MI vs KKR: Kolkata shattered Mumbai's self-esteem, won the match by 24 runs after including the entire team on 145 runs.

 

MI vs KKR: The 51st match of IPL 2024 was played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders (MI vs KKR) at the historic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, which Kolkata won by 24 runs. This is KKR's 7th win this season, while Mumbai is facing defeat for the 8th time.

Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders settled for 169 in 19.5 overs. It was believed that the host Mumbai Indians would easily win this match, but they got bundled out at the score of 145 in 18.5 overs. Let us give you complete information about this match in detail.

MI vs KKR: Kolkata scored an average score

Mumbai Indians won the toss and invited Kolkata Knight Riders to bat first. This decision of his proved successful. They bowled out Kolkata for 169 in 19.5 overs on a small ground at Wankhede. The innings did not start well for the purple jersey team. By the third over, their top 3 batsmen returned to the pavilion at the score of 28 runs. Not only this, by the time the seventh over started, half the team returned to the pavilion.

But after this, Venkatesh Iyer and Manish Pandey made a good partnership for the sixth wicket and got their team out of trouble. However, after his dismissal, Kolkata's innings once again started faltering and ultimately collapsed completely.

For KKR, Venkatesh Iyer scored 70 runs on 52 balls, while Manish Pandey scored 42 runs on 31 balls. Apart from them, only Angkrish Raghuvanshi (13) could touch double figures.

MI vs KKR: Mumbai showed shameful performance

A target of 170 is not considered big at Wankhede ground. This is the reason why the victory of the hosts in this match was considered certain. But Kolkata bowlers showed excellent performance and bowled out Mumbai at 145 in 18.5 overs. Suryakumar Yadav top scored for MI with 56 runs in 35 balls. Apart from him, Tim David scored 24 runs in 20 balls. At the same time, the remaining batsmen were not successful in even touching the double figures. Mitchell Starc took maximum 4 wickets for KKR. Apart from them, Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell also got 2 successes each.