Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 34th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Indian Premier League 2021 Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Date & Time: Sep 23, 06:00 PM LOCAL

KKR are currently sixth on the table as opposed to Mumbai's fourth. © BCCI

KKR ARE UP TO FOURTH SPOT!Two MASSIVE wins for KKR and they're up to fourth spot! A nine-wicket win against RCB and now a seven-wicket win over MI! Iyer led the chase early on with Gill and then with Tripathi added a half-century stand to take the game away from MI. There as no relenting from KKR after the start they got. Tripathi remained unbeaten on 74 off 42 balls in the end and restricted them to a total of 155 when 180 was plausible was one point. The game changed in the last 10 overs of MI's innings where KKR picked up 5 wickets and conceded just 75. Once the chase began, it was all KKR. There was no relenting thereafter. Thank you for your company today, do join us tomorrow when RCB take on CSK!

Morgan holes out to Boult in the deep, but KKR are comfortably placed.

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OUT!There's the breakthrough finally. Narine strikes and it's Rohit who has holed out in the deep, ending the 78-run stand. KKR really needed this wicket with the openers going strong. The delivery wasn't made for the slog sweep - didn't have much flight nor length and pays the price caught at long-on.Rohit departs for a 30-ball 33.

Rohit and de Kock have given MI a good start. De Kock, particularly in the last few overs, has been dealing in sixes. They are 56/0 after the powerplay.

Rohit Sharma becomes the first batsman in IPL to score 1000 runs vs a team in IPL.

Most runs vs a team in IPL:

1004* Rohit Sharma vs KKR

943 David Warner vs PBKS

915 David Warner vs KKR

909 Virat Kohli vs DC

We're minutes away from play

A stat for all you guys: Mumbai lead the H2H between the sides 22-6.

Playing XIs:Kolkata Knight Riders: Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna

Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Saurabh Tiwary, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult

KKR win toss and opt to bowl.KKR are unchanged. Anmpolpreet misses out for MI in the only change.

Good news for Mumbai is Rohit returns. He's at the toss

Pitch report:A new surface will be used for this clash. "This is an absolute fast bowlers paradise" reckon Danny Morrison and Matthew Hayden. "Generally spin is very hard to score at and they take 40 percent of the wickets." Tough night for the batsmen ahead?

It was an inauspicious start to MI's return to the UAE with a loss to Chennai Super Kings in the opener of the second leg. There are questions over the fitness of Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya that won't do them much good, but they are a side known to have quite a strong bounce-back ability. Hello and welcome to Game 34 of the Indian Premier League between MI and KKR.

While MI started off on the wrong foot, KKR did little wrong in their opening game against RCB that they won by nine wickets. They've shown glimpses of the side they're capable of being and why teams need to fear the power they have in their squad. They're currently sixth on the table as opposed to Mumbai's fourth. That said, a lot can change in an IPL points table in the second-half of the season. Especially, if there's a change in venue as there has been this year. KKR will move up to fourth should they beat MI tonight.

Toss, teams, pitch report, all coming up shortly. Stay tuned.