Incredible win for Mumbai Indians

PTI Mumbai Indians' Ambati Rayadu is ecstatic after he hit a six off the last ball to guide him team to an improbable victory against over KKR at Eden Garden in Kolkata. Photo: PTI

KKR.

Franklin was adjudged the Man of the Match.

The Mumbai outfit made two great moves, sending in Harbhajan Singh (30, 29b) as a pinch hitter and held back Rayudu to come and finish off the game. Sachin Tendulkar held together the top order with a 38 (27b) 38.

Put in, KKR began disastrously, losing its first wicket — that of pint-sized Shreevats Goswami — cheaply to a bad mix up.

A bigger shock awaited the home side when its captain Guatam Gambhir departed.

Manoj Tiwary joined Jacques Kallis and the two played sensibly. The two added 45 runs for the third wicket in 5.3 overs. Yusuf Pathan, coming in next, took over the scoring.

A late order charge by Ryan ten Doeschate (18) and Rajat Bhatia (11) made sure KKR ended at a healthy score.

Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders: J. Kallis c Suman b Franklin 59 (42b, 4x4, 3x6), S. Goswami (run out) 1 (3b), G. Gambhir b Ahmed 8 (7b, 1x6), M. Tiwary (run out) 35 (22b, 5x4, 1x6), Yusuf Pathan c Ahmed b Franklin 36 (27b, 4x4, 1x6), R. ten Doeschate lbw b Ahmed 18 (12b, 1x4, 1x6), R. Bhatia (run out) 11 (6b, 2x4), S. Al Hasan (not out) 1 (1b); Extras (b-1, lb-2, w-3): 6; Total (for seven wkts. in 20 overs): 175.

Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-22, 3-67, 4-124, 5-149, 6-166, 7-175.

Mumbai Indians bowling: Ahmed 4-0-32-2, Malinga 4-0-23-0, Harbhajan 3-0-26-0, Price 3-0-33-0, Pollard 2-0-23-0, Franklin 4-0-35-2.

Mumbai Indians: T. Suman c Pathan b Abdulla 4 (4b, 1x4), S. Tendulkar c Gambhir b Bhatia 38 (27b, 6x4), Harbhajan Singh c Tiwary b Bhatia 30 (29b, 5x4), Rohit Sharma c Goswami b Bhatia 10 (9b, 1x4), K. Pollard b Balaji 18 (22b, 2x4), J. Franklin (not out) 45 (23b, 5x4, 1x6), A. Rayudu (not out) 17 (6b, 2x6); Extras (lb-9, w-7): 16; Total (for five wkts. in 20 overs): 178.

Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-70, 3-85, 4-96, 5-137.

Knight Riders bowling: Lee 4-0-37-0, Abdulla 4-0-26-1, Shakib 4-0-26-0, Balaji 3-0-51-1, Pathan 1-0-7-0, Bhatia 4-0-22-3.

Man-of-the-match: James Franklin.