KKR Vs MI, IPL 2024 Highlights: KKR Beat MI By 18 Runs
KKR Vs MI, IPL 2024 Highlights: KKR Beat MI By 18 Runs. That's it from our live blog. Thanks for tuning in. Until next time, good night and take care.
KKR beat MI by 18 runs, as a sensational last over from Harshit Rana has resulted in KKR now completing a double over MI and in the process, become the first side to qualify for the IPL 2024 playoffs.
Harshit Rana has done it for KKR and need to bowl 3 legitimate deliveries to seal a KKR win.
The spin duo of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy are doing the trick for KKR as MI batters are now feeling the heat.
KKR batters couldn't score big this time, as MI are set to chase a target with less than 10-an-over required.
After a good partnership between Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana, two wickets have fallen in last two overs, as 'Dre Russ' heads back into the dugout as well.
Nuwan Thushara and Jasprit Bumrah have dealt KKR a huge blow with the wickets of Phil Salt and Sunil Narine.
It's a 16-over side match now, with Powerplay being reduced by 1 over, and MI are all set to bowl first against KKR.
The groundsmen are doing their work of giving us a game for tonight and umpires will have an inspection at 8:45 PM, which does indicate that we might not have a 20-over game for tonight.
Background
KKR Vs MI: Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 Match 60 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The 'City of Joy' presents a wonderful opportunity for KKR tonight, as a win for them will make them the first side to officially qualify for the IPL 2024 playoffs. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians will be playing for pride, as they are already eliminated from the playoffs race.
The match at Eden Gardens can potentially be hampered by rain as it is still raining in Kolkata. The rain will not be affected either of the sides, as KKR sit comfortably at the top and even if the fixture gets washed out, they will attain qualification status.
MI are the only side alongside Punjab Kings to have been eliminated from the playoffs race and can ve potentially joined by Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru if either of the latter two sides endure another defeat.
Playing XI:
Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Ishan Kishan (wk), Naman Dhir, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Nehal Wadhera, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Anshul Kamboj, Piyush Chawla, Nuwan Thushara, Jasprit Bumrah
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh lyer, Shreyas lyer (c), Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Impact Substitutes:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anukul Roy, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, Angkrish Raghuvanshi
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Shams Mulani, Kumar Kartikeya, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma
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