MUMBAI INDIANS
Rohit Sharma (not out) 105 (63b, 11x4, 5x6), Ishan Kishan c Shardul b Pathirana 23 (15b, 3x4, 1x6), Suryakumar Yadav (Impact Player in place of Madhwal) Mustafizur b Pathirana 0 (2b), Tilak Varma c Shardul b Pathirana 31 (20b, 5x4), Hardik Pandya c Jadeja b Deshpande 2 (6b), Tim David c Ravindra b Mustafizur 13 (5b, 2x6), Romario Shepherd b Pathirana 1 (2b), Mohammad Nabi (not out) 4 (7b); Extras (b1, lb1, w5): 7; Total (for six wkts. in 20 overs): 186.
FALL OF WICKETS
170 (Kishan, 7.1), 270 (Suryakumar, 7.3), 3130 (Tilak, 13.5), 4134 (Hardik, 15.3), 5148 (David, 16.3), 6157 (Shepherd, 17.3).
SUPER KINGS BOWLING
(Impact Player in place of Rahane) 40284.
Toss: MI; PoM: Pathirana. CSK won by 20 runs.
cAussie pace ace Mitchell Starc finally lived up to his high price tag with a threewicket haul and Phil Salt produced a matchwinning knock as Kolkata Knight Riders posted an eightwicket win over Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL at the Eden Gardens here on Sunday.
After restricting LSG, which sought home comfort by donning citybased sister concern Mohun Bagan’s greenandmaroon colours, to 161 for seven, KKR achieved the target with 4.2 overs to spare to please its fans on Bengali New Year.
Right from the toss, the hosts were in control. Vaibhav Arora struck early to remove Quinton de Kock.
Starc bowled a shorter length and utilised the bounce well to test the LSG batters. He tasted success in the third over of his extended first spell as Ramandeep took a spectacular diving catch at point.
Captain K.L. Rahul (39) played some handsome shots to build a platform. He hammered Andre Russell for a six over point before pulling him straight to deep midwicket.
KKR spinners Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy kept it tight and picked up a wicket apiece. Varun accounted for Marcus Stoinis while Narine removed Ayush Badoni (27).
LSG’s top rungetter Nicholas Pooran (45) tried to finish on a high. With his trademark strokeplay, he he smashed big sixes on the legside, including two in a row off Arora.
But, Pooran nicked behind off Starc, who took two for six in the final over to record his best figures of the season.
In reply, KKR had a dream start as debutant West Indian pacer Shamar Joseph leaked 22 in the first
DLUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS Quinton de Kock c Narine b Arora 10 (8b, 2x4), K.L. Rahul c Ramandeep b Russell 39 (27b, 3x4, 2x6), Deepak Hooda c Ramandeep b Starc 8 (10b, 1x4), Ayush Badoni c Raghuvanshi b Narine 29 (27b, 2x4, 1x6), Marcus Stoinis c Salt b Varun 10 (5b, 2x4), Nicholas Pooran c Salt b Starc 45 (32b, 2x4, 4x6), Krunal Pandya (not out) 7 (8b), Arshad Khan (Impact Player in place of de Kock) b Starc 5 (4b, 1x4); Extras (lb1, nb1, w6): 8; Total (for seven wkts. in 20 overs): 161.
FALL OF WICKETS
119 (de Kock, 1.5 overs), 239 (Hooda, 4.4), 378 (Rahul, 10.2), 495 (Stoinis, 11.4), 5111 (Badoni, 14.4), 6155 (Pooran, 19.1), 7161 (Arshad, 19.6).
KNIGHT RIDERS BOWLING Starc 40283, Arora 30341, Harshit 40350, Narine 40171, Varun 40301, Russell 10161.
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS over. Mohsin Khan pegged the hosts back by dismissing Narine and Angkrish Raghuvanshi cheaply.
But Salt’s smart and clean hits on both sides of the wicket kept the scoreboard ticking.
Salt (89 n.o., 47b, 14x4, 3x6), who was dropped on 31 off Shamar as Arshad Khan failed to take the catch and also conceded a six, reached his second fifty. The Englishman added 120 with Shreyas Iyer (38 n.o., 38b, 6x4) at a rapid pace as KKR crossed the line comfortably.
Phil Salt (not out) 89 (47b, 14x4, 3x6), Sunil Narine c Stoinis b Mohsin 6 (6b, 1x4), Angkrish Raghuvanshi c Rahul b Mohsin 7 (6b, 1x6), Shreyas Iyer (not out) 38 (38b, 6x4); Extras (b1, lb5, nb3, w13): 22; Total (for two wkts. in 15.4 overs): 162.
FALL OF WICKETS
122 (Narine, 1.3), 242 (Raghuvanshi, 3.1).
SUPER GIANTS BOWLING Shamar Joseph 40470, Mohsin 40292, Krunal 10140, Yash Thakur 20250, Arshad 20240, Bishnoi 2.40170.
Toss: KKR; PoM: Salt.
KKR won by eight wickets with 26 balls remaining.