11 May, 2024 (Saturday)
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss: Mumbai Indians won the toss & decided to Bowl.
First Innings Summary :
Mumbai Indians won the toss and asked Kolkata Knight Riders to bat first. As it was raining in Kolkata, the match started late and was reduced to a 16-over game. Mumbai started brilliantly with the ball. First, they dismissed Phil Salt in the 1st over & then Bumrah picked Sunil Narine in the 2nd over. Shreyas Iyer also got out in the 4th over. KKR scored 45 runs in 5 overs of power play losing 3 wickets. Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana built a small partnership of 37 runs. The partnership broke when Venkatesh got out scoring 42 runs off 21 balls. Russell & Rana also added 39 runs in partnership. Nitish Rana scored 33 off 23 balls. Russell scored 24 off 14 balls. Rinku Singh scored 20 off 12 balls. Ramandeep scored 17 off 8 balls. KKR posted a total of 157 runs in 16 overs losing 7 wickets. For Mumbai Indians, Bumrah & Piyush Chawla picked 2 wickets each. Nuwan Thushara & Anshul Kamboj picked 1 wicket each.
Second Innings Summary :
Mumbai Indians needed 158 runs to win the match in 16 overs. Mumbai got to a great start with Rohit Sharma & Ishan Kishan. MI scored 59 runs in 5 overs of power play without losing any wickets. Both had a partnership of 65 runs. Ishan Kishan scored 40 off 22 balls. Rohit Sharma got out, scoring 19 runs off 24 balls. Mumbai middle order failed to contribute. Tilak Varma was a lone fighter. No other middle-order batsman was able to make an impact. In the death overs, Naman Dhir came to the crease and scored a few quick runs. He scored 17 off 6 balls. Tilak Varma also got out in the last over scoring 32 runs off 17 balls. KKR successfully defended their total by 18 runs. Andre Russell, Varun Chakaravarthy & Harshit Rana picked 2 wickets each. Sunil Narine got 1 wicket. With the win Kolkata Knight Riders becomes the first team to qualify for the playoffs.
Varun Chakaravarthy was named Player of the Match for his 2-17(4) with the ball.
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On match number 61 of Tata IPL 2024, Chennai Super Kings will take on Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Chennai losing their last match has put themselves in a bit difficult situation. Now they will need to win their remaining 2 matches for the qualification. On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals just need 1 win to confirm their top 2 position. RR having lost their last 2 matches will look to bounce back.
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