Cricket: "Tendulkar and Jayasuriya Thrash Kolkatta Knight Riders"

Match No 17: Kolkata Knight riders Scores: Vs Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians showed their supiriority by defeating Kolkata Knight Riders with a huge margin at St George's park, Port Elizabeth. Confidence of Mumbai indians is growing with each match they are playing.

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first. Jayasuriya and Tendulkar gave mumbai a dream start to Mumbai and at the strategic timeout there score was 111 for no loss. Both the openers blasted the kolkata bowlers to all parts of the ground and didnt spared or respected any bowler. Tendulkar was more severe in both and was very agressive. They scored 127 of 12.2 overs and paved the way for a big score. Tendulkar was out caught in front of Shukla's bowling for 68 of 45 balls with 6 fours and 4 sixes. Jayasuriya socred 52 of 32 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixes. Later down the order mumbai batsman coudnt captalize on the start and made 187 of their 20 overs. Which was clearly below par when considerd to start their openers gave them. But this was enough to defend Kolkata Knight riders who are struggling to win a match in this season. For Kolkata shukla took 3 wickets and was the stike bowler.

As usual Kolkata Knight Riders started their chase in a negative note when their lost their openers with 17 on the board. Hodge and Ganguly consolidated later and scored a decent 71 at the strategic timeout and were looking for more. But soon later hodge was out when he was bowled by nayar and in his next over nayar removed ganguly and mumbai lost the rest of the wickets for a shameful 15 runs and were bowled out for 95 in 15.2 overs. Ganguly socred 34 and hodge 24 and no other batsmen could score a reasonalbe score. For Mumbai Malinga and nayar took 3 wicket a piece and Bravo chipping in with 2 wickets. Eventually kolkata knight riders lost the match by 92 runs.

Man of the Matchwas awarded to SR Tendulkar for his ruthless inning of 68 from 45 balls with 6 fours and 4 sixes.

Scores: Mumbai Indians 187 for 6 (Tendulkar 68, Jayasuriya 52) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 95 (Malinga 3-11, Nayar 3-13) by 92 runs