IPL 2024 Match 60: Kolkata down Mumbai to confirm IPL play-off berth

by CricDirect Staff Saturday 11 May 2024

Kolkata Knight Riders' Venkatesh Iyer plays a shot during the IPL

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Spinner Varun Chakravarthy returned bowling figures of 2-17 as Kolkata Knight Riders booked their play-off spot with an 18-run win over Mumbai Indians in a rain-reduced IPL match.

Match Summary

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, Match 60

Kolkata Knight Riders 157/7 (16 ov)

Mumbai Indians 139/8 (16 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 18 runs.

SCORECARD

Two-time champions Kolkata posted 157-7 as Venkatesh Iyer top-scored with 42 off 21 balls after being invited to bat first at their home Eden Gardens in a 16-overs-a-side match.

Bowlers combined to defend the total after Mumbai raced to 65-0 and Chakravarthy, a mystery spinner, got the big wickets of Rohit Sharma, who made 19 after coming in as impact substitute, and skipper Hardik Pandya, who was caught out for two.

Five-time winners Mumbai, who are already out of the play-off race, finished on 139-8 as Tilak Varma hit a 17-ball 32 before he fell to fast bowler Harshit Rana, who took two wickets in the last over.

Pace bowler Andre Russell also took two wickets, including that of Suryakumar Yadav, as table-toppers Kolkata got their ninth win in 12 matches to become the first team to book a play-off berth.

The top four teams will make the play-offs with the final on May 26 in Chennai.

Kolkata lost openers Phil Salt, out for six, and Sunil Narine, bowled for a duck off Jasprit Bumrah, in the first two overs and skipper Shreyas Iyer soon fell for seven.

But Venkatesh, a left-hand batsman, made Kolkata hit back with six fours and two sixes and he set the pace that was picked up by Nitish Rana and Russell in a key stand of 39.

Rana, a left-hand batter, hit 33 and Russell smashed 24 off 14 before Rinku Singh, who hit 20, and Ramandeep Singh, unbeaten 17, helped Kolkata finish on a high.

Bumrah and veteran leg-spinner Piyush Chawla took two wickets each.

Match Stats

Kolkata Knight Riders Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Philip Salt - 0.5 ov), 2-10 (Sunil Narine - 1.1 ov), 3-40 (Shreyas Iyer - 4.1 ov), 4-77 (Venkatesh Iyer - 8.1 ov), 5-116 (Nitish Rana - 11.6 ov), 6-125 (Andre Russell - 12.6 ov), 7-148 (Rinku Singh - 15.2 ov)

Mumbai Indians Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Ishan Kishan - 6.5 ov), 2-67 (Rohit Sharma - 7.5 ov), 3-87 (Suryakumar Yadav - 10.5 ov), 4-91 (Hardik Pandya - 11.4 ov), 5-92 (Tim David - 12.1 ov), 6-117 (Nehal Wadhera - 13.6 ov), 7-136 (Naman Dhir - 15.1 ov), 8-137 (Tilak Varma - 15.3 ov)

Playing XI

Kolkata Knight Riders