nearly a yorker, calmly pushed to long-off to end this early
KKR vs MI, 32nd Match at Abu Dhabi, IPL, Oct 16 2020 - Match Result
MI won by 8 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
That brings tonight's festivities to an end. See you tomorrow with two games
Quinton de Kock, Man of the Match: "Those leg-side shots are just one of the shots I have in my armoury. I don't plan to do that, it is just natural. It is just about keeping my balance and playing them as I see them. Last game I was disappointed I didn't finish the game. Mahela had a couple of words with us. So I had to rectify that. Mahela can come hard at you if you do something ordinary. Ja to be honest I have played this game enough to know you can't do anything about it if you drop one. You have to carry on and do the best for your team. I am a better keeper than that, and don't drop catches on purpose so that is nothing to worry about."
Rohit Sharma: "It is special to win as comprehensively as this when chasing. It gives us confidence. I guess now teams batting second will win most of the games. That's what I feel. The trend is changing. It is always a challenge when you have won four in four. How you turn up is what matters. We turned up really well, and right from ball one we were in their faces. I am a big fan of match-ups. read them well, and decide whom to exploit when. Having said that, you have to read the pitch and be instinctive too. I still bowled Rahul and Krunal to Russell because the pitch was holding up a little bit. Then I brought on Bumrah. I enjoy batting with Quinton. He is straightforward. Most of the times I take the back seat. I have a role to play in the squad. I need to let Quinny bat free and not worry about what the team needs from him."
Eoin Morgan: "We weren't even at the races today. We got a score to bowl at in the end, but the way Mumbai got off, it is tough to stop them. Nos 4, 5 and 6 is a lot of our experience [when asked the thought process around sending Karthik ahead of himself]. Given the match-ups, we are trying to play our best hand there. Today it didn't make that much of a difference; we were all in early."
The most facile win of this IPL. The most comprehensive too. The only period that KKR won might be the last two overs of the first innings, and the man responsible for that - Quinton de Kock, who dropped Pat Cummins - came out and absolutely demolished this middling chase. Mumbai go back to the top of the table, and ask the injury-hit Delhi to do all the running tomorrow. Mumbai looking scary good and strong
he over-compensates, goes too short, and gives him width too. Cut over point for four. Deliberately up and over
Don't pitch it up, Chris. Just don't
low full toss, driven down to long-on
Pandya is looking for the golf swing as Green pitches this up. Gets a thick inside edge for one
Continues round the wicket
short and wide, just too slow, so he doesn't get the timing. Takes a the single on the cut
This could be the last over of the match
Mohak: "This is how a chase should play out when the team is dominant . A lot of the matches have gone on to the last over that have no business of going there because people believe that strike rates are overrated"
bouncer to end the over, and Pandya ducks it
this is buffet bowling for Pandya. On a length, into the pads, the short boundary on the leg side. He flicks it with his head down, and clears the square-leg fence easily
lovely straight hitting. Cummins goes full, 140ks, and he gets under it and lofts him back over his head
bouncer, at him. Pandya ducks it
and Pandya stamps his hitting class. Cummins bowls just short of a length with mid-on up, and he drives at it with his head down. Doesn't bother to look up either as he has cleared mid-on with ease
Slip in place
slower ball, full toss outside leg, glanced away for one to fine leg
Cummins comes back
shuffles across, Mavi doesn't give him the length to hit. Defended off the back foot
slower short ball, pulled down to deep midwicket for one
de Kock is looking for an early night here. Short ball, only about rib-high, and he swivels with it to pull it up and over and just behind square
imperious. Short of a length, on-pace, angles outside off, and he steers it between point and short third man for four
slower-ball yorker, dipping on him, 102ks. Knuckle ball it looks like. Kept out by de Kock, who acknowledges it is a good ball
full and straight, mis-hit towards deep midwicket for an easy two
Varun is done for the night
short of a length, on off, punched to deep midwicket for one
on a length, outside off, knocked into the off side for one
quick length ball outside off, left alone
MI giving their players an internal challenge to go out and finish it off early? After the way Yadav batted, the promotion for Hardik Pandya might suggest so
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Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | |
Toss | Kolkata Knight Riders, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2020/21 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50- 21.20 |
Match days | 16 October 2020 - night (20-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Mumbai Indians 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0 |
Over 17 • MI 149/2
MI won by 8 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)