2024-05-03 19:17:24
Mumbai: After the strong batting of Venkatesh Iyer and Manish Pandey, due to the amazing work of the bowlers, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 24 runs at their home. KKR team was successful in registering victory at Wankhede Cricket Stadium after 12 years. Batting first after losing the toss in the 51st match of the Indian Premier League, KKR could score only 169 runs in 19.5 overs. To defend this score, KKR team defeated Mumbai Indians on the score of 145 runs.
This is the 7th win of KKR team in 10 matches this season and it now has 14 points. Whereas Mumbai team had to face its 8th defeat. With this, now the chances of reaching the playoffs for Mumbai are almost over. Mumbai Indians are in bad shape this season under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya.
Hardik, not a single move worked
Hardik Pandya came on the field in this match against KKR with a different strategy. He did not include Rohit Sharma in the main team and gave a chance to an additional bowler. Rohit Sharma came on the field as an impact player, but he could not show anything special in batting. Among the three top order batsmen, Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma 11 and Naman Dheer could score only 11 runs.
However, Suryakumar Yadav definitely gave hope to Mumbai in the middle overs. Suryakumar played an inning of 56 runs in 35 balls, but after this no other player could show his magic for Mumbai.
Mitchell Starc shines in bowling
Mitchell Starc bowled amazingly for KKR in this match. Starc performed strongly and took four wickets for 33 runs in 3.5 overs. Apart from this, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty also took two wickets each in this match against Mumbai.
Venkatesh and Manish did wonders in batting
Opener batsmen Phil Salt and Sunil Narine were not able to get a good start for KKR in this match. However, after this, Venkatesh Iyer along with Manish Pandey showed an excellent game. Venkatesh played an inning of 70 runs in 52 balls. In this innings he also hit 6 fours and 3 sixes. Manish there. Pandey contributed 42 runs with 2 fours and as many sixes.