MUMBAI INDIANS WIN BY 5 RUNS!!!
Kolkata 166-7 (20 ovs) vs Mumbai 171-4 | Scorecard

Pollard handed the ball to bowl the all-important final over, with 12 runs needed from the remaining six deliveries for victory.

He starts with a slower ball as Pathan miscues the attempted slog on the leg side and is caught by wicketkeeper Parthiv after a good innings of 52 from 37 balls.

New batsman Umesh Yadav has a wild swing but gets an inside edge which beats Malinga at short fine leg for a four.

A single from the next delivery makes it seven needed from 3 balls for victory.

Pollard misses his target with the slower ball as he gives away a wide.

Chawla has a huge swing at the next ball but misses it by a big margin and fails to connect the next delivery too.

Chawla comes down the track and misses his third delivery in a row as Mumbai win the contest by five runs.

Mumbai jump to fourth in the IPL standings with 14 points from 13 games to further boost their chances of making it to the play-offs. KKR are still second with 15 points from 13 games.

Kolkata 160-6 (19 ovs) vs Mumbai 171-4 | Scorecard

Malinga to bowl the penultimate over. Two runs from the first three balls before Pathan smashes a length delivery over midwicket for a six to bring up his fifty in some style, from 35 balls.

The next ball is hit straight but only for a single before Chawla is beaten again by the slower ball from Malinga.

KKR need 12 runs from the last over for victory.

Kolkata 151-6 (18 ovs) vs Mumbai 171-4 | Scorecard

McClenaghan to bowl his fourth and final over. He strikes with his very first delivery with the wicket of Surya, who flicks it uppishly over the leg side but is caught at deep square leg after scoring 11.

The pacer attempts a short ball on Pathan's body who misses the upper cut but connects off the next as it goes over short thirdman for a four.

Three singles from the last three balls takes the score to 151 for six with 21 needed from two overs for victory.

Kolkata 144-5 (17 ovs) vs Mumbai 171-4 | Scorecard

Mumbai's strike bowler Malinga comes back as Pathan slaps one straight down the ground back past the bowler for a four. He mishits the pull shot but it falls safely on the leg side.

But Malinga strikes with the big wicket of Russell who throws his bat at a wide one but is caught behind for two.

Surya Kumar Yadav gets off the mark with two runs from the last ball.

Pathan smashes the first ball of Vinay's new over through the off-side for a boundary. Two balls later Vinay steers it fine past the wicketkeeper for a four before he hits the next over the point region for another boundary.

14 runs from the over brings the equation down to 28 needed from the last three overs for victory with five wickets in hand.

Kolkata 122-4 (15 ovs) vs Mumbai 171-4 | Scorecard

McClenaghan comes back and is unhappy with a wide call from the umpire as Pathan let one go outside the off-stump which was well inside the wide line but maybe it was for height.

He drops one short as Shakib plays a powerful pull shot through square leg for a four as the over goes for 10 runs to keep KKR in touch with the asking rate.

Vinay comes back as he strikes with the wicket of Shakib, who is unable to get hold of the pull shot and is caught by Pandya running in from deep midwicket after scoring 23 from 15 balls.

Out walks KKR's player of the season Andre Russell. Pathan drives the third ball through the off-side for two runs before taking one. Russell gets off the mark with a single from the last ball.

KKR have reached 122 for four in 15 overs, with another 50 runs needed from the last five overs for victory at an asking rate of exactly 10 per over.

KKR have two of the most dangerous batsmen in the shorter format in Pathan (28 from 23 balls) and Russell (1) out in the middle.

Kolkata 106-3 (13 ovs) vs Mumbai 171-4 | Scorecard

Pathan goes after Suchith as he lofts a full delivery down the ground for a six. Gambhir comes down the track and picks it over midwicket for a four but is dropped off the next ball by Pandya, who drops an easy catch at deep midwicket.

But Gambhir fails to make most of the lifeline as he comes down again but is beaten and is bowled for 38.

Harbhajan will finish off early. Shakib gets off the mark with a four as he steers a wide delivery past short thirdman as Harbhajan concedes eight runs in his final over to finish with one for 31 in four overs.

Medium pacer Pandya comes into the attack. Shakib smashes the first ball through the point region for a four before he gets two runs from the next on the leg side.

The left-hander pulls a short ball which just about goes over the fielder at midwicket for two more runs.

