Highlights, MI vs KKR IPL 2020

MI vs KKR: Hello and welcome to the live coverage of Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders on indiatvnews.com. The Mumbai Indians will aim to continue their winning run after they come from a break, beating the high-flying Delhi Capitals in their last match. KKR, meanwhile, underwent a captaincy change earlier today as Dinesh Karthik stepped down from the role and World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan taking over the reigns. While the MI have a chance to go top of the table with a victory, Knight Riders can go to third with a win. Here, you can find ball-by-ball updates of Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders. 

Highlights, MI vs KKR IPL 2020: Mumbai Indians (149/2) beat Kolkata Knight Riders (148/5) in Abu Dhabi

22:49 IST: IT'S ALL OVER! Mumbai Indians win by 8 wickets!

22:47 IST: Green to Pandya, FOUR! Short and outside off from Green and Pandya cuts it away to deep point.

22:43 IST: Cummins to Pandya, SIX! WHAT A SHOT! On to the pads and Pandya flicks it away towards deep square leg!

22:43 IST: Cummins to Pandya, FOUR! Almost a replay, just that this time, it was a lot more straight. Goes over Cummins' head this time. 14 needed off 26 balls.

22:41 IST: Cummins to Pandya, FOUR! Perfect timing. Fullish towards the pad and Pandya plays the pick-up shot, lofts it over the mid-off and gets his first boundary.

22:37 IST: Mavi to De Kock, SIX! HAMMERED! Short again and in the line of stumps, and the wicketkeeper-batsman dispatches it towards the long leg boundary.

22:36 IST: Mavi to De Kock, FOUR! SLEEK! A little short and outside off and De Kock opens the face of the bat and finds the gap between backward point and short third man.

22:29 IST: Chakravarthy to Yadav, OUT! Suryakumar Yadav went for a swee this time but finds a thick lower edge. He was in no position to play the shot, and Chakravarthy gets his first wicket.

22:27 IST: Mavi to Yadav, FOUR! OUTSIDE EDGE! An almost similar delivery which trapped Rohit. However, Suryakumar plays a lot straighter and finds a thick edge outside off. The ball goes past Dinesh Karthik towards third man.

22:14 IST: Mavi to Rohit, OUT! Good comeback from Mavi. Bowls on the good length, invites Rohit to play the flick but the ball drifts away from the batsman, gets an outside-edge, and finds Dinesh Karthik.

22:13 IST: Mavi to Rohit, FOUR! Charges down the track and lofts it towards the deep extra cover. 

22:09 IST: Chakravarthy to Rohit, SIX! The captain joins the party! A half-tracker from Chakravarthy and Rohit slams it away to deep midwicket.

22:05 IST: Russell to De Kock, SIX! 50! Short pitched and De Kock pulls it away to deep square leg! MI are running away with this game now.

22:00 IST: Strategic timeout! MI are cruising with a victory, thanks to a brilliant start from Rohit and de Kock. The KKR bowling has looked hapless so far.

21:55 IST: Krishna to de Kock, SIX! SMASHED IT! On good length but poor line. Right into de Kock's slot and he has pulled it this time too. Clears deep midwicket.

21:52 IST: Krishna to de Kock, FOUR! Pulled it away! Krishna's struggles continue. Poor length again as he bowls a little fuller of good length, de Kock middles it away to midwicket.

21:44 IST: Green to de Kock, FOUR! STRAIGHT! That's an authoritative shot from the wicketkeeper-batsman. Comes down the ground and slaps it hard.

21:39 IST: Cummins to de Kock, FOUR! MI are off to a flyer here! Hits on the same area again.

21:39 IST: Cummins to de Kock, FOUR! On to the leg side! He swings his bat hard to the midiwicket and finds the boundary!

21:37 IST: Krishna to de Kock, FOUR! Poor bowling from Krishna. Gives too much room to the South African and he would accept such gifts with open hands. Drives it to deep cover

21:36 IST: Krishna to Rohit, FOUR! Smacked it towards deep cover! Too much room from Prasidh Krishna and Rohit opens his arms and plays a brilliant drive.

