IPL 2011: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians - MI win by 5 wkts

Mumbai needed four runs off the last ball and Ambati Rayudu was at the crease facing Kolkata pacer L Balaji. ScoreAnd he did unthinkable. He did not go for a ground stroke but took the aerial route and smashed a six off a full toss from Balaji the ball went past the deep square leg boundary and Mumbai emerged triumphant by five wickets finishing third on the IPL points table.But, they were far from the 176-run target till the end of the 19th over. In fact Mumbai were short by as many as21 runs.But Rayudu's partner James Franklin four consecutive fours to bring Mumbai back in contentionEarlier, Mumbai failed to get off to a good start as they lost their opener T Suman on the first ball of the second over when the team total was 13. Suman went for a big hit off Iqbal Abdulla, but ended up giving an easy catch to Yusuf Pathan at extra cover.
Post the early setback, skipper Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh pushed up the order to accelerate got on with a stand.Mumbai lost their second wicket immediately after the strategic time-out. Harbhajan Singh took the aerial route off Rajat Bhatia off the first ball of the 8th over, but didn't quite time the ball and landed straight into the palms of Manoj Tiway in the deep. He fell for 30 and Mumbai to 70/2.Bhatia then got rid of Rohit Sharma in the 11the over when the Mumbai score was 85.Expect Bhatia to deliver the goods when needed and that's exactly what he did today. Just when Mumbai captain Sachin Tendulkar was getting ready for a big innings Bhatia came around and sent him back to the dugout.Captain Tendulkar wanted to play him towards extra cover but ended up getting caught by his Kolkata counterpart Gautam Gambhir on 38 and Mumbai were down to 96/4 in 12.3 overs.But eventually Mumbai emerged triumphant with Rayudu hitting a six of the last ball.Kolkata inningsJacques Kallis scored a fine 59 as Kolkata posted a good 175/7 against Mumbai.Earlier, Mumbai captain Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and elected to field in the 70th and the last league game of IPL-4.Mumbai managed to make early inroads in the opposition camp with opener Shreevats Goswami getting run out in the second over of the game when the team total was 4.Captain Gautam Gambhir too did not stay for long and was bowled out by Mumbai medium-pacer Abu Nechim Ahmed when
 the team total was 22. He wanted to play across the line but missed and the ball crashed into his stumps Then Kolkata opener Jacques Kallis and Manoj Tiwary put on 45 runs for the third wicket before when the latter
departed run out on 35 following a mix-up in the ninth over. Kolkata were 67/3 post his fall.Post Tiway's wicket, Kallis and Yusuf Pathan got on with a partnership helping Kolkata up the tempo. Batting at around 8 runs an over they helped Kolkata to 121/3 in 15 overs.Their partnership came to an end in the 16th over when Yusuf Pathan fell to James Franklin ball on 36. The two put on 57 runs for the fourth wicket helping Kolkata to 124/4.Post Pathan's dismissal Kallis too could not stay for long and fell to Franklin on 59 in the 18th over when the total was 149. A top edge of his bat got carried towards T Suman at point. His 42-ball innings included four fours and three sixes.It was because of Kallis's efforts that Kolkata managed to score a competitive 175/7.