Live Cricket Score: OUT!

MI 61/4 (8.4)

Live Score: Asking rate goes up for MI

MI 49/3 (7)

MI vs KKR Live: WICKET!

Rohit Sharma is out and Mumbai Indians are three down. This match has come alive as KKR are truly back in the game. Mumbai Indians need 124 runs in 85 balls.

Live Cricket Score: SIX!

Mitchell Starc bowled a fuller ball on the second delivery of the over and Rohit Sharma smashed it for a handsome six over the deep extra cover. It was a stunning shot from Rohit. A total of 13 runs came off the over. Starc is definitely not at his best.

MI 38/1 (4)

MI vs KKR Live: Dhir off the mark

Naman Dhir played four dot balls before getting off the mark with a four on the leg side on the bowling of Vaibhav Arora. He then played another dot ball before slamming the second four of his innings. 9 runs came off the over. 

MI 25/1 (3)

Live Cricket Score: OUT!

1.4 – That is the perfect revenge for Mitchell Starc. He was hit for a four and a six by Ishan Kishan in the previous two deliveries but Starc made a brilliant comeback with a fuller delivery angling into the batter and rattling the leg stump.   

MI 16/1 (2)

MI vs KKR Live: Rohit comes in as impact player

Rohit Sharma has come in as Impact Player as Mumbai Indians have kicked off their chase of 170 runs. Vaibhav Arora bowled the first over and conceded 6 runs in it.

Live Cricket Score: KKR all out for 169!

Jasprit Bumrah cleans up Venaktesh Iyer with a fuller delivery and that is the end of KKR innings. Bumrah finishes with figures of 3 for 18 in 3.5 overs, helping MI bowl out KKR for 169 runs. Captain Hardik and the MI team management must be happy with the team’s bowling effort tonight.

KKR 169 (19.5)

MI vs KKR Live: Expensive over

This is some really good batting from Venkatesh Iyer. He smashed Nuwan Thushara for a six and a four in the penultimate over. Iyer retained the strike for himself with a single going into the final over. A total of 12 runs came off the over. 

KKR 167/9 (19)

Live Cricket Score: OUT!

Jasprit Bumrah strikes again! It is a double-wicket over for him. Coming to the most recent dismissal, Bumrah bowled a perfect yorker to Mitchell Starc, who failed to bring his bat down in time and that saw the ball taking an inside edge and crashing on the stumps. 

KKR 155/9 (18)

Live Cricket Score: OUT!

Another one bites the dust. Ramandeep Singh becomes the victim of Jasprit Bumrah. It was a short ball directed at the body. Ramandeep played an upper cut on it but failed to get it over Gerald Coetzee at third man. Kolkata Knight Riders are faltering towards the end. 

KKR 155/8 (17.4)

Live Score: Russell is gone!

Andre Russell is OUT! Venkatesh Iyer has sold Russell down the river. The southpaw went for a reverse sweep that was stopped by the short third man inside the circle. Iyer took a couple of steps forward before denying a single to Russell, who by then had already crossed half of the pitch. Russell did try to return but Hardik collected the throw and dislodged the bails in time for the wicket.

KKR 153/6 (16.5)

Live Score: OUT!

The 83-run partnership has been broken! Hardik Pandya has removed Manish Pandey on the latter’s individual score of 42 off 31 balls. It was a slower ball from Hardik and Manish mistimed it into the hands of substitute fielder Dewald Brevis.

KKR 140/5 (16.1)

MI vs KKR Live: Fifty for Venkatesh Iyer!

Venkatesh Iyer raced to his half-century in 36 balls. It came on the first ball of what was a brilliant over from Nuwan Thushara. He gave away only 5 runs in the over despite bowling a no-ball in it as well.

KKR 133/5 (16) 

Live Score: Timeout!

Kolkata Knight Riders have made a brilliant recovery after losing five wickets inside 6.1 overs. They now have only five overs left to play. It’s high time either of Venkatesh Iyer or Manish Pandey puts his foot on accelerator.

KKR 128/5 (15)

Live Score: KKR accelerate!

12 runs came off the second over of Jasprit Bumrah. Manish Pandey smashed a four and a six in the over. The partnership for the sixth wicket has grown to 64 off 47 balls. KKR have six more overs to go and Andre Russell yet to come. They should target a total of over 180.

KKR 121/5 (14)

MI vs KKR Live: SIX!

Just watch and keep admiring the shot from Venkatesh Iyer. He dances down the track and smashed the Gerald Coetzee for a six over the deep extra cover. 15 came off the over. This pitch is really good to bat on and KKR are scoring at a good pace despite going five down.

KKR 106/5 (12)

MI vs KKR Live: Momentum for KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders have scored 19 runs in the last two overs. Manish Pandey and Venkatesh Iyer have stitched 34 runs off 29 balls for the sixth wicket so far. KKR’s scoring rate is 8.27, which is not bad keeping in mind the fact thay they got five down right at 6.1 overs.

KKR 91/5 (11)

IPL 2024 Live: Mumbai Indians on top!

Mumbai Indians are dictating terms in the game. They have already forced KKR to use the Impact Player. Manish Pandey has been brought in and he is trying to dig in his heels with Venkatesh Iyer at the other end.

KKR 68/5 (8)

MI vs KKR Live: OUT!

Rinku Singh is gone! He has edged a Piyush Chawla delivery back to the bowler to depart for the score of 9 off 8 balls. Mumbai Indians, who are all but out of playoff race, are spoiling KKR’s run more than keeping their slim top-4 hopes alive.

KKR 57/5 (6.1)

MI vs KKR Live: WICKET!

