Mumbai Indians Thrashed Kolkata Knight riders
May 16,2008,Mumbai.Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata knight riders by 8 wickets and are foregoing in the points table.Mumbai captain Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and elected to bowl first.It was a good toss to win as Mumbai bowlers shined well.Shaun Pollock took the wicket of Salman Butt, caught in the slip.Very next ball,Aakash Chopra ran himself out.Pollock strikes again,this time batsmen is Hussey,he edged to the keeper.In the next over,he took Hafeez wicket caught in the slip.There was some resistance shown by Ganguly and Agarkar but nothing was going right for Kolkata.All the bowlers had an impact on their batting line up. In the end Kolkata knight riders managed a mere 67 in 15 overs.The lowest score in the IPL.Mumbai began to chase with a positive note as inform batsmen Sanath Jayasuriya got off to a flying start.Sachin got out early,but Sanath carried his sublime form and reached the target of 68 in the 6th over.He scored 48 off just 17 deliveries which included 3 big sixes.Mumbai now have 10 points ( 5 wins in a row) and Kolkata have 10 points .Shaun Pollock was named Man of the Match for his spectacular spell(3 for 12).Mumbai Indians are really playing well with a newly find touch of Jayasuriya.After losing 4 matches in a row,they are really on a roll.