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Kolkata Knight Riders crush Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens in IPL

by Alastair Symondson Sunday 28 April 2019

Andre Russell was a star with bat and ball today for Kolkata Knight Riders

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Andre Russell was a star with bat and ball today for Kolkata Knight Riders

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Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, Kolkata today in the IPL.

Match Summary

Kolkata Knight Riders 232-2 (Chris Lynn 54, Shubman Gill 76, Andre Russell 80*)

Mumbai Indians 198-7 (Hardik Pandya 91; Andre Russell 2-25, Harry Gurney 2-37)

Result - Kolkata Knight Riders won by 34 runs

Scorecard

Tournament Stats and Points Table

The @KKRiders win by 34 runs and register their 100th Victory in IPL ???? pic.twitter.com/zAl5lMBW8O
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) 28 April 2019

Put in to bat first, Kolkata Knight Riders hit a massive 232-2 with Chris Lynn 54, Shubman Gill 76 and Andre Russell 80* doing the damage with the bat.

In reply, Mumbai Indians had no real hope in the run chase, although Hardik Pandya gave it a good go, hitting 9x6s and 6x4s in his 34 ball 91, to end up 34 runs short.

Kolkata Knight Riders - Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(c)(wk), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Harry Gurney, Sandeep Warrier

Mumbai Indians - Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(wk), Evin Lewis, Suryakumar Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Rahul Chahar, Barinder Sran, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah