Inspired by Sanath Jayasuriya's 3 for 14, the best figures of the tournament, the Mumbai Indians put their off-field troubles aside and pulled off their first win. On a slow Eden Gardens pitch, though not the minefield of the previous game, Mumbai had a nervy start and were 25 for 3 before Dwayne Bravo and Robin Uthappa put on a century stand to see them home.
After Kolkata Knight Riders chose to bat, Mumbai's stand-in captain Shaun Pollock stunned the huge crowd, removing local hero Sourav Ganguly and the dangerous Brendon McCullum in the first over.
Jayasurya Inspired spin Bowling reduced the Knight Riders to 77-6 until LR Shukla smashed two fours and a six each off Bravo and Dilhara Fernando as 44 runs were scored in the last four overs.Mediocre total of 137 was set.
After losing 3 wiskets in the first 4 over Mumbai was rescued by some sensible batting by Bravo and Uttapa.Both of them saw their team register the first win in this Tournament.Bravo remained unbeaten on 64 of 53 balls and Uttappa 37 of 37 balls.
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