After months of 50-over contest, now it’s time for some slam-bang-hit-out-of-the-park stuff, as the best T20 league set to kick-off with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders facing Mumbai Indians at their home ground in Kolkata.
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The Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians match will start at 8:00 pm IST (2:30 pm GMT) at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. 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.
“It will be important to start the game really well. We have to start well whether we bat or bowl first. It is a very important game. The first game of the season is crucial. It is important that you start well, take that momentum into the next game and perform to your best.”
“A winning momentum gives you lot of confidence and helps you build on your strengths,” Rohit Sharma said. “It is a long tournament. You have to break it in parts and then decide what is best for the team and how you want to go about your strategies.”
“You always have a chance to comeback, but as a team you don’t want to be in that situation where you have to think of coming back again and again which is not easy.”
Meanwhile, the Knight Riders would be happy to have got the services of Sunil Narine, their trump card in the tournament. Narine is their leading wickettaker in the IPL and the two-time champions would be hoping to click once more in the tournament.
“I am really happy for him. I have always felt and said in the past that he is an integral part of KKR and will always be an integral part of KKR. Hats off to him that he has changed and remodeled his action in such a short span of time.”
“I believe, even if Sunil bowls a straight ball, he has always been an asset for us and will always be one,” KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir said. “That is the confidence we have. Hopefully he can continue the success he has achieved for KKR.”
“He is a quality player and a quality individual. He is a tough guy. All these things will come to his advantage because in such situations you need to be mentally tough to absorb whatever has happened. To come back in such a short span of time has shown how mentally tough he is. It is going to be an advantage when he comes and plays the game tomorrow.”
