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Varun Chakraborty was adjudged player of the match. He took 2 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in the 60th match of the Indian Premier League-2024. With this the team has qualified for the playoffs of the current season. KKR is the first team to make it to the playoffs this season. The team has made it to the playoffs of this league for the 8th time. Kolkata has defeated Mumbai for the second time in the season. Due to rain in Kolkata on Saturday, this match was played of 16-16 overs.
Batting after losing the toss at the home ground Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata scored 157 runs for 7 wickets in 16 overs. In reply, Mumbai Indians could score 139 runs for 8 wickets in 16 overs. Varun Chakraborty was the player of the match. He took 2 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs.
Varun Chakraborty took the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya. He gave only 17 runs in 4 overs. Varun was chosen player of the match.
interesting fact
- Sunil Narine became the batsman to be out on zero the maximum number of times in T-20, 44 times.
Players Performance: Venkatesh Iyer scored the highest score of 42 runs.
For KKR, Venkatesh Iyer scored 42 runs, while Andre Russell scored 24 and Nitish Rana scored 33 runs. Piyush Chawla took 2 wickets. Ishan Kishan scored the highest 40 runs for MI. He made a partnership of 65 runs with Rohit Sharma. Tilak Verma scored 32 runs. Varun Chakraborty, Andre Russell and Harshit Rana took 2 wickets each. Varun was chosen player of the match.
Match winners of Kolkata…
Reasons for Mumbai’s defeat…
- Won the toss and chose bowling, Kolkata crossed 150 Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and chose bowling. The team was not even successful in dismissing Phil Salt and Sunil Narine on the score of 10 runs, but Kolkata managed to score 157 runs. Mumbai bowlers spent 60 runs in the last 6 overs.
- Couldn’t capitalize on strong start In the run chase, the pair of Rohit and Ishan Kishan gave a strong start to Mumbai. Both had scored 59 runs in 5 overs of powerplay. But, the team could not take advantage of this start.
- Slow-batting in the middle overs Mumbai batsmen batted slowly in the middle overs. Rohit Sharma scored 19 runs on 24 balls, while Suryakumar could score only 11 runs on 14 balls. Between the sixth and 12th over, the team lost 4 wickets in scoring 33 runs. Not only this, 4 more wickets were lost in the death overs while scoring 47 runs.
- Kolkata spinners were effective, Piyush could take only 2 wickets Kolkata’s spinners proved effective during the match. The pair of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty took 3 wickets for runs at an economy of 5.42 in 7 overs. On the other hand, Mumbai went with just one specialist spinner, Piyush Chawla. Hardik did not even use part time spinners.
Performance of Mumbai players
Match report from here…
Kolkata’s bad start in powerplay
Kolkata had a bad start after losing the toss and batting. The team had lost 3 wickets in scoring 45 runs in 5 overs of powerplay.
Middle order batsmen crossed 150
Kolkata got its third blow at 40 runs. From here the middle order batsmen took command and took the score to 157. Venkatesh Iyer scored 42, Nitish Rana scored 33, Andre Russell scored 24 and Rinku Singh scored 20 runs.
Run Chase: Fifty Partnership of Mumbai Openers
Chasing the target of 158 runs, Mumbai had a good start. Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan made a partnership of 65 runs on 42 balls. The team had scored 59 runs in the powerplay without losing any wicket.
Mumbai lost wickets continuously after powerplay
Mumbai lost wickets continuously after the powerplay. The team got its first blow on 65 runs. After that, they lost 8 wickets while scoring 139 runs in 16 overs.
Playing-11 of both the teams
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy and Harshal Patel. Impact Player: Vaibhav Arora.
Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Naman Dheer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Tim David, Nehal Badhera, Anshul Kamboj, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah and Nuwan Thushara. Impact Player: Rohit Sharma.
