Tendulkar shines; MI rout Kolkata

MI made one change to their playing eleven – Dhawal Kulkarni made way for Saurabh Tiwary.

KKR made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Sanjay Bangar and Ajit Agarkar made way for Arindam Ghosh and Ashok Dinda.

On winning the toss, Sachin Tendulkar, MI’s skipper and the player of the match, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 61, without the loss of a wicket.

MI’s openers put on 50 off 5.5 overs (35 balls). KKR had conceded eight extras at that point. While Sanath Jayasuriya’s contribution to the partnership was 16, Tendulkar’s contribution to it was 31.

Tendulkar’s half-century – which included four boundaries and as many sixes – came off 34 balls.

MI’s openers put on 100 off 8.4 overs (52 balls). KKR had conceded eight extras at that point. While Jayasuriya’s contribution to the partnership was 38, Tendulkar’s contribution to it was 54.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. MI had scored 111 without the loss of a wicket at that point. While Jayasuriya was batting on 43, Tendulkar was batting on 60.

Jayasuriya’s half-century – which included a couple of boundaries and four sixes – came off 26 balls.

Tendulkar, whose 45-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes, eventually scored 68. Seventy-four balls into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Laxmi Ratan Shukla, who broke the 127-run partnership.

Harbhajan Singh, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 18. Nine balls later, he was caught by Ajantha Mendis. Brad Hodge broke the 19-run stand.

Jayasuriya eventually scored 52 off 32 balls. Five balls later, he was caught by Ghosh. Shukla broke the two-run stand.

Jean-Paul Duminy, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored 18. He was unbeaten.

MI scored 150 off 14.5 overs (89 balls). KKR had conceded eight extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on three. Abhishek Nayar, who faced three balls, scored as many. Three balls after Jayasuriya’s dismissal, Shukla and Brendon McCullum, KKR’s skipper, ran him out.

Dwayne Bravo, who faced five balls, scored three. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Chris Gayle. Shukla broke the 11-run stand.

Shikhar Dhawan, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. Eleven balls later, he was caught by McCullum. Ishant Sharma broke the 13-run stand.

Tiwary, who faced three balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.

KKR eventually conceded nine extras. MI scored 187 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Sourav Ganguly, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 16.

Dinda and Gayle bowled a couple of wicketless overs each, conceding 24 apiece.

Mendis, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 39.

Hodge, who bowled three overs, conceded 29. He picked up a wicket, as did Sharma, who bowled four overs, conceding 29.

Shukla, who bowled four overs, conceded 24. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of KKR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 47, and lost a couple of wickets.

McCullum, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. A couple of overs into the chase, he was caught by Duminy. Lasith Malinga broke the eight-run stand.

Gayle, whose 11-ball innings included a six, scored a dozen. An over later, he was caught by Tendulkar. Bravo broke the nine-run stand.

KKR scored 50 off 6.4 overs (41 balls). MI had conceded four extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 39 balls. While Hodge’s contribution to the partnership was 22, Ganguly’s contribution to it was 27. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. KKR had scored 70 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Hodge was batting on 24, Ganguly was batting on 29.

Hodge, whose 22-ball innings included three boundaries, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Forty-four balls after Gayle’s dismissal, Nayar broke the 54-run partnership.

Ganguly, whose 30-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 34. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Bravo. Nayar broke the nine-run stand.

Ghosh, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Tendulkar. Nayar broke the one-run stand.

Yashpal Singh, who faced eight balls, scoring as many. Five balls later, he was caught by Pinal Shah. Bravo broke the two-run stand.

Shukla, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Nine balls later, he was caught by Jayasuriya. Zaheer Khan broke the eight-run stand.

Sharma, whose three-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten.

Mendis, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. A couple of balls after Shukla’s dismissal, Malinga broke the four-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Dinda, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was dismissed by Malinga.

Anureet Singh was absent hurt.

KKR, who were bundled out for 95 off 15.2 overs, lost by 92 runs.

Harbhajan and Tendulkar bowled two wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 15, the latter conceded 11.

Khan bowled three overs, conceding 14. He picked up a wicket.

Bravo bowled three overs, conceding 31. He picked up two wickets.

Malinga bowled 2.2 overs, conceding 10. He picked up three scalps, as did Nayar, who bowled three overs, conceding 13.