The Kolkata Knight Riders will be keen to get the better of the Mumbai Indians in Match 51 of the IPL 2015, for it will confirm their progress to the Playoffs. In addition, a win on Thursday will also improve KKR’s chances of finishing the league stage among the top two teams – which comes with the added incentive of a second chance at qualifying for the title clash.
IPL 2015: Live Streaming Information, Live Score Updates: The Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders match will start at 8:00 pm IST (14:30 pm GMT).
Live Streaming Information: The IPL 2015 will be broadcast live in India on Sony SIX and Set Max, with live streaming option HERE. In the United States, Willow TV will broadcast the action, with live streaming HERE. Geo TV will broadcast matches live in Pakistan, with live streaming HERE. Viewers in the United Kingdom can catch the action on ITV live, with online streaming option HERE.
Live Score Updates: The live score updates of the Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders match are available HERE and HERE.
KKR, who have won their last matches, will be mindful that they have to improve upon their record on the road this season; they have won only two of their five matches on the road this season, and will need to improve their performance by several notches to get the better of the home side.
Mumbai Indians lie sixth in the Pepsi IPL 2015 standings with 12 points from six matches. After a slow start to the competition, they bounced back spectacularly winning five on the trot. However, that streak came to a halt when they were blown away by the Royal Challengers Bangalore, by AB de Villiers in particular, in the previous match.
MI received a proper badgering on that occasion – conceding 235 runs with the ball, and then finished 40 runs short in their chase. Coach Ricky Ponting told the media on Wednesday that his team, after the slow start, had approached every match as a final. He also said his team would continue to play that way; “After getting off to a slow start we have just focused on every game and played all of them as a final.
“Tomorrow is probably the most important game for us. There is no point looking at the mathematics and how other teams are doing because we have no control over that. We have control over our performance tomorrow and we will make sure we play our best game,” the MI coach elaborated on how his team would approach this fixture.
By: IPLT20
