Kolkata Knight Riders have defeated Mumbai Indians by 19 runs. The number of overs was reduced to 16 in the rain-affected match. Playing first, KKR scored 157 runs losing 7 wickets in 16 overs. The maximum runs for Kolkata were scored by Venkatesh Iyer, who scored 42 runs in 21 balls. On the other hand, MI had an excellent start while chasing the target as there was an opening partnership of 65 runs between Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan. Rohit Sharma scored 19 runs in 24 balls and Ishan Kishan played an inning of 40 runs in 22 balls. But the match became exciting in the last overs. In the match, Harshit Rana, Andre Russell and Varun Chakraborty took 2-2 wickets for KKR. Let us tell you that in IPL 2024, KKR had earlier defeated Mumbai Indians by 24 runs at Wankhede also.
Mumbai Indians, chasing the target of 158 runs, had scored 62 runs in the powerplay overs without losing any wicket. First Kishan was out in the 7th over and then Rohit was also out in the 8th over, from here the match started going in favor of Kolkata. Mumbai could score only 19 runs in the next 4 overs through powerplay and also lost 2 important wickets, due to which the team’s score was 81 runs for 2 wickets in 10 overs. The team needed 77 runs in the last 6 overs, but Suryakumar Yadav lost his wicket for 11 runs in the 11th over. MI’s problems had increased a lot with the dismissal of Hardik Pandya and Tim David in the next 2 overs. MI had to score 57 runs in the last 3 overs to win. Naman Dheer and Tilak Verma were still at the crease. Andre Russell lost 19 runs in the 15th over, which made the match exciting. Mumbai had to score 22 runs in the last 6 balls. Naman Dheer was out on the first ball of the last over after scoring 17 runs in 6 balls. Mumbai’s troubles increased further when Harshit Rana sent Tilak Verma to the pavilion on the score of 32 runs. Mumbai finally scored 139 runs after losing 8 wickets. KKR has qualified for the playoffs by winning by 19 runs.
Number of overs reduced due to rain
The match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians was played at Eden Gardens, but even before the start of the match, rain had come. Covers had been laid on the entire field, due to which the match started late by about 2 hours. Due to rain, the number of overs in both innings was reduced from 20 to 16.
3 wickets fell within 9 balls
At one time Mumbai Indians had scored 87 runs at the loss of 2 wickets, but the fall of wickets started from here. First Suryakumar Yadav was out after scoring 11 runs in 14 balls. After him, MI captain Hardik Pandya also returned to the pavilion after scoring 2 runs on the fifth ball itself. Tim David came to bat as the new batsman, who was out on 0 runs on the third ball after Pandya. In fact, these 3 wickets that fell within 9 balls had turned the match.
