Tendulkar shines; MI trounce Kolkata

MI made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Sanath Jayasuriya and Ambati Rayudu made way for Shikhar Dhawan and Ryan McLaren.

KKR made three changes to their playing eleven – Manoj Tiwary, Brad Hodge and Ashok Dinda made way for Chris Gayle and the Singhs (Mandeep and Harpreet).

On winning the toss, Sourav Ganguly, KKR’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of KKR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 41, without the loss of a wicket.

KKR’s openers put on 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). MI had conceded 10 extras at that point. While Gayle’s contribution to the partnership was 20, Ganguly’s contribution to it was 22.

Ganguly, whose 34-ball innings included five boundaries, eventually scored 31. Eleven overs into the match, Harbhajan Singh broke the 70-run partnership.

KKR scored 100 off 15 overs (90 balls). MI had conceded a dozen extras at that point.

Gayle’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a six – came off 47 balls.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 32 balls. While Gayle’s contribution to the partnership was 28, Owais Shah’s contribution to it was 19. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

KKR scored 150 off 19.1 overs (115 balls). MI had conceded 15 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Shah, whose 23-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 31. Fifty balls after Ganguly’s dismissal, Zaheer Khan broke the 82-run partnership.

Gayle, whose 60-ball innings included seven boundaries and a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 75. He was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Khan, who broke the three-run stand.

Angelo Mathews, who faced three balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.

KKR scored 155 for the loss of three wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers used bowled four overs apiece.

McLaren, Dwayne Bravo and Lasith Malinga were wicketless. They conceded 38, 36, and 28, respectively.

Harbhajan, who conceded 17, picked up a wicket.

Khan, who conceded 27, picked up two scalps.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 57, without the loss of a wicket.

MI’s openers put on 50 off 4.2 overs (26 balls). KKR had conceded three extras at that point. While Dhawan’s contribution to the partnership was 16, the contribution of Sachin Tendulkar, their skipper and the player of the match, to it was 31.

Dhawan, whose 21-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 23. Forty-one balls into the chase, he was caught by Ganguly. Murali Kartik broke the 61-run partnership.

MI scored 100 off 12.3 overs (75 balls). KKR had conceded four extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Tendulkar’s half-century – which included nine boundaries – came off 35 balls.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 39 balls. While Tendulkar’s contribution to the partnership was 22, Saurabh Tiwary’s contribution to it was 19. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Tendulkar, whose 48-ball innings included 10 boundaries, eventually scored 71. He was unbeaten.

Saurabh, whose 24-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 30. Thirty-seven balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, he was caught by Ganguly. Sharma broke the 56-run partnership.

Although his run-a-ball innings included a boundary, Kieron Pollard had a reason to be in seventh heaven – 11 balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Sharma, who broke the 12-run stand.

Rajagopal Sathish, whose 11-run innings included three boundaries, scored 21. He was unbeaten.

MI scored 150 off 17.4 overs (106 balls).

In fact, they scored 156 for the loss of three wickets off 18.3 overs, winnings by seven wickets with nine balls to spare.

Shane Bond, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 31.

Mathews, who bowled 3.3 wicketless overs, conceded 29.

Gayle, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 31.

Kartik, who bowled four overs, conceded 21. He picked up a wicket.

Sharma, who bowled four overs, conceded 44. He picked up two scalps.