Introduction:

After years of waiting, finally, Kolkata Knight riders got what they dreamed of. KKR defeated Mumbai Indians at their home ground, Wankhede Stadium. This is something for which the KKR fans have been waiting for a long time. In yesterday’s match, KKR defeated MI by 24 runs. Let’s focus on the match highlights to get a more clear view of the match. Read the blog & stay connected with Cricfeverr.com to get all the sports news, IPL news & cricket news at the right time.

About the match:

Yesterday Mumbai Indians & Kolkata Knight Riders were scheduled to play the 51st match of the IPL 2024. The venue of the match was the Wankhede Stadium. The match started at 7:30 PM.

The toss story:

Hardik Pandya wins the toss and decides to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders.

The final scorecard:

Kolkata went to bat first and posted a target of 169 in 19.5 overs. However, during the bowling, KKR wrapped MI at just 145 runs in 18.5 overs.

Match-highlights:

KKR went to bat first due to the toss decision.

Venkatesh Iyer played an impressive 70 off 52 balls with 6 fours and 3 sixes. Manish Pandey scored an impressive 42 off 31 balls. Apart from them, other players including Opener Phil Salt and Sunil Narine scored 5 runs off 3 balls and 8 runs off 8 balls respectively. Other players like Angkrish Raghuvanshi were dismissed at 13, Captain Shreyas Iyer scored 6 off 4 balls, Rinku Singh was dismissed at 9, Andre Russell at 7, Ramandeep Singh at 2 while Mitchell Starc and Vaibhav Arora at 0 each. The players set a target of 169 in 19.5 overs.

On the other hand, Suryakumar Yadav played a brilliant fifty with 56 off 35 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from him, none of the payers could make an impact in the game. Ishan Kishan was dismissed at 13, Rohit Sharma scored 11 runs off 12 balls, and Naman Dhir was dismissed at 11. Apart from them, Tilak Varma scored 4 off 6 balls, Nehal Wadhera scored 6 off 11 balls, and Captain Hardik Pandya scored 1 off 3 balls. The Mumbai Indians were shot out for 145 in 18.5 overs. KKR’s Mitchell Starc took 4 wickets while Varun Chakravarathy, Sunil Narine, and Andre Russell took 2 wickets each.

A bit of history:

KKR bagged the win on Mumbai’s soil after 12 long years.  Last time KKR failed to taste the win because Shah Rukh Khan was embroiled in an argument with security staff which led to his ban from the venue for five years, however, the ban was lifted after three years. That KKR won the cup as well.

Player of the match:

Venkatesh won the Player of the Match title for his explosive 70 runs in 52 balls.

Post-match: who said what? 

After winning the Player of the Match Venkatesh said, “I’ve been a huge fan of Dada (Sourav Ganguly). Went to ask him about my stance and technical aspects. Was a fruitful conversation. It’s coming through in my stance and other aspects in the nets.”

Iyer also lauded KKR management’s decision to send Manish Pandey as the Impact Player. “As a professional cricketer, I have to be flexible in terms of situation. When I started hitting the ball well, two more wickets fell and I thought I have to play the anchor role. This is the fourth or fifth time Manish has padded up. This time he got to bat. Rather than sending Russell and Ramandeep higher, better to have Manish who can play the anchor role. Ball was holding and it was a two paced wicket. I try to be a smarter cricketer. Would’ve been easy for me to go after Piyush Chawla and the fast bowlers. Team needed me to be there till the end,” he said.

MI captain Pandya looked very frustrated after the match. “I mean obviously in the batting inning, we couldn’t form partnerships and kept losing wickets, in T20s if you don’t form partnerships, it will cost you. Not much, there are a lot of questions but that will take some time to answer but for now, not much to say. As you mentioned, the bowlers did a fantastic job, the wicket got a little better after the first innings, the dew came on. We will go through the game and see what could we have done better. You keep fighting, that is what I tell to myself, never leave the battlefield, tough days come but good also come here, it’s challenging but challenges make you better.” Pandya said.

Final Words: 

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