IPL 2024: Match 51, MI vs KKR Live: MI vs KKR Live Updates, Commentary, News, and More
The Mumbai Indians will be going head-to-head with the Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 51 of IPL 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
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POTM Venkatesh Iyer said:
"As a professional cricketer, I have to be flexible in terms of situation. When I started hitting the ball well, two more wickets fell and I thought I have to play the anchor role. This is the fourth or fifth time Manish has padded up. This time he got to bat. Rather than sending Russell and Ramandeep higher, better to have Manish who can play the anchor role. Ball was holding and it was a two paced wicket. I try to be a smarter cricketer. Would've been easy for me to go after Piyush Chawla and the fast bowlers. Team needed me to be there till the end. I've been a huge fan of dada. Went to ask him about my stance and technical aspects. Was a fruitful conversation. It's coming through in my stance and other aspects in the nets," Iyer said.
Winning skipper Shreyas Iyer said:
"Just having a conversation with Starcy. Told him how important this game for us. If we lost this, would've had to win two out of four. Would take this anyday. Beautiful victory for us. Hope we could've cherished this one. But we have a match day after as well. Certainly, with this impact player rule, it has helped us in this game. Manish has been eyeing an opportunity from Day 1. Today he got it. We got to a commendable total. All I had to say to the boys was we can defend it with our bowling lineup. They were unreal to be honest (on the two spinners). Absolutely spot on in terms of execution with line and lengths. He's been eagerly waiting to go out and express himself in earlier games as well (on Venkatesh Iyer)" Iyer said.
Losing skipper Hardik Pandya said:
"I mean obviously in the batting inning, we couldn’t form partnerships and kept losing wickets, in T20s if you don’t form partnerships, it will cost you. Not much, there are a lot of questions but that will take some time to answer but for now, not much to say. As you mentioned, the bowlers did a fantastic job, the wicket got a little better after the first innings, the dew came on. We will go through the game and see what could we have done better. You keep fighting, that is what I tell to myself, never leave the battlefield, tough days come but good also come here, it’s challenging but challenges make you better," Hardik said.
KKR WIN 24 RUNS
WHAT A TURNAROUND! Mitchell Starc picked up four wickets to get the job done for KKR. They win at Wankhede Stadium after 12 long years. What a day! They win by 24 runs.
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
Duck for Piyush Chawla. Starc picked up another one. MI are 144/9
Tim David departs
Massive wicket for KKR. Tim David departed for 24 runs off 20 balls. Mitchell Starc gave the breakthrough as MI are 144/8
WHAT A GAME!
32 runs are needed in two overs. WHAT A GAME WE HAVE IN OUR HANDS.
Brilliant over from Starc
Just three runs off the over as MI are 127/7 after 17 overs. MI need 43 runs to win in three overs.
Four overs remaining
46 runs remaining in four overs. All eyes are on Tim David. MI are 124/7 after 16 overs.
Suryakumar Yadav departs
Massive wicket for KKR. Suryakumar Yadav departed for 56 runs as MI are 120/7
MUMBAI ARE ON!
Another massive over for Mumbai. 20 runs off Vaibhav's over. Suryakumar Yadav also completed his half-century. His fourth against KKR. MI are 110/6 after 12 overs. Fantastic. They now need 60 runs to win.
Eight runs off the over
Runs are finally flowing for MI. Eight runs off Narine's over as MI are 92/6 after 12 overs.
Big over for MI
Some much-needed runs for MI. 11 off it, they are 82/6 after 12 overs. With Suryakumar and Tim David still in the crease, MI will fancy themselves. 88 runs needed in eight overs.
Hardik Pandya departs
Skipper Hardik Pandya departed for one run. Andre Russell picked up the prized wicket. MI are 71/6
THAT'S GONE!
Nehal Wadhera departed for six runs off 11 balls. Sunil Narine gave the breakthrough. They are 70/5 now.
The Mumbai Indians (MI) will be hosting the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Match 51 of IPL 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
The two franchises have encountered sharply divergent seasons up to this point, with both just one position away from the top and bottom of the standings, respectively. Reflecting on recent outings, the visitors have experienced a mixed bag of results of late, following a back-and-forth pattern of winning and losing in their last five games. Conversely, the hosts have weathered turbulent times, tasting victory in only one of their past five games.
KKR's previous outing against the Delhi Capitals at the panoramic Eden Gardens saw the Shreyas Iyer-led side dominate proceedings with an all-round exhibition. Following an unexpected decision by the opposition skipper, Rishabh Pant, to bat first upon winning the toss, KKR kept the DC batters under constant pressure, stifling their efforts with regular breakthroughs. No one could really get going with Pant getting dismissed at the halfway stage to leave DC in all sorts of trouble. The highest scorer for DC came from Kuldeep Yadav's bat, underscoring the splendid efforts of the KKR bowlers, who were successful in their efforts of keeping DC's batters at bay. Other than the left-arm pace of Mitchell Starc, whose disappointing season continued, all the others were bang on; the Indian duo of Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana returning almost identical figures and the spinners Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy applying the brakes in impeccable fashion.
While Sunil Narine was a little subdued during his stay in the middle, it was Phil Salt who went hammer and tongs into the DC bowling lineup, firing a quickfire 68 (33). He was well and truly on his way to scoring his third ton in T20s, but unfortunately got cleaned up by a flat arm-ball. After Rinku got dismissed at a run-a-ball score of 11 off 11, it was skipper Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer who got KKR past the winning line by cantering through for victory, winning their side the game by seven wickets with 3.3 overs to spare.
MI's previous encounter against the Lucknow Super Giants was quite a laboured outing for them. Getting sent to bat first, no one really got going with Ishan Kishan playing a 36-ball knock scoring only 32. After losing Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik off successive deliveries, MI were in all sorts of trouble at 28/4 on the completion of the powerplay. Nehal Wadhera, while playing along with Kishan, was busy steadying the ship. However, as soon as Tim David came in, Wadhera became much more enterprising with his strokeplay, ending up with a 41-ball 46-run knock. The impulse at the death came from the bat of David, courtesy of a 17-run last over to end up with a regal cameo of 35 off 18.
Nuwan Thusara struck early, taking the wicket of debutant Arshin Kulkarni on the fourth ball of LSG's innings. It was Marcus Stoinis who took the game away, courtesy of a splendid 62 (45). Skipper Hardik had a good outing with the ball, ending up with 2/26 in his quota, with Jasprit Bumrah and Piyush Chawla trying their level best. However, Nicholas Pooran ensured a victory in the last over of the match, granting MI a four-wicket loss and piling on further misery for the five-time winners.
Probable Playing XIs
Mumbai Indians
Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah
Impact Player - Nuwan Thushara
Kolkata Knight Riders
Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Impact Player - Anukul Roy
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