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Live cricket score and ball-by-ball commentary of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match 1 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Wednesday.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Toss IPL 2015 Eden Gardens

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Rohit Sharma's unbeaten 98 steered Mumbai Indians to a total of 168 runs for the loss of 3 wickets against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the first match of the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Catch all the live cricket score and live updates of the match here:

Vinay to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, Yadav finishes off with a boundary and extends KKR's winning streak in IPL to 10 games. It was fuller and outside off, Yadav leans forward and drives it through the covers, the ball crashes into the fence in no time

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Chasing 169 runs to win, Kolkata Knight Riders lost Robin Uthappa in the third over to Corey Anderson for 9.

Rohit Sharma: 'The kind of wicket it was, we were probably 10-15 runs short. We should have done better with the ball though. We didn't execute our plans well. Let's hope the guys can pick up from this and come out in a positive manner. The pace was good. The wicket was very good. It is a trend in Kolkata as the pitch is always good to bat. We just have to go back and need to make a good comeback. Doesn't please to be on the losing side, but let's hope the guys should learn from them. Once we go back to Mumbai, we will figure out things.'
Earlier, Rohit Sharma played a rousing knock to lift Mumbai's sagging morale after they lost wickets early on in the innings. Rohit took his time before cracking eye-catching strokes. Anderson too gave a good account of himself with a crunching fifty. For Kolkata, it was Morne Morkel, who bowled with a good burst of pace to take wickets and put the opposition in a spot of bother. In fact, Morkel's fiery spell played a key part in Kolkata's win.
Gautam Gambhir's sterling half-century helped Kolkata Knight Riders to start their IPL campaign on a high with a facile win. While chasing down a competitive target, Gambhir essayed a series of fluent shots to keep the scorecard ticking. Gambhir took the attack to even the main spinner in the opposition ranks, Harbhajan Singh, and collected boundaries. On the other hand, Manish Pandey gave Gambhir good support with a quick-fire innings. Once Gambhir was dismissed, Suryakumar Yadav steered Kolkata home. Mumbai didn't help their cause by dropping a slew of chances. Among the bowlers, Corey Anderson swung the new ball and troubled the batsmen.
The players walk off the field after exchanging handshakes. It was a dominating performance from KKR as they chased it down with 7 wickets in hand. Captain Gambhir also comes out to congratulate his team-mates and shakes hands with his counterparts.

Kolkata vs Mumbai, 1st Match - Live scorecard

Eden Gardens, Kolkata (D/N), Indian Premier League 2015

Kolkata won by 7 wkts

Mumbai Indians Innings Kolkata Knight Riders Innings Match Info

Mumbai Indians Innings - 168/3 (20 overs)

Batting	Out Desc	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Sharma (c)	not out	98	65	12	4	150.8
Aaron Finch	c Umesh b M Morkel	5	5	1	0	100.0
Aditya Tare (wk)	c Umesh b Shakib	7	7	1	0	100.0
Ambati Rayudu	c Y Pathan b M Morkel	0	2	0	0	0.0
Corey Anderson	not out	55	41	4	3	134.1
Extras		3	(b - 0 w - 2, nb - 0, lb - 1)
Total		168	(20 Overs, 3 Wickets)
Did not bat:	Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Vinay Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Pragyan Ojha

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	ER
Umesh Yadav	3	0	36	0	0	0	12.0
Morne Morkel	4	1	18	2	0	0	4.5
Shakib Al Hasan	4	0	48	1	0	2	12.0
Sunil Narine	4	0	28	0	0	0	7.0
Andre Russell	3	0	21	0	0	0	7.0
Piyush Chawla	2	0	16	0	0	0	8.0

FOW	Batsman	Score	Over
1	Aaron Finch	8/1	1.3
2	Aditya Tare	37/2	4.6
3	Ambati Rayudu	37/3	5.2

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings - 170/3 (18.3 overs)

Batting	Out Desc	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Robin Uthappa (wk)	c Harbhajan b CJ Anderson	9	12	0	1	75.0
Gautam Gambhir (c)	c Rayudu b Bumrah	57	43	7	1	132.6
Manish Pandey	c K Pollard b Harbhajan	40	24	2	3	166.7
Suryakumar Yadav	not out	46	20	1	5	230.0
Yusuf Pathan	not out	14	12	1	1	116.7
Extras		4	(b - 0 w - 2, nb - 0, lb - 2)
Total		170	(18.3 Overs, 3 Wickets)
Did not bat:	Shakib Al Hasan, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Morne Morkel

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	ER
Lasith Malinga	4	0	27	0	0	1	6.8
Vinay Kumar	3.3	0	21	0	0	0	6.0
Corey Anderson	2	0	21	1	0	0	10.5
Jasprit Bumrah	3	0	38	1	0	1	12.7
Pragyan Ojha	2	0	23	0	0	0	11.5
Harbhajan Singh	4	0	38	1	0	0	9.5

FOW	Batsman	Score	Over
1	Robin Uthappa	13/1	2.5
2	Manish Pandey	98/2	11.6
3	Gautam Gambhir	121/3	14.2

Match Info

Info	Description
Match	1st Match, Indian T20 League 2015
Date	Wed, Apr 08, 2015
Toss	Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opt to field
Venue	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires	S Ravi , Chettithody Shamsuddin
3rd Umpire	Pashchim Pathak
Match Referee	Javagal Srinath
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad	Playing XI: Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Morne Morkel Bench: Ryan ten Doeschate, Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, Johan Botha, Azhar Mahmood, Brad Hogg, Sumit Narwal, Sheldon Jackson, Aditya Garhwal, Kishan Cariappa, Vaibhav Rawal, Veer Pratap Singh
Mumbai Indians Squad	Playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Aaron Finch, Ambati Rayudu, Aditya Tare, Corey Anderson, Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Vinay Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Pragyan Ojha Bench: Shreyas Gopal, Lendl Simmons, Unmukt Chand, Parthiv Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Marchant de Lange, Pawan Suyal, Mitchell McClenaghan, Abhimanyu Mithun, Aiden Blizzard, Akshay Wakhare, Nitish Rana, Siddhesh Lad, Hardik Pandya, Jagadeesha Suchith

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Keen to put the Sunil Narine controversy behind them, Kolkata Knight Riders will begin their title defence against a formidable Mumbai Indians side in the IPL opener at the Eden Gardens.

A team which has gone on to win two titles (2012 and 2014) since the acquisition of the Trinidad off-spinner in 2011 faces the biggest challenge this year as Narine's effectiveness with a re-modelled action is yet to be seen.