#TATAIPL-2024-51 : Venkatesh Iyer Smashes 70, Mitchell Starc Takes 4/ 33 As Kolkata Knight Riders Outplay Mumbai Indians By 24 Runs

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Even home conditions could not help help Mumbai Indians as they crashed to a 24 run loss to clinical Kolkata Knight Riders in a Tata IPL 2024 encounter at Wankhede, Mumbai. With this win KKR now further boosted their play-offs berth.

Earlier MI skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl . MI bowlers got early wickets to peg KKR back . Philip Salt ( 5), Sunil Narine ( 8) , Skipper Shreyas Iyer ( 6), Angkrish Raghuvanshi ( 13) , Rinku Singh ( 9) all fell within the power play . KKR innings were tottering at 57-5, 6.1 overs.

But seasoned Manish Pandey 42 ( 31 balls , 2 fours, 2 sixes and Venkatesh Iyer who played superb innings o even when wickets fell around him scored a match- winning 70 ( 52 balls, 6 fours, 3 sixes) , Andre Russell was unfortunately run-out for 7 . KKR battled hard and eventually were bowled out for 169/ 10 in 19. 5 overs

MI bowling figures : Nuwan Thushara 3/ 42 ( 4 overs) Jasprit Bumrah 3/ 18 ( 3.5 overs), Gerald Coetzee 0/ 24 ( 2 overs), Hardik Pandya 2/ 44 ( 4 overs), Naman Dhir 0/ 25 ( 3 overs), Piyush Chawla 1/ 15 ( 3 overs)

In reply MI too began shakily with early blows . Ishan Kishan out for 13 . Impact player Rohit Sharma out for 11. Naman Dhir ( 11) . The in-form Tilak Varma ( 4), Nehal Wadhera ( 6). Hardik Pandya the MI skipper having horror run out for 1 . MI were reeling at 70/5 in 10. 5 overs.

Thanks to an attacking innings by Suryakumar Yadav 56 ( 35 balls , 6 fours, 2 sixes) , Tim David 24 ( 20 balls , 1 four, 1 six( saved MI from further humiliation. MI batting flopped and were eventually dismissed for 145/ 10 in 18. 5 overs .

KK bowling : Vaibhav Arora 0/ 35 ( 3 overs) .Mitchell Starc produced his best spell of the tournament with a superb 4/ 33 ( 3.5 overs),
Varun Chakaravarthy 2/ 22( 4 overs) , Sunil Narine 2/ 22( 4 overs), Andre Russell 2/ 30 ( 4 over). KK bowling was superb and did not allow MI to get away.

KKR Impact Player: Manish Pandey replaces Angkrish Raghuvanshi
MI Impact Player: Rohit Sharma replaces Nuwan Thushara

Match: IPL 2024, 51st Match
Venue: Mumbai | Date: May 03, 2024