Pandya goes for 10 runs in his first over as KKR reach 106 for three in 13 overs, with 66 needed from seven overs for victory.

Kolkata 74-2 (10 ovs) vs Mumbai 171-4 | Scorecard

Left-arm spinner Jagadeesha Suchith comes into the attack. Gambhir flicks the first ball on the leg side for two runs and picks a single from the next.

Pathan lofts the fourth ball over the covers as Pollard at long-off makes a valiant effort but is unable to hold on followed by two singles as nine runs come from the ninth over.

Gambhir cuts the first ball of Harbhajan's third over past point for a four followed by a single.

Seven runs from the over take KKR to 74 for two in 10 overs with 98 needed from the remaining 10 overs for victory.

Gambhir, who looks determined to bat till the end, is batting well on 31 from 25 balls, while Pathan is on 13 from 14 balls.

Kolkata 58-2 (8 ovs) vs Mumbai 171-4 | Scorecard

Vinay comes back and he keeps it tight in his second over. Perhaps Kolkata are feeling the pressure of the two quick wickets as both Gambhir and Pathan prefer to deal in singles in that over, which goes for just four runs.

Harbhajan follows it up with another tight over as he goes for only four as Mumbai are successful in building up the pressure as KKR reach 58 for two in eight overs, with another 114 needed from 12 overs for victory at an asking rate of 9.50.

Kolkata 50-2 (6 ovs) vs Mumbai 171-4 | Scorecard

Harbhajan Singh comes into the attack and Uthappa attacks him straightaway sweeping the first ball for a six over square leg.

But the experienced off-spinner gets revenge two balls later as Uthappa hits it straight to Malinga at short fine leg who takes it on the second attempt after a slight juggle.

Uthappa walks back after a brisk 25 from 20 balls and KKR are reduced to 45 for one in the sixth over.

Two balls later, Manish Pandey also makes his way back to the dressing room. He responds to the call for a quick single from captain Gambhir but is caught short by a direct hit from Lendl Simmons at short thirdman.

Yusuf Pathan walks out to the middle without a helmet. He gets off the mark with a four, steering a short wide delivery past short thirdman as KKR reach 50 for two in six overs.

Kolkata 38-0 (5 ovs) vs Mumbai 171-4 | Scorecard

R Vinay Kumar comes into the attack in place of McClenaghan, who bowled just one over with the new ball.

Gambhir comes down the track and hammers the first ball through the covers for a four and Uthappa pulls the fifth ball through midwicket for the same result as Vinay goes for nine runs in his first over.

Change of ends for McClenaghan as he takes over from Malinga, who bowled two overs for 15 runs.

Uthappa heaves the second ball through midwicket for a four before he takes a risky single from the next delivery to Pandya at point.

McClenaghan attempts the short ball to Gambhir but it goes high over the left-hander and is called a wide for height before the the KKR captain takes a single.

A single to end the over as KKR reach 38 for no loss in five overs with Uthappa on 19 from 17 balls and Gambhir on 18 from 13 balls.

Kolkata 20-0 (3 ovs) vs Mumbai 171-4 | Scorecard

Left-arm pacer Mitchell McClenaghan to bowl the second over. He bowls a short wide delivery which Gambhir cuts through the point region for a boundary as five come from the second over.

Gambhir plays a delightful flick off a delivery from Malinga for a boundary through square leg before he takes a single from the fifth ball as KKR reach 20 for no loss in three overs.

Kolkata 7-0 (1 ov) vs Mumbai 171-4 | Scorecard

Lasith Malinga to open the bowling for Mumbai Indians, who no doubt will be boosted by the huge target to defend courtesy of Pandya's brilliant innings.

Robin Uthappa steers the first ball to thirdman for two runs to get off the mark before he flicks the next through the leg side for a four.

A single from the fifth ball before Gambhir blocks the last ball as seven come from the first over.

Mumbai 171-4 (20 ovs) vs Kolkata | Scorecard

Yadav to bowl the final over of the innings. He starts with a full toss which Pandya slams through point for a four before the pacer oversteps off the next ball to give away a free hit.

Pandya can't make most of the free hit for just a single to thirdman to race to 60 from 30 balls.

Pollard picks up two runs wide of long-off followed by a single and Pandya can also take one on the off-side.

A single from the last ball takes Mumbai to a competitive 171 for four in their 20 overs.

