Kolkata Knight Riders 147/7 (20/20 ov) ten Doeschate 70*, Shakib 26, Yusuf 26, Munaf 3-27) Mumbai Indians 148/5 (19.2/20 ov) AC Blizzard 51, Sachin 36, Kallis 2-18
Mumbai Indian win by 4 wickets with 4 balls remaining
The last over was bowled by Al hasan, which Bhajji sents the second ball to mid wcket Six to complete Mumbai victory
James franklin batted all through innings to see Mumbai home although wickets were rally down on th other end.
This nail biting match saw both the teams are fighting hard to qualify for the Qualifier - 2 macth against Bangalore in Chennai.
Last 18 balls requireing 18 runs and Al hasan picked up Suman wicket and gave only 3 runs leaving 15 runs to get from 12 balls.
Franklin and Bhajji made 8 runs in 19 th over from Brett lee to get 7 runs from last over.
Earlier Rayudu given out caught by wicket keep Goswami as though replays shows no nick to the bat. Pollard went to pavilion in quick with 3 who lost his wicket to Al Hasan.
Jacques Kallis dismissed Sachin Tendulkar and Ambati Rayudu in his successive overs to rattle Mumbai Indians in their IPL 4 eliminator match at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Kallis had Rayudu caught behind by Shreevats Goswami after having Sachin Tendulkar caught by Manoj Tiwary at backward point.
Tendulkar hit 6 fours in his 28-ball 36 before falling to Kallis.
Mumbai lost their second wicket when Rohit Sharma was run out after a direct hit by Gautam Gambhir from mid-on.
Aiden Blizzard hit the fastest fifty for Mumbai Indians before Brett Lee had him caught by Iqbal Abdulla at deep point.
Blizzard hit 2 sixes and 7 fours in his 30-ball 51 after reaching his fifty off 29 balls.
Earlier, Munaf Patel took three wickets as Mumbai restricted Kolkata to 147/7 despite Ryan ten Doeschate's unbeaten 49-ball 70.
Doeschate's knock was studded with 3 sixes and 6 fours and it was due to his knock that Kolkata ended with a respectable score.
Doeschate reached his half-century off 39 balls soon after Lasith Malinga dismissed Shakib Al Hasan who was early into the slower ball that hit his left thigh and crashed into his stumps.
Shakib hit 4 fours in his 16-ball 26 before falling to Malinga.
Kieron Pollard took a good running catch at long-on to dismiss Yusuf Pathan and give Munaf Patel his third wicket.
Pathan hit 3 fours in his 24-ball 26 before falling to Munaf.
Kolkata were struggling against Mumbai losing their first four wickets with 20 runs on the board.
Kolkata lost their fourth wicket when Dhawal Kulkarni trapped Manoj Tiwary plumb in front of the wicket in the sixth over.
Kolkata got off to a bad start as Sachin Tendulkar took a good diving catch at mid-off to dismiss Jacques Kallis off Munaf Patel in the second over of the match.
In the next over, Harbhajan clean bowled Gambhir and in the following over Munaf had Shreevats Goswami caught behind by Ambati Rayudu to reduce Kolkata to 15/3 in 3.2 overs.
The breakthroughs came after Mumbai captain Tendulkar won the toss and chose to bowl.
Mumbai have brought in Aiden Blizzard, Dhawal Kulkarni and Munaf Patel while Kolkata are unchanged.
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