21:34 IST: Krishna to Rohit, FOUR! You don't bowl short to Rohit, especially on his body. Brilliant pull from the MI captain.

21:31 IST: Cummins to Rohit, FOUR! Fuller and straight to Rohit and the MI captain plays his trademark flick shot and gets another boundary.

21:29 IST: Cummins to Rohit, FOUR LEG BYES! Down the leg-side, poor line from Cummins to start with. Gift for Rohit.

21:25 IST: Green to Rohit, FOUR! Quick start. Outside off from Green and Rohit simply uses the pace of the ball to send it towards deep backward point.

21:25 IST: Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock to kickstart MI's run-chase. 

21:10 IST: Coulter-Nile to Morgan, SIX! What an end to the innings! A little too full and Morgan lofts it straight over the bowler's head and clears the field. A very good recovery for the Knight Riders, this.

21:06 IST: Coulter-Nile to Morgan, SIX! Outside off once again and Morgan joins the action. Sends it over the long-on boundary. Important runs for KKR.

21:05 IST: Coulter-Nile to Cummins, FOUR! FIFTY FOR CUMMINS! Wide outside off and Cummins sends it away to deep extra cover. First T20 fifty for Pat Cummins! What a time to bring it.

21:02 IST: Boult to Cummins, FOUR! Another brilliant hit from Cummins. Boult intends a yorker but bowls a full toss instead and Cummins sends it away to cow corner.

20:59 IST: Boult to Cummins, SIX! Cummins making the most of the lifeline he got in the last over (De Kock dropping him off Bumrah's over). Boult pitches it a little full and Cummins dispatches it out of sight with a full flow of the bat.

20:52 IST: Boult to Cummins, FOUR! To deep midwicket this time! Easy pickings for Cummins as the ball is right in the slot.

20:50 IST: Boult to Morgan, FOUR! Good start to the over. Morgan gets room on the off-side and he cuts it brilliantly towards deep point.

20:42 IST: Strategic timeout! Clear daylight between MI and KKR so far. Good captaincy from Rohit Sharma too. Says everything about the KKR batting performance that Pat Cummins is their highest scorer so far..

20:35 IST: Coulter-Nile to Cummins, FOUR! 16 from the over, much-needed hitting from Cummins here. Back of a good length from Coulter-Nile and while Cummins couldn't middle it, the drive was still powerful enough to clear the inner circle and clear the deep extra cover.

20:34 IST: Coulter-Nile to Cummins, SIX! Maximum for Cummins! Short from the Aussie bowler and Cummins pulls it away to deep midwicket.

20:32 IST: Coulter-Nile to Cummins, FOUR! Brilliant drive from Cummins this time. A little full and the batsman doesn't commit too strongly, but the power is enough for the ball to travel the length.

20:24 IST: Bumrah to Russell, OUT! Brilliant captaincy from Rohit to bring the pacer back for a second spell. Bumrah persists with the short length and this time, he follows Russell as he tries to make room for himself and takes the batsman by surprise. Before he could offer the shot, the ball takes an upper edge. Another easy catch for de Kock.

20:23 IST: Bumrah to Russell, FOUR! Little short from Bumrah but Russell had already intended to play an attacking shot. Gets back off the crease to makes room for himself and dispatches it to deep point with a strong cut.

20:19 IST: Chahar to Morgan, FOUR! Laps it towards deep fine leg. He had been intending to play the shot earlier in the over too. Gets it right this time. No real chase for the MI fielders.

20:14 IST: Krunal to Russell, SIX! Four wickets down for 45? No problem, says Dre Russ. Russell begins his innings in style as he muscles the ball over the cow corner. Strategic timeout taken.

20:08 IST: Chahar to Karthik, OUT! TWO IN A ROW! Karthik decides to sweep the ball but finds a big inside-edge, and the ball tracks back to the stumps. KKR in big trouble now.