Pandya took Wankhede stadium with a cracking innings of 61 not out from 31 balls but Pollard played an unusual restrained innings of 33 not out from 38 balls.

A superb comeback by Mumbai Indians, who managed to hammer 72 runs from the last five overs without losing a wicket.

Mumbai 158-4 (19 ovs) vs Kolkata | Scorecard

Narine to finish off his spell as he comes on to bowl the 18th over. Four singles from the first four balls before Pandya lofts the West Indian over midwicket for a six.

He misses the next down the leg side as Uthappa appeals for a stumping down the leg side but the right-hander gets his feet down in time.

Narine goes for 11 runs in his final over to finish with one for 38 in four overs.

Russell bowls a high full toss to Pandya but luckily for him it is outside the leg stump and misses his body but is called a no-ball. He lofts the next ball over the covers for a four but top edges the pull off the next delivery but gets another four as it goes over the wicketkeeper.

Russell attempts the slower ball but Pandya heaves it over midwicket for a six to bring up his fifty in grand style, from just 25 balls.

Mumbai 130-4 (17 ovs) vs Kolkata | Scorecard

Narine comes back for his second spell. Pollard immediately targets him as he comes down and lofts the first ball over long-off for a six. That rattles Narine, who bowls two wides coupled with five more singles to concede 13 runs in his third over.

Pandya breaks the shackles with three consecutive boundaries off Yadav, in the 17th over. The second ball of the over is pulled through square leg for a four followed by another through the off-side as the right-hander steers a full toss square.

He looks to pull the fourth ball but gets an inside edge which goes past the short fine leg fielder for a four.

And he is not done yet. Pandya chops the fifth ball past point for the fourth boundary of the over to give Mumbai Indians a much-needed lift.

Pandya has raced to 30 from 17 balls, while Pollard has played second fiddle for 26 from 32 balls.

Mumbai 99-4 (15 ovs) vs Kolkata | Scorecard

The short ball tactics is working well against Pollard, who is deceived by the slower bouncer which he mishits on the leg side but it falls safely for a single.

Russell continues to keep it tight as he concedes just six in his second over, the same number of runs as in the first.

Shakib comes back, to bowl his fourth and final over. And even he continues to pile on the pressure with some tight bowling. He goes for just five runs in his final over to finish with good figures of two for 22 in four overs as Mumbai reach 91 for four in 14 overs.

Pandya strokes the first ball from Russell through point for his first boundary before he picks two runs from the third ball on the leg side.

After 15 overs, Mumbai are 99 for four with Pollard on 16 from 27 balls and Pandya on 11 from 10 balls.

Mumbai 80-4 (12 ovs) vs Kolkata | Scorecard

All-rounder Andre Russell comes into the attack. Two singles from the first four balls before Pollard pulls a short ball through midwicket for a four as KKR's ploy of peppering the West Indian with short balls fails for once.

Interestingly, Narine gets two overs in a row in his first spell. Two singles from the first two balls before Chawla lets one go through at sweeper cover to give away a boundary.

Narine then bowls an unplayable delivery which beats Rohit's defence and bowls him for 30. That pitched and turned away from the right-hander who played down the wrong line as Mumbai continue to slip to reach 80 for four in 12 overs.

Mumbai 67-3 (10 ovs) vs Kolkata | Scorecard

Morkel to bowl out as he comes on to bowl his fourth over on the trot. Rohit takes a single from the second ball before Morkel bowls a short ball which Pollard defends.

He tries to bounce him again but this time the ball goes down the leg side but he gets the next two on the spot as Pollard is content to defend it.

Two runs from the over as Morkel finishes with good figures of one for 27 in his four overs with Mumbai struggling to 50 for three in eight overs.

Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla comes into the attack. The third ball is short as Rohit goes back and steers it past point for a boundary before he sweeps the next ball square on the leg side for the same result as nine come from the over.

Mystery spinner Sunil Narine comes into the attack. Rohit takes a single from the first ball while Pollard continues to struggle to get off the mark as he plays another two dot balls.

He edges the fourth ball for two runs to get off the mark before he gets one to long-on.

Rohit plays a cracking drive through the covers for a four off the last ball as Mumbai reach 67 for three in 10 overs with Rohit on 24 from 17 balls and Pollard on three from 11 balls.

Mumbai 48-3 (7 ovs) vs Kolkata | Scorecard

The wickets continue to tumble for Mumbai. This time, it is Rayudu, who throws his wicket away as he comes down the track and holes out to Andre Russell at long-off to be dismissed for two.

