Mumbai v Kolkata, game 38
What a tonking. Kolkata went down by 8 wickets, with Mumbai having 14.3 overs to spare, in the most resounding thrashing seen so far in the IPL.
The Kolkata innings crumbled in humiliating fashion and it was clear from ten minutes in which team has the momentum to challenge for a semifinal place, and which team will be looking forward to a rest.
Shoaib Akhtar must be wishing he’d signed for a team with a bit more talent, for what might be his last flirtation with the big time....
Date: 16/5/2008
Teams (Home First): Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders
Result: Mumbai won, 8 wickets
Toss won: Mumbai, chose to field
Top bat home: Jayasuriya, 48*
Top bat away: Ganguly and Agarkar, 15
Highest 6 over score: Kol 27, Mum 68 (5.3 overs)
Highest opening partnership: Kol 16, Mum 6
Total sixes hit: Kol 1, Mum 3
Total wides: Mum bowled 6, Kol bowled 4
Total run outs: 1
| Lineups & Scorecard | ||||
| Kolkata Players | Runs | Balls | ||
| S. Butt | c Tendulkar | b Pollock | 13 | 13 |
| A. Chopra | Run out | 1 | 4 | |
| S. Ganguly | c Takawale | b Thornely | 15 | 20 |
| D. Hussey | c Takawale | b Pollock | 2 | 7 |
| M. Hafeez | c Uthappa | b Pollock | 5 | 11 |
| W. Saha | c Tendulkar | b Bravo | 1 | 6 |
| L. Shukla | b Raje | 0 | 4 | |
| A. Agarkar | c Tendulkar | b Bravo | 15 | 14 |
| S. Akhtar | c Tendulkar | b Raje | 2 | 7 |
| I. Sharma | c and | b Thornely | 4 | 5 |
| A. Dinda | Not out | 1 | 1 | |
| TOTAL | (10 Wickets, 15.2 overs) | 67 | ||
| Mumbai Players | Runs | Balls | ||
| S. Jayasuriya | Not out | 48 | 17 | |
| S. Tendulkar | C Saha | B Akhtar | 0 | 3 |
| R. Uthappa | C Ganguly | B Sharma | 9 | 8 |
| D. Thornely | Not out | 1 | 6 | |
| D. Bravo | ||||
| A. Nayar | ||||
| S. Pollock | ||||
| R. Pawar | ||||
| Y. Takawale | ||||
| R. Raje | ||||
| A. Nehra | ||||
| TOTAL | (2 wickets, 5.3 overs) | 68 | ||
Kolkata succumbed for just 67, the lowest total of the IPL so far, by far. 12 off the first two overs was about as good as it got for the Knight Riders, with Shaun Pollock bowling beautifully - the pitch marks for 90% of his deliveries could be covered with a pillowcase...
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