KKR First Team to Secure Place in 2024 IPL Play-Off

Hello, cricket fans! Today we are here again with the post-match updates of the 60th IPL match 2024 from Eden Gardens-Kolkata. This match was between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians. Before we discuss more and share the highlights, let me tell you that this was only a 16-over match – due to rain! 

But when it restarted, KKR won the match by 18 runs and officially confirmed their place for the playoffs. KKR is on top of the points table this year after less bad years in the last season of IPL.

The toss was delayed by 2 hours and it started at 9:15 pm (Indian Standard time).

Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bowl first.

After losing the toss, KKR came to bat first. In the match of 16 overs, KKR scored 157 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. Venkatesh Iyer scored the highest score for the team i.e. 42 runs in 21 balls. Iyer scored rapidly with the help of six fours and two sixes. Nitesh Rana scored 33, and Russell (24) for the team.

Piyush Chawla and Jasprit Bumrah took 2-2 wickets for their team MI.

MI had a good start while chasing the score of 158 runs. The openers played well with patience. Ishan Kishan played a innings of 40 on 22 balls. The performance of star player Rohit Sharma was not satisfactory, he contribute 19 runs in 24 balls, Tilak Verma (32 runs). But MI lost the match again. After the powerplay, Sunil Narine gave the first blow to Mumbai by dismissing Ishaan. From here Mumbai’s innings completely faltered and could not recover again.

KKR won 2 matches with MI this season. This was the second match against each other in this IPL 2024. Earlier this match was played on 3 May and that time also Kolkata Knight Riders had won. They won over Mumbai Indians after 12 years. 

Fans are sharing memes and reaction over this win of KKR:

Scorecard of Playing XI of KKR in 1st Innings:

Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Shreyas lyer (c), Venkatesh lyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana

A brief scorecard of today’s match:

Player	Score 156-7 (16 overs)	Balls	Wicket
Philip Salt (wk)	6	5	c Anshul Kamboj b N Thushara
Sunil Narine	0	1	b Bumrah
Venkatesh lyer	42	21	c Suryakumar Yadav b Chawla
Shreyas lyer (c)	7	10	b Anshul Kamboj
Nitish Rana	33	23	run out (Tilak Varma)
Rusell	24	14	c Anshul Kamboj b Chawla
Rinku Singh	20	12	c Ishan Kishan b Bumrah
Ramandeep Singh	17	8	Not out
Starc	2	2	Not out

Playing XI of MI in this IPL match:

Naman Dhir, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Hardik Pandya (C), Tim David, Anshul Kamboj, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara

Mumbai subs: Rohit Sharma, Shams Mulani, Shivalik Sharma, Mohammad Nabi, Kartikeya Singh

A Race for Playoffs:

KKR is on top of the points table, after today’s win at Eden Garden in Kolkata, it has confirmed its place in the top four and has become a part of the playoffs. On the other hand, the luck of Mumbai Indians has been very bad this time. 5-time IPL winning team Mumbai Indians is out of the race for the playoffs. Therefore this match was important for KKR.

points table

Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	No Result	Net Run Rate
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)	18	12	8	3	0	+1.428
Rajasthan Royals (RR)	16	11	8	3	0	0.476
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)	14	12	7	5	0	0.406
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)	12	11	6	5	0	0.7
Delhi Capitals (DC)	12	12	6	6	0	-0.316
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)	12	12	6	6	0	-0.769
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)	10	12	5	7	0	+0.217
Mumbai Indians (MI)	8	13	4	9	0	-0.271
Punjab Super Kings (PBKS)	8	12	4	8	0	-0.423
Gujarat Titans (GT)	8	11	4	7	0	-1.32

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