Sports Career of Venkatesh Iyer:
Kolkata Knights Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 24 runs in the 51st match of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) on Friday. KKR had given a target of 170 runs to Mumbai Indians (MI) to win. But the entire Mumbai team was all out for 145 runs in 18.5 overs.
This is Kolkata Knight Riders first win in 12 years at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, after 12 years KKR has defeated Mumbai in its home ground. Earlier in IPL 2012, KKR defeated Mumbai by 32 runs at Wankhede Stadium.
These were the heroes of the victory.
The heroes of this victory of KKR were Venkatesh Iyer and Mitchell Starc. Venkatesh Iyer was given the player of the Match award for his brilliant innings. This is Kolkata’s seventh win in 10 matches. Now it has 12 points and has strengthened its position in the points table. On the other hand, this defeat has a severe blow to Mumbai Indians’ hopes of reaching the playoff. This team is almost out of the playoff race.
Venkatesh and Manish shared a partnership of so many runs.
Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bowl first. After losing the toss, Kolkata Knight Riders, who came to bat first, did not have a good start. Five players of the team were out at a score of 57 runs. After this, Manish Pandey entered the field as an impact player. Manish Pandey played an innings of 42 runs in 31 balls. This included two sixes and as many fours.
In this way, Manish Pandey supported Venkatesh lye a lot. Venkatesh lyer, who batted at number four, scored the highest 70 runs in 52 balls. This included his six fours and three sixes. There was an 83-run partnership between Venkatesh and Manish for the fifth wicket, which helped Kokata recover from a difficult situation. It was only due to the innings of these two players that KKR could score 169 runs. Jasprit Bumrah and Nuwan Tushara took three wickets each for Mumbai. Captain Hardik Pandya dismissed two players.
Amazing bowling by KKR
In the current season of IPL, scores above 200 have been made at Wankhede Stadium. Due to this, a target of 170 runs was not considered difficult for Mumbai Indians. But KKR defeated Mumbai Indians by bowling brilliantly. In the powerplay, Mumbai lost three wickets at a score of 46 runs. Ishan Kishan was out after scoring 13 runs, naman Dheer and Rohit Sharma were out after scoring 11 runs each.
Suryakumar Yadev performed explosively Mumbai Indians batsman Suryakumar Yadev, who came to bat at number four in this match, performed explosively. he scored 56 runs in 35 balls. During this, he hit six fours and two sixes. in this way, Surya’s bat brought the 24th half-century of IPL career. Tim David scored four, Nehal scored six, Pandya scored one, Gerald scored eight, Piyush scored zero and Jaspreet (not out) scored one run. Mumbai team was all out after scoring 145 runs in 18.5 overs.
Mitchell Starc snatched the winning match in this way
Mumbai had scored 132 runs for seven wickets after 18 overs. Tim David was at the crease, so there was hope of victory. Tim David kept this hope alive by hitting a six on the very first ball of the 19th over, but Mitchell Starc bowled him on the very next ball. After this, Starc dismissed Piyush Chawla on the very next ball.
After this, Starc also sent Gerald Coetzee to the pavilion. In this way, Starc snatched the victory from Mumbai Indians by taking three wickets in a single over. Starc took a total of four wickets in this match. He gave 33 runs in 3.5 overs. Apart from this, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty also took two wickets each in this match against Mumbai.
Playing 11 of both teams
Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (captain), Ishan Kishan(wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Nehal Wadhera, Naman Dheer, Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jaspreet Bumrah, Nuwan Tushara.
Impact player: Rohit Sharma.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty.
Impact Player: Manih Pandey
KKR’s place in the playoff is almost confirmed with one more win Kolkata Knight Riders have 14 points from 10 matches in the points table. Now only Rajasthan Royals are ahead of KKR. Rajasthan has 16 points. KKR will almost confirm its place in the playoffs with one more win. Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants now have 12 points each. Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings have 10 points each. This means that their teams are also still in the playoff race. Therefore, KKR or Rajasthan Royals would like to increase their points to 18, which will prove to be a guarantee of playing in the playoffs.