Hardik Pandya has got the wicket of Sunil Narine and KKR are in all sorts of trouble. That is some revenge for Hardik. He bowled a short ball on the first ball of the over that was smashed by Narine for a six over deep backward square leg. Hardik went with a length ball next and rattled the stumps of Narine. 

KKR 43/4 (4.2)

MI vs KKR Live: OUT!

A third wicket for Nuwan Thushara! He is wreaking havoc. Started with the wicket of Phil Salt, then removed Angkrish Raghuvanshi and now dismissed Shreyas Iyer. Kolkata Knight Riders are off to a terrible start in the game.

KKR 28/3 (3)

MI vs KKR Live: OUT!

Another wicket for Nuwan Thushara! A slower ball from the MI pacer and Angkrish Raghuvanshi is gone after hitting the ball into the hands of Suryakumar Yadav at cover. Kolkata Knight Riders are two down.

KKR 22/2 (2.2)

MI vs KKR Live: OUT!

Nuwan Thushara strikes! This is a big blow for KKR at the start of play as they have lost Philip Salt. The batter advanced down the track but failed to play the good length ball. He edged it high in the air before Tilak Varma took the catch and avoided a nearly serious collision with his teammate Naman Dhir.

KKR 7/1 (0.4)

MI vs KKR Live: Match starts!

Nuwan Thushara is bowling the first over. Phil Salt is on the strike, Sunil Narine is at the other end. Here we go!

Rohit’s thoughts on Impact Player rule

“I genuinely feel that it is going to hold back (development of India all-rounders),” Rohit had told on ‘Club Prairie Fire’ regarding the Impact Player rule. “Eventually, cricket is played by 11 players not 12 players. I am not a big fan of ‘Impact Player’, you are taking out so much from the game just because of little bit of entertainment, for people around,” he had pointed out.

MI vs KKR Live: Rohit Sharma not in MI’s playing XI

Rohit Sharma has been dropped out of the playing XI and kept in the impact substitutes’ list instead. Interestingly, Rohit is among the players who don’t like the Impact Player rule.

MI vs KKR Live Score: Impact subs –

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Shams Mulani, Shivalik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Romario Shepherd

Kolkata Knight Riders: Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Srikar Bharat, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya

MI vs KKR Live: Here are the playing XIs –

Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy

MI vs KKR Live: Kolkata Knight Riders unchanged

“It’s always about doing the small things well, obviously the dew is a factor but we have to keep that out of mind. The message is clear, each one of them knows their role and responsibility. Batting first we are going with the same team,” said KKR captain Shreyas Iyer.

Live Score: One change for Mumbai Indians

“We will bowl. It’s always about playing for pride, it looks quite tough for us but at the same time, we want to play good cricket. Looks like a good track, it’s a fresh wicket so thought that bowling first will be good. Only one change, Naman Dhir comes in place of Nabi,” said Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya.

MI vs KKR Live: MI opt to bowl first!

Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Live Score: SKY, Hardik’s forms a concern

All eyes will also be on Suryakumar Yadav who has two fifties in seven IPL games this season, but it is not the consistency which is expected from the batter of his calibre. Mumbai Indians’ under-fire skipper Hardik Pandya has neither dazzled with the ball nor the bat after a long injury lay-off. but the fact that he finds himself in the Indian side as vice-captain for the World Cup should motivate him to turn things around.

IPL 2024 Live: Rohit also in focus

India skipper Rohit Sharma’s (315 runs at strike rate of 158.29) selfless approach with the bat has not given him big scores consistently but his form will be in focus given the T20 World Cup is now just one month away.

MI vs KKR Live: Tilak, the backbone of MI’s batting

Tilak Varma has been MI’s best batter with 343 runs, including three fifties this IPL, but his performances have not been enough to hide the failings of others. Ishan Kishan has struck the ball well but severely lacks consistency at the top and losing wickets in heaps in the powerplay has been one of MI’s biggest woes in this season.

IPL 2024 Live: MI batters need to step up

Jasprit Bumrah (14 wickets) and Gerald Coetzee (13) have been MI’s best bets with the ball but despite their impressive showing, the batters’ collective failure has resulted in the team’s underwhelming season.

Live Score: MI almost out of playoff race

For Mumbai Indians, the race to the IPL playoffs seems lost even though the five-time winners have five more games to play. Even if Mumbai Indians win each of these, they can only get to 16 points and somewhere in the middle of the points table – not necessarily challenging those who have been consistently good.

IPL 2024 Live: Rinku Singh in spotlight

Spotlight will also be on Rinku Singh, whose exclusion from India’s main squad for the T20 World Cup, has triggered an outpouring of sympathy for the 26-year-old. The power-hitter has not got enough game time this season which probably tilted the scales against him.

MI vs KKR Live: KKR’s bowling woes

Mitchell Starc has given nearly 12 runs an over while managing a mere seven wickets in eight outings. On flat, batting-friendly pitches, the lanky Australian’s lack of control has also been exploited well by zealous batters. Harshit Rana is among those with most wickets (11) for KKR this season but the right-arm seamer will serve a one-match ban for his animated celebrations after dismissing DC’s Abhishek Porel. Vaibhav Arora’s nine scalps in five games make him KKR’s best bet with the ball. A small Wankhede Stadium with a batting-friendly wicket tends to encourage scores in excess of 200 and the team would be mindful of that.

MI vs KKR Live: KKR close to playoff qualification

With six wins in nine games giving them 12 points and the second position in the IPL points table, a berth in the playoffs looks within the grasp of two-time winners KKR. But the Shreyas Iyer-led side will have to find consistency across departments and avoid any slip-ups in order to make it to the final four. Each of their three losses have come in the last six games for KKR, who were at the receiving end of a record run chase by Punjab Kings but did well to bounce back with a seven-wicket thrashing of Delhi Capitals.