Session 14.00-15.15 |
Match days | 1 May 2009 - day (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Mumbai Indians 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0 |
Over 20 • KKR 139/6