MI vs KKR, IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians suffered yet another humiliating defeat as they lost to Kolkata Knight Riders by 24 runs at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday. KKR managed to break their 12-year hoodoo against MI at this venue. Hardik Pandya slammed his team’s batting lineup, who failed to perform in pressure situations. They suffered a batting collapse in the powerplay only and that helped KKR bounce back in the match.
"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," Hardik Pandya said in the post-match presentation ceremony. Reacting to the loss, Pandya admitted that he didn’t have much to say as they are now lying at the ninth position in the points table and their hopes of qualifying for the playoffs are all but over.
“Not much, there are a lot of questions that will take some time to answer but for now, not much to say,” he added. He also talked about the positives and heaped praises on the bowling lineup where Nuwan Thushara took three wickets during the powerplay whereas Jasprit Bumrah took three during the death overs. Piyush Chawla took one while Pandya took two wickets.
"As you mentioned, the bowlers did a fantastic job, the wicket got a little better after the first innings, and the dew came on. We will go through the game and see what we could have done better," he said. But at the same time, he tried to encourage the team by saying that they still had three matches to play and would aim to end their campaign on a high.
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"You keep fighting, that is what I tell myself, never leave the battlefield, tough days come but good also come here, it’s challenging but challenges make you better," he further said.
IPL 2024: KKR vs MI Match Summary
Kolkata Knight Riders' bowlers rose to the occasion and defended a modest total en route to a 24-run win over Mumbai Indians. Opting to bowl, Jasprit Bumrah (3/18) was at his best as MI bowled out KKR for a modest 169. Sri Lankan medium-pacer Nuwan Thushara (3/42) blew the top order while Bumrah was menacing at the back end with skipper Hardik Pandya (2/44) also getting a couple of wickets.
For KKR, Venkatesh Iyer (70 off 52) and Manish Pandey (42 off 31) made significant contributions to take the visitors to a decent but sub-par total. But MI faltered in their chase as they were bowled out for 145 in 18.5 overs.
Suryakumar Yadav (56 off 35) and Tim David (24 off 20) were the notable contributors for MI in their failed chase. Mitchell Starc was the best bowler for KKR with figures of 4 for 33, while Varun Chakravarthy (2/22), Sunil Narine (2/22) and Andre Russell (2/30) picked up two wickets apiece.