Pollard blitz powers Mumbai past the finish line

ESPNcricinfo staff28-Apr-2016Kolkata Knight Riders’ openers used the extra life well, posting 50 in the sixth over•BCCIRobin Uthappa was also given a life when Parthiv Patel missed an easy run-out opportunity•BCCIBut this time Knight Riders could not capitalise on it for long; Uthappa holed out to Kieron Pollard at long-on just three balls later•BCCIShakib Al Hasan departed soon after, before McClenaghan finally had his man when Gambhir top-edged a pull to Pollard at mid-off•BCCIMcClenaghan could have picked up more wickets had Tim Southee not dropped catches off consecutive deliveries in the 19th over•BCCIYusuf Pathan chipped in with 19 off 8, including four fours, to take Knight Riders’ final total to 174 for 5•BCCIAfter Parthiv was dismissed early in the chase, Rohit Sharma and Ambati Rayudu put on 59 off 34•BCCIAfter Rayudu’s departure, Sunil Narine picked up the wickets of Krunal Pandya and Jos Buttler to reduce Mumbai Indians to 106 for 4 in 13 overs•BCCIRohit kept batting fluently, though, keeping the chase on track with an unbeaten 68 off 49•BCCIKieron Pollard, who marched out at the fall of the fourth wicket, added the finishing touches. He pummelled 51 off 17, including two fours and six mighty sixes, to see his side home with two overs to spare•BCCI