Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, Mumbai
Kolkata sink to lowest IPL score
May 16, 2008
15.2 overs Kolkata Knight Riders 67 (Pollock 3-12) v Mumbai Indians
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
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An outstanding display of seam bowling by the Mumbai Indians on a helpful pitch gave them a superb chance of notching up their fifth successive win of the IPL, as the Kolkata Knight Riders were bundled out for 67, easily the lowest total in the tournament, and the fifth-lowest in all Twenty20 matches. Shaun Pollock led the way with a flawless new-ball performance, and the rest of the cast backed him to perfection as no Kolkata batsman topped 15.
The visitors were put in by Sachin Tendulkar, who won his second toss in a row, but even he wouldn't have dreamed of the sort that display that his bowlers served up. The pitch helped significantly, offering bounce and plenty of seam movement to each of the five bowlers who were used - in fact, so good were the conditions for seam bowling that Rajesh Pawar, the left-arm spinner who made his IPL debut, wasn't even pressed into the attack.
The start was deceptively normal, with Salman Butt moving away to club Pollock down the ground for four, and then carving Ashish Nehra for the 400th six of the IPL. From there on, only one team did all the celebrating.
Pollock led the way, bowling with impeccable control, seaming the ball both ways from a perfect length, and giving the batsmen no chance. Against a top four that has an equal mix of right- and left-handers, Pollock kept his line around the off stump against both, extracting bounce and seaming the ball away to induce the edge. Butt was the first to perish to the movement, getting a leading edge while trying to flick, offering Tendulkar the first of four catches.
From there, the slide was swift. Kolkata made the situation worse when Aakash Chopra was involved in his second mix-up with Sourav Ganguly in three games, charging down the pitch even as Ganguly didn't respond. Another perfect delivery in the corridor from Pollock accounted for David Hussey, and when Tendulkar decided to bowl him for four overs on the trot, Pollock responded by inducing an edge off Mohammad Hafeez, which was snaffled by Robin Uthappa at a wide second slip.
Pollock was done, but there was no respite for Kolkata, as Dwayne Bravo continued from where Pollock had left off, getting exaggerated seam movement in both directions. Wriddhiman Saha was defeated by the bounce and movement, and slashed to Tendulkar, while local boy Ajit Agarkar lashed a couple of drives before falling in similar fashion.
With the conditions so friendly for the seamers, Tendulkar cleverly decided to use Dominic Thornely and Rohan Raje, both medium-pace bowlers, and the results came almost instantly. Raje removed the dangerous Laxmi Ratan Shukla with a superb delivery which pitched on middle and seamed away to take off stump.
Through the destruction at the other end, Ganguly hung on patiently, hoping to weather the storm and guide Kolkata to a respectable total. Thornely, though, denied him that, as Yogesh Takawale hung on to a catch on his second attempt as Ganguly tried to cut. The bowlers were on a high, and in difficult conditions, the task was too much for Kolkata's tail.
In their last match, Shoaib Akhtar had worked his magic to ensure that 133 was a defendable total, but even he will find it almost impossible to defend this score.
| Twenty20 match |  | Indian Premier League - 38th match Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders | | 2007/08 season |
| Played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on 16 May 2008 - day/night (20-over match) Result Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets (with 87 balls remaining) |
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| Kolkata Knight Riders innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| Salman Butt | c Tendulkar b Pollock | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | |||
| A Chopra | run out (Uthappa/Pollock) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
 | SC Ganguly | c  Takawale b Thornely | 15 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | ||
| DJ Hussey | c Takawale b Pollock | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
| Mohammad Hafeez | c Uthappa b Pollock | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 | |||
| WP Saha | c Tendulkar b Bravo | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | ||
| LR Shukla | b Raje | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| AB Agarkar | c Tendulkar b Bravo | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 107.14 | |||
| Shoaib Akhtar | c Tendulkar b Raje | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
| I Sharma | c & b Thornely | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |||
| AB Dinda | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 6) | 8 | |||||||
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| Total | (all out; 15.2 overs) | 67 | (4.36 runs per over) | ||||||
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| SM Pollock | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3.00 | (1w) | |
| A Nehra | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.66 | (3w) | |
| DJ Bravo | 3 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4.33 | (1w) | |
| RR Raje | 2.2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 6.85 | ||
| DJ Thornely | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2.33 | (1w) |
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| Mumbai Indians innings (target: 68 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| ST Jayasuriya | not out | 48 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 282.35 | |||
| SR Tendulkar | c Saha b Shoaib Akhtar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| RV Uthappa | c Ganguly b Sharma | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 112.50 | |||
| DJ Thornely | not out | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| Extras | (lb 5, w 4, nb 1) | 10 | |||||||
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| Total | (2 wickets; 5.3 overs) | 68 | (12.36 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat DJ Bravo, AM Nayar, SM Pollock, RV Pawar, YV Takawale, RR Raje, A Nehra |
| Fall of wickets1-6 (Tendulkar, 0.5 ov), 2-48 (Uthappa, 3.4 ov) |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 14.50 | (1w) | |
| I Sharma | 2.3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 11.60 | (1nb, 1w) | |
| AB Agarkar | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | (2w) |
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Toss Mumbai Indians, who chose to field first
Points Mumbai Indians 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
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