KKR vs MI: Shreyas Iyer gave a big statement after Kolkata's victory
- Kolkata defeated Mumbai Indians by 18 runs
- With this win, KKR qualified for the playoffs.
- Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs.
The 60th match in IPL 2024 was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians. KKR won this match by 18 runs. With this, KKR has also made its place in the playoffs. Due to rain this match was played in 16-16 overs. KKR had given Mumbai a target of 158 runs to win this match. In the playoffs, the opening pair of Mumbai Indians batted brilliantly, especially Ishan Kishan looked very dangerous. But KKR's star bowler Varun Chakraborty changed the course of the match in his fourth over. After which KKR captain Shreyas Iyer said after the match that he has full confidence in Varun.
Varun's fourth over was very important
Varun Chakraborty bowled 12 overs of the innings for KKR. Varun bowled brilliantly in this over, from here the match almost tilted towards KKR. Varun spent only 4 runs in this over. Apart from this, Varun also took the important wicket of Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya in the same over. Regarding Varun's fourth over, KKR captain Shreyas Iyer said that apart from Varun, Russell and Harshit were also bowling very well but at that time I had full confidence in Varun and hence gave him the over.
Great performance by KKR bowlers
Mumbai Indians were given a target of 158 runs to win this match. At one time it seemed that Mumbai would win this match but the way KKR bowlers performed brilliantly, KKR won. In this match for KKR, Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Harshit Rana took 2 wickets for 34 runs in 3 overs and Andre Russell took 2 wickets for 34 runs in 3 overs. Sunil Narayan got success in this match.