<div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Mumbai Indians defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets to finish third in the league stage of the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens here Sunday.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Put in to bat, the Knights were 175/7 with Jacques Kallis top scoring (59 of 42 balls), while Yusuf Pathan got 36 and Manoj Tiwary 35.</div><div><br /></div><div>For Mumbai Indians, Abu Nechim and James Franklin picked up two wickets each.</div><div><br /></div><div>In reply, the Mumbai Indians scored 178/5, as James Frankling scored 45 of 23 balls.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div>Sachin Tendulkar (38) and Harbajan Singh (30) were the other principal scorers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mumbai needed 21 runs from the last six balls and it was Franklin hit four consecutive boundaries to Lakshmipathy Balaji and a single on the next ball.</div><div><br /></div><div>With four runs required of the last ball, Balaji bowled a full toss to Ambati Rayudu (17 off 6 balls), who smashed the ball over the deep square-leg boundary to clinch the winning runs.</div><div><br /></div><div>Among the KKR bowlers, Rajat Bhatia got three wickets.</div></div><div><br /></div>        

Mumbai Indians defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets to finish third in the league stage of the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens here Sunday.

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