KKR employ and attacking field for Kieron Pollard with a slip and silly point in place. He defends the first ball before another fielder is brought in at short point but Pollard manages to see out the over.

Mumbai 46-2 (6 ovs) vs Kolkata | Scorecard

Morkel continues, as he comes on to bowl his third over on the trot. The tall pacer oversteps and gifts Mumbai a no-ball and a free hit which Simmons lofts over long-on for a six.

But the pacer has the last laugh as Simmons looks to steer a short ball over the slips but ends up lobbing a simple catch on the off-side to be caught for 14.

Ambati Rayudu gets off the mark with two runs on the leg side as Mumbai reach 46 for two in six overs.

Mumbai 34-1 (5 ovs) vs Kolkata | Scorecard

Morkel to continue as Patel nudges the first ball to midwicket and comes back for quick two runs. He comes down the track to the next delivery and smashes it over the off-side for a four before picking up another two runs on the leg side.

Parthiv pulls a short ball as Yadav at short fine leg dives full length but is unable to hold on to a difficult chance as Mumbai reach 25 for no loss in four overs.

Parthiv gives Shakib the charge and smashes the first ball down the ground past mid-off for a four. However, the bowler gets revenge from the next delivery as Parthiv hits it straight into the hands of Manish Pandey at deep midwicket to fall for a quick 21 from 14 balls.

Captain Rohit Sharma is the new batsman and he gets off the mark with a four, cutting a short wide delivery past the fielder at point and keeps strike with a single from the last ball.

Mumbai 16-0 (3 ovs) vs Kolkata | Scorecard

The tall Morne Morkel to bowl the second over. He makes a tidy start, conceding just four singles as KKR manage to keep the two Mumbai openers quiet at the start.

Just one over for Yadav before he makes way for left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan.

Simmons pulls the second ball but Yadav at mid-on runs to his right and makes a diving stop to save a boundary while conceding just a single.

Parthiv looks desperate to break the shackles and despite hitting with power is unable to find the gaps on the off-side. He resorts to the sweep and gets a single to deep square leg.

Simmons hits the last ball through the covers for his first boundary as Mumbai reach 16 for no loss in three overs.

Mumbai 6-0 (1 ov) vs Kolkata | Scorecard

Umesh Yadav to bowl the first over and up against him are the two Mumbai openers -- Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel.

Simmons gets off the mark with a single before Parthiv steers the fifth ball to the thirdman region where Morne Morkel messes up an easy stop to give away a boundary.

The left-hander turns the last ball through midwicket for a single to keep strike as six runs come from the first over.

The big talking point has been the exclusion of veteran Hogg, who has been exceptional with the ball since he was included in KKR's team.

The 44-year-old took nine wickets in six matches with an economy rate of 6.85 and earned a lot of praise for filling in quite brilliantly for Sunil Narine, who had missed out on a few matches because of suspect action.

KKR captain Gautam Gambhir has won the toss and elected to bowl against Mumbai.

The champions have made two changes to their team with pacer Morne Morkel and all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan coming in for Johan Botha and Brad Hogg.

For Mumbai, R Vinay Kumar replaces fellow pacer Jasprit Bumrah.

Welcome to the coverage of 51st match of the Indian Premier League between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede stadium, in Mumbai, on Thursday.

Mumbai Indians face a massive task of saving their campaign when they face KKR.

Their juggernaut having come to a halt against the batting might of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians face a virtual make or break situation now.

Before their loss to RCB last Sunday, Mumbai enjoyed a superb five-game winning streak.

But MI would be seeking inspiration from their overall 10-5 win-loss record against KKR who, however, won their previous season-opening clash on April 8 by seven wickets.

MI were inflicted by the brutal assault on their bowling attack by Bangalore's AB de Villiers who smashed 133 not out off just 59 balls.

RCB 84-6 (10 ovs), Target: 107 in 10 overs | Scorecard

Anureet to bowl the final over. He starts with a high full toss to David Wiese, which is called a no-ball and they also take a single.

Sarfaraz attempts the scoop over short fine leg but fails to make connection before he gets one from the next.

Wiese also is foxed by the slower ball and he hits the next ball to long-on.

Sarfaraz skies the fifth ball on the off-side and is caught at thirdman after scoring four.

