Sidelights:
Ever since Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir have come to gather as opening batsmen for KKR, KKR has made strong advances in this season. This was a game for KKR to lose after MI posted just 141 runs on the board and with the lack of depth in MI’s bowling KKR needed a strong start which was again provided by their aforesaid openers for the fourth time in the row. After few small hiccups KKR made sure that they cross the line even before 19th over ends.
IPL 7 | Match 7 | KKR Vs MI
Toss: KKR and elected to field first
Playing XIs:
MI: Lendle Simmons, CM Gautam, Ambaty Rayudu, Rohit Sharma, Corey Anderson, Kieron Pollard, Aditya Tare, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah, Pragyan Ojha
KKR: Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine
Mini Score Card:
MI 141/5 (20) Run rate: 7.05
Rohit Sharma 51 (45) | Morne Morkel 2/35 (4)
Ambaty Rayudu 33 (27) | Sunil Narine 1/18 (4)
KKR 142/4 (18.4) Run rate: 7.60
Robin Uthappa 80 (52) | Harbhajan Singh 2/22 (4)
Yusuf Pathan 20* (13) | Lasith Malinga 1/30 (3.4)
Result: KKR won by 6 wickets
Points: KKR 2 (Total 10) | MI 0 (Total 6)
Man of the match: Robin Uthappa (KKR)
Umpires: AK Chaudhary | Nigel Llong | CK Nandan (3rd) | Rohan Pandit (Reserve)
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle
How they played the game
Powerplay: MI 37 runs, 2 wickets | KKR 45 runs, 0 wickets
First 50 runs: MI 53 balls | KKR 41 balls
50-100 runs: MI 40 balls | KKR 49 balls
EXTRAS: KKR 7 (1 LB, 5 Wd, 1 NB) | MI 5 (1 LB, 4 Wd)
Best Partnership
MI: 4th wicket – 45 runs off 25 balls between Sharma 26 (13) and Anderson 18 (12)
KKR: 1st wicket – 50 runs off 44 balls between Uthappa 33 (36) and Gambhir 14 (18)
Fours and SIXES
MI 11 Fours – 4 by Sharma, 3 by Rayudu, 2 by Simmons, 1 each by Gautam and Anderson | 4 SIXES – 2 by Sharma, 1 each by Rayudu and Anderson
KKR 14 Fours – 9 by Uthappa, 3 by Pathan, 1 each by Gambhir and Doeschate | 3 SIXES by Uthappa
Important Fact about the match:
- Robin Uthappa’s score of 80 is his best in IPL till now.
- Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir put on their fourth consecutive 50+ opening partnership for KKR.
In the PIC: Robin Uthappa’s highest IPL score helped KKR win the game easily
Picture Courtesy: ESPN – Cricinfo
