Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 wickets to register their first win of the season.
After put into bat by Rohit Sharma, Kolkata lost Robin Uthappa early, but fifties from Gautam Gambhir and Manish Pandey put Kolkata on the brink of scoring a huge total. Andre Russell walked out and smashed a quick-fire 36 and got out in the 18th over. Mumbai Indians bowlers in the last three overs pulled things back as they restricted the hosts for just 187-5 after 20 overs.
Chasing 188 is a daunting task at the Eden Gardens, but Mumbai managed to sneak home with 5 balls to spare. Skipper Rohit Sharma and Parthiv Patel put on 50+ for the opening wicket. Rohit continued his good run at Eden Gardens as he anchored the innings for his team. Mitchell McClenaghan walked in at number 4 as a pinch-hitter and smashed 20 off just 8 balls.
After his wicket fell, Jos Buttler came in and took on the bowlers from the word go as he smacked Brad Hogg and Andre Russell for fours and sixes. In the meantime, Rohit reached his fifty and stepped on the accelerator. He remained unbeaten on 84 and took his team home safely. Let us take a look at the stats from this match:
Gautam Gambhir scored his first six after 7 games in IPL.
Since scoring 94 in the 2014 IPL Finals, Manish Pandey registered his first IPL fifty.
Gautam Gambhir scored his 27th IPL fifty, the most by any batsman in IPL.
Rohit Sharma scored his 26th IPL fifty, the joint second highest in IPL. David Warner and Suresh Raina have scored 26 fifties in IPL.
Parthiv Patel crossed 3000 T20 runs in his career.
Tonight’s match was Yusuf Pathan’s 200th T20 match.
Andre Russell has a strike rate of 208.05 in his 34 innings of 30+ runs in T20s - highest for any batsman.
This is Mumbai Indians’ fifth win against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, the most by any team.
Rohit Sharma’s last three IPL innings at Eden Gardens: 98*, 50, 84*
Rohit Sharma's last 7 inns at Eden Gardens (all formats): 177 (Test), 264 (ODI) 98*, 50 (IPL), 98* (World T20 practice match), 10 (T20I) 84* today
Brand-new app in a brand-new avatar! Download CricRocket for fast cricket scores, rocket flicks, super notifications and much more! 🚀☄️