A single from the last ball sees RCB finish on a disappointing 84 for six in their 10 overs to lose by 22 runs.

A clinical performance from Punjab, who never let go off the momentum after athe quickfire start from Saha, who smashed 31 from 12 balls at the top of the order.

With the ball, Axar (2 for 11) and Hendricks (1 for 9) conceded just 20 runs in their four overs combined as Bangalore struggled to get the desired momentum in their innings and finished well short of their mark.

RCB 79-5 (9 ovs), Target: 107 in 10 overs | Scorecard

Axar to bowl the ninth over. Sarfaraz Khan hits the first ball down the ground for a single and Mandeep also gets a single from the next ball.

Sarfaraz has another wild swing but can get only a single before Mandeep is caught at deep midwicket for 20.

Two singles from the last two balls, leaving RCB with a huge mountain to climb as they require 28 from the last over for victory.

Brilliant spell from Axar, taking two for 11 in his two overs.

RCB 74-4 (8 ovs), Target: 107 in 10 overs | Scorecard

Hendricks comes back as Mandeep takes one from the first ball to long-on. Karthik hits the next ball to fine leg and scampers back for the second, having to dive at the end to make his crease.

The third ball is full as Karthik gets just a single to mid-off and Mandeep also gets from the next.

The pressure pays off for Kings XI Punjab as Karthik holes out to Miller at long-on to be dismissed for two.

Mandeep has a go at the last ball but is beaten by the change of pace as Hendricks concedes just five in his final over to finish with splendid figures of one for nine in two overs.

Bangalore require 33 from the last two overs for victory with six wickets in hand.

RCB 69-3 (7 ovs), Target: 107 in 10 overs | Scorecard

Axar Patel comes into the attack as Mandeep reverse sweeps the second ball over point for a four.

AB de Villiers looks to play the sweep but fails to make proper connection and is caught at short fine leg for 10.

Bangalore in a spot of bother at 67 for three in the seventh over with their big three batsmen back in the hunt.

Two singles from the last two balls as Axar makes a good start, giving away eight while getting the key wicket of AB.

RCB 61-2 (6 ovs), Target: 107 in 10 overs | Scorecard

De Villiers clears his front foot and smashes a full delivery from Dhawan straight down the ground for a four. He swings the next ball on the leg side for one before Mandeep upper cuts a short ball over short thirdman for two runs.

He slaps the fifth ball wide of long-off for another couple. Mandeep makes room but the bowler follows him as the right-hander swings one off his hips behind square on the leg side for two more runs.

12 runs from the over takes RCB to 61 for two in six overs.

RCB 49-2 (5 ovs), Target: 107 in 10 overs | Scorecard

Sandeep comes back to bowl his second and final over. He starts with a big wide outside the off-stump to de Villiers. The next ball is again wide but this time de Villiers throws his bat but it goes on the bounce to sweeper cover for just a single.

Gayle has gone into a shell and is content to take just the singles as Sandeep does well to keep things quiet.

He provides Punjab a big boost with the wicket of Gayle, who is caught behind for 17. Once again it is the short ball outside the off-stump which troubles Gayle, who has a wild swing but gets an edge and is caught by wicketkeeper Saha.

Mandeep Singh gets off the mark in style with a cracking boundary through the covers followed by a single from the last ball.

At the halfway stage, RCB are 49 for two with another 58 runs needed from the remaining 30 deliveries for victory.

RCB 39-1 (4 ovs), Target: 107 in 10 overs | Scorecard

Rishi Dhawan comes into the attack. Gayle takes a single from the first ball before AB de Villiers hits it to long-on for a single to get off the mark.

Dhawan has started off well and has managed to keep the two batsmen down to singles.

Just six runs from the over as RCB reach 39 for one in four overs.

They need another 68 runs from the remaining six overs for victory at an asking rate of 11.33.

RCB 33-1 (3 ovs), Target: 107 in 10 overs | Scorecard

Pacer Anureet Singh to bowl the third over. Gayle takes a quick leg bye from the first ball before Kohli slams it over mid-on for his first boundary.

Two balls later, he swings it high over midwicket for a huge six as the ball lands high into the stands. The next ball is lofted over the covers for a boundary as Kohli steps on the gas after a steady start.

But the bowler has the last laugh as Kohli goes after a wide delivery only to drag it back on to his stumps.

Kohli walks back after hitting 19 from nine balls as RCB are reduced to 33 for one in three overs.

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