Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 56th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Indian Premier League 2019 Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Date & Time: May 05, 08:00 PM LOCAL

Rohit Sharma or Dinesh Karthik, who'll have the last laugh? © BCCI

MI top table after clinical win:

A six for Suryakumar off Russell's first ball in the 17th over seals the deal for MI. He finishes unbeaten on 46 off 27, having added 88 with Rohit (55*). The MI batsmen complemented a fine bowling performance which has helped them finish at the top of the points table at the end of the league stage. As a result of MI's win, SRH have sneaked through to the play-offs, becoming the first team to get through despite with 12 points.

& played a week back, 64 boundaries (35 fours, 29 sixes) were scored in the match. In history only three games had more boundaries. 882 sixes have been scored at the Wankhede in all IPLs, only Chinnaswamy Stadium (1114) has seen more. 2019 vKKR

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In case you already didn't know -CSK have booked a spot in the top two despite Kings XI finishing with a consolation win. This has meant that RCB have finished with the wooden spoon for the second time.

Toss and teams:

MI skipper Rohit Sharma has won the toss and has opted to bowl. Two changes for the hosts - Mitchell McClenaghan and Ishan Kishan replace Barinder Sran and Evin Lewis. KKR have made one change, bringing in Prasidh Krishna for Piyush Chawla.

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Shubman Gill, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Harry Gurney, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga

Build-up:

Hello and welcome to the Live Blog for Match 56 of the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League. Three teams have already qualified for the next round but there's a lot riding on this match.

Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders are the two teams facing off in the last match of the league stage of IPL 2019. But a third party will be keenly following the match, supporting MI to do the job for them. Sunrisers Hyderabad had their fate in their own hands on Saturday but the loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore has meant that they'll only get through to the play-offs should MI defeat KKR. A win for MI will also confirm a spot for them in the top two, considering their positive NRR while a victory for KKR will complete the top four end SRH's journey.

Following six successive defeats, KKR reignited their campaign by ticking most of the boxes. But the one issue they haven't sorted yet is their death bowling. Meanwhile, MI have banked on team efforts more than individual performances, evident by the fact that there's only one player each in the top-10 lists of highest run-getters (Quinton de Kock) and wicket-takers (Jasprit Bumrah). They'll be keen that Rohit Sharma gets back to scoring big runs ahead of the business end of the tournament.

While we wait for the toss and the teams, here's the preview to keep you updated.