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Sunil Narine got the Mumbai Indians batsmen in a tangle
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After India and South Africa, it was the United Arab Emirates’ turn to host the Indian cricketing opera. Kolkata Knight Riders humbled the Mumbai Indians pretty comprehensibly by 41 runs in the opener, but there wasn’t any dearth of quality in the match.

After Gautam Gambhir perished to Lasith Malinga, failing to open his account in eight deliveries, Jacques Kallis and Manish Pandey held fort to propel the Knights to a competitive total of 163 runs. Malinga was Mumbai’s wrecker-in-chief, finishing with four vital wickets.

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Mumbai Indians were in contention for victory with 62 runs required in 29 balls, and most importantly, had eight wickets in hand. The 15th, 17th and 19th over were bowled by Sunil Narine and those three overs dismantled the Mumbai Indians to a score of 122 runs.

The Mumbai Indians batsmen hardly had any answer to Narine’s guile and trajectory as they kept capitulating one after the other.

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