It's a day that 23-year-old left-arm pacer Ashwani Kumar will never forget. What a performance from him, becoming the first Indian to take a four-fer on IPL debut. He played a starring role, helping MI bounce back from two straight losses to kick off their first home game in style. They have an excellent overall record against KKR and it was total domination from Hardik Pandya's team today. So all 10 teams have now tasted victory in this tournament. That's it from us here. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. Until next time, it's a goodbye from Sagar Chawla on behalf of Venky, Siva, Kumar Abhisekh Das and Abhinav Guha.
Ashwani Kumar | POTM: It's a big thing for me to get this opportunity and get the Man of the Match. My native place is in Mohali district. Has taken a lot of hard work and by God's grace I'm here. I had full confidence but still there's always nervousness before a game. Whatever opportunities I get, will make people proud back home.
Hardik Pandya | MI captain: Very satisfying to win, especially at home. The way we did it, as a group, everyone chipped in - can't be happier. It's always a challenge of picking one guy here and there. With our team it's pretty sorted with the players who we are backing. This wicket just offered a bit more and we thought Ashwani can come in and bowl the way he bowled. First of all, it's all because of the scouts. All MI scouts have gone all the places and picked these young kids. We played a practice game and it looked like he had that zip and late swing, had a different action and plus he is a leftie. The way he took that wicket of Russell was a very crucial wicket. And especially, how he started with that catch of Quinton. Was great to see a fast bowler jumping that high. As I mentioned earlier, it's a great sign for everyone to chip in and kick of the tournament for us.
Ryan Rickelton: I took my time, I just had to lay bat on it to be honest, the ball was moving around, lucky to have got some runs. Chatting to the guys back in South Africa about the Wankhede, it does a bit, it’s challenging but looking forward to getting out again and try to maximise the pace on offer. It’s unbelievable, I have never been to the Wankhede before, the crowd turned the stadium blue, definitely going to enjoy my time here. (On their strong bowling performance) I think they executed really well, the conditions allowed certain tactics to adjust, the spinners tried to bowl in lengths, we bowled phenomenally well to restrict such a team to a low score. (On Suryakumar’s trademark shot) I just said to Quinny that SKY is a joke, stuff that I can’t do, stuff that I can’t dream of. He has played that shot many a time, I’m not going to try it but I’m glad that he is in our team.
Ajinkya Rahane | KKR captain:: Collective batting failure. It was a good wicket to bat on as I mentioned in the toss. 180-190 would have been good on this wicket. It has a very good bounce. Sometimes you have to use the pace and bounce. We got to learn really fast from this game. Couldn't do much with the ball. They tried their best. But not much runs on the board. We kept on losing wickets. Four wickets in the powerplay. It was difficult to consolidate and get that total on the board. You need that partnership going. You need one batsman to stay till the end.
Stats by Shashikant
Most runs by an Indian in T20 cricket
12976 - Virat Kohli
11851 - Rohit Sharma
9797 - Shikhar Dhawan
8654 - Suresh Raina
8007 - Suryakumar Yadav*
Most wins against a team in the IPL
24 - MI vs KKR*
21 - CSK vs RCB
21 - KKR vs PBKS
20 - MI vs CSK
20 - KKR vs RCB
Most wins against an opponent at a venue in the IPL
10 - MI vs KKR at Wankhede*
9 - KKR vs PBKS at Kolkata
8 - MI vs RCB at Wankhede
8 - MI vs RCB at Bengaluru
22:25 Local Time, 16:55 GMT, 22:25 IST: MI have trounced KKR at the Wankhede to register their first win of the season. They won a good toss, sent the opposition in on a pitch with some grass and bundled them out for just 116 thanks to a four-fer from IPL debutant Ashwani Kumar. In reply, Ryan Rickelton smashed it everywhere after surviving a tricky couple of overs against the new ball from Spencer Johnson. Suryakumar Yadav also joined in to put the finishing touches. So it's a massive win for the home team with more than 7 overs to spare as they put the disappointments of the two losses behind them to start afresh at the Wankhede. Stay tuned for the presentations.
Russell to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX, and he finishes it off in style! Slower length ball just outside off, Suryakumar gets across and launches it over fine leg with that incredible whip of the wrists he's known for
Russell to Rickelton, 1 run, slight misfield and they get across for the single. Short of length delivery angling away from off, Rickelton rides the bounce and cuts to backward point where Rinku fumbles
Russell to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, overpitched on middle, flicked to deep midwicket
Russell to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, now he goes over short third! Dug in short, Suryakumar arches back, gets under it and ramps it easily over the fielder
Russell to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, back of a length outside off, slower one, sits up for Suryakumar who pulls it well in front of square to beat the fielder in the deep
Narine to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, full delivery on off, flicked to deep midwicket
Narine to Rickelton, 1 run, back of a length just outside off, punched down to long-on
Narine to Rickelton, no run, pushed through flat outside off, back of a length, Rickelton looks to cut but it turns away and beats the edge
Narine to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, swept hard to deep backward square
Narine to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, Narine has never got him out in IPL and he smashes him to the boundary off the very first ball he faces. Full on off, Suryakumar gets low and nails the sweep through square leg