20:05 IST: Chahar to Gill, OUT! Trouble brewing for KKR now. Gill departs for 21 after he decides to clear the long on boundary. A little slow from Chahar and this does the trick. Kieron Pollard -- one of the safest pair of hands on the boundary line -- makes no mistake as he takes the catch.

20:02 IST: Krunal to Karthik, FOUR! First runs for the former KKR captain -- well, it will take time to familiarise with writing this for Dinesh Karthik. Short from Krunal and Karthik sends it towards the deep midwicket boundary.

20:00 IST: Dinesh Karthik is the new man in for the Knight Riders. 

19:56 IST: Coulter-Nile to Rana, OUT! Short ball does the trick this time! Rana couldn't make his mind up his time, half-thinking about either pulling or ducking the ball. Instead, he nicks it and Quinton de Kock takes a good catch.

19:55 IST: Coulter-Nile to Gill, FOUR! Into the slot and Gill dispatches it over mid-on! Shubman keeps shape, makes room for himself this time and sends it away to the boundary. 

19:52 IST: SUPERMAN SKY!

19:50 IST: Bumrah to Rana, FOUR! It had been an otherwise good over for Bumrah. This one, however, was straight into the pads and Nitish Rana flicked it towards the midwicket boundary.

19:45 IST: Boult to Tripathi, OUT! WHAT A CATCH! Suryakumar Yadav has taken a stunner at backward point! A brave cut from Tripathi but 'SKY' flies to his left and takes an absolute beauty of a catch to send the batsman to pavilion.

19:43 IST: Boult to Tripathi, FOUR! First poor delivery from Boult. A little too short and Tripathi got into position and pulls it towards the cow corner.

19:37 IST: Coulter-Nile to Gill, FOUR! Pushed it towards the long-on, should've ideally been a single but Jasprit Bumrah misfields and the ball races towards the boundary line. First four for KKR!

19:34 IST: Tight over from Trent Boult up front! No room for Gill and Tripathi to work with at all.

19:29 IST: Shubman Gill and Rahul Tripathi to begin the proceedings for KKR. Trent Boult to bowl the first over for MI.

19:25 IST: Five minutes to go! Will it be the night 'Muscle-Russell' fires for KKR?

19:16 IST: Watch the toss, as Eoin Morgan makes his maiden appearance as KKR captain:

19:12 IST: Playing XIs

MI: R Sharma, Q de Kock, S Yadav, I Kishan, H Pandya, K Pollard, K Pandya, T Boult, N Coulter-Nile, R Chahar, J Bumrah

KKR: S Gill, R Tripathi, N Rana, E Morgan, D Karthik, A Russell, P Cummins, C Green, S Mavi, P Krishna, V Chakravarthy

19:04 IST: Nathan Coulter-Nile in for Mumbai Indians as James Pattinson rested, while Shivam Mavi and Chris Green are included in the XI for Kolkata Knight Riders.

19:00 IST: IPL 2020, Match 32: Kolkata Knight Riders win toss, opt to bat against Mumbai Indians in Abu Dhabi

18:46 IST: The Pandyas and Dinesh Karthik in chat ahead of the game..

18:37 IST: Look at what Eoin Morgan had to say ahead of the toss, as he takes over the captaincy from Dinesh Karthik:

https://twitter.com/IPL/status/1317088690796048384

18:30 IST: Mumbai Indians return from a break after beating the high-flying Delhi Capitals, while KKR will aim to return to winning ways after the side suffered an 82-run defeat on Monday.

18:15 IST: Hello and welcome to the live coverage for the match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders on indiatvnews.com. MI have a chance to go top, while KKR aim for a fresh start under their new captain - Eoin Morgan!

Brief Preview: KKR had faced their bogey team in the IPL 2020 opener in Abu Dhabi when Rohit Sharma's 54-ball 80 had guided the defending champions to a 49-run win. KKR since then, bounced back to win four out of their next five games to take a place in the top half of the points table before being crumbled by a heavy 82-run defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Heading into the big game, the one aspect that will prevail is the uncertainty over Sunil Narine's return. [FULL PREVIEW]