KOLKATA–Em­bat­tled West In­dies off-spin­ner Sunil Nar­ine went sur­pris­ing­ly wick­et-less but his Kolkata Knight Rid­ers still man­aged to over­come Kieron Pol­lard's Mum­bai In­di­ans by sev­en wick­ets in the open­ing con­test of the new In­di­an Pre­mier League sea­son yes­ter­day.

Play­ing at Eden Gar­dens, Mum­bai ral­lied to 168 for three off their 20 overs, af­ter be­ing sent in and the hosts cruised to their tar­get with nine de­liv­er­ies re­main­ing.

Open­er Gau­tam Gamb­hir top scored with 57 while Suryaku­mar Ya­dav slammed an un­beat­en 46 off 20 de­liv­er­ies with five six­es and a four.

Man­ish Pandey chipped in with 40 from 24 balls.

Ear­li­er, open­er Ro­hit Shar­ma stroked an un­beat­en 98 off 65 balls with 12 fours and four six­es, to res­cue Mum­bai from a shaky po­si­tion of 37 for three in the sixth over.

He put on 131 in an un­bro­ken fourth wick­et stand with New Zealan­der Corey An­der­son who struck 55 not out off 41 balls.

Nar­ine, un­der fire over his ac­tion and forced to un­der­go an In­di­an Crick­et Board-sanc­tioned bio­me­chan­i­cal test last week in or­der to be el­i­gi­ble for the IPL, sent down four overs for 28 runs.

His West In­dies coun­ter­part, all-rounder An­dre Rus­sell, bowled three overs of medi­um pace for 21 runs.

Pol­lard did not bat in the Mum­bai in­nings.