<h1>IPL 2015 - Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL Opening Match</h1>
Kolkata, April 8: Kolkata Knight Riders propelled their title guard on an immaculate note as captain Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav drove them to a seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the IPL 8 opener here today.
Pursuing 169 for a win, Gambhir's 43-ball 57 (7x4, 1x6) drove the KKR charge, while Suryakumar's unbeaten 46 off 20 conveyances helped them lope to their focus in 18.3 overs.
In any case it was the 85-run second wicket organization in the middle of Gambhir and No.3 Manish Pandey (40) that set up the pursuit. There was some break after the guests rejected the team however humorously they discovered their enemy in a recognizable Mumbaikar Suryakumar, who drove Mumbai in Ranji Trophy this season.
The capable young person, who came in at 121/3 with 48 needed from 34 balls, hit some incredible shots that incorporated a four and 5 sixes. Yusuf Pathan was additionally unbeaten on 14. Corey Anderson, Jasprit Bumrah and Harbhajan Singh grabbed a wicket each.
Prior, proceeding with his fantasy run at Eden Gardens, Rohit Sharma crushed an unbeaten 98 to power Mumbai Indians to 168/3.
Put in, the guests lost two wickets in three balls and looked temperamental 37/3 after a red hot spell from Morne Morkel (2/18) yet Sharma, who had struck an ODI world record 264 here in November a year ago, was again in his component.
Sharma analyzed the field with style and picked Indian speedster Umesh Yadav as his bunny in transit to his 22nd IPL half-century.
Sharma's 98 not out originated from 65 balls studded with 12 limits and four sixes and was capably upheld by New Zealand allrounder Corey Anderson, who stayed unbeaten on 55 from 41 balls (4x4, 3x6) in a 131-run undefeated association.
After all the hoopla encompassing his activity, Knight Riders trump card spinner Sunil Narine did not look in his common self and returned wicketless with 28 runs from his four overs.
At the same time he was extremely let around his fielders. Andre Russell dropped Corey Anderson on 23, a regulation catch at mid-on, while low maintenance wicketkeeper Robin Uthappa missed an outside edge of Sharma as well as missed a baffling when the Mumbai Indians captain was on 70.