IPL: Mumbai Indians beat KKR by five wickets

Kolkata: Mumbai Indians beat defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets in a thrilling contest in the Pepsi Indian Premier League on Wednesday.

Dwayne Smith smashed a 45-ball-62 to create a launch pad for this significant victory for the ‘Men In Blue’ as Rohit Sharma (34) and Kieron Pollard (33) also chipped in with

For defending champions KKR, this was their fifth defeat and their campaign is slowly turning from bad to worse as they stay on four points from seven games compared to MI’s eight points.

KKR’s ‘Go-To’ Man Rajat Bhatia came in to bowl the final over with 10 runs required and immediately removed the dangerous Pollard.

But Harbhajan Singh compensated for his poor show with the ball as he blasted the Delhi veteran over deep mid-wicket which proved to be a decisive blow in the end. With two to get off two balls, Ambati Rayudu hit one over extra cover to close the match.