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Ticket cut for IPL 2024 playoffs, mumbai defeated by 18 runs

IPL 2024 kolkata vs mumbai Highlights: kolkata Knight Riders won the playoff ticket by defeating mumbai Indians by 18 runs in a rain-affected match.Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has booked the ticket for IPL 2024 playoffs. KKR defeated mumbai Indians by 18 runs in a rain-affected match at their home ground Eden Gardens. With this, KKR under the captaincy of shreyas iyer has become the first team to reach the playoffs in the current season. The flop show of mumbai, which was already out of the tournament, continued.

Due to rain on Saturday, May 11, the match at Eden Gardens started with a delay of two and a quarter hours. Considering the time lost, the match was reduced to 16-16 overs. When invited to bat first, KKR scored 157 runs for 7 wickets. venkatesh Iyer scored the highest score of 42 runs in 21 balls, which included 6 fours and 2 sixes. Nitish Rana, playing his first match of the season, also showed good hands and scored 33 runs in 23 balls with the help of 4 fours and one six.

Andre Russell scored 24 runs in 14 balls, which included 2 fours and as many sixes. Rinku Singh made a useful contribution of 20 runs. He hit 2 sixes in his 12-ball innings. In the end, Ramandeep Singh scored unbeaten 17 runs in 8 balls, taking KKR beyond 150. sunil Narayan could not even open his account today. He was clean bowled by jasprit bumrah on a golden duck. bumrah also won the Purple Cap by taking the wicket of Rinku. He took a total of 2 wickets. However, he also spent 39 runs in 4 overs.

Mumbai's innings collapsed after powerplay

While chasing the target, mumbai had scored 59 runs without any loss in 5 overs powerplay. ishan kishan was batting in full rhythm. However, after the field opened, Mumbai's train derailed as soon as KKR's spinners came into play. There was a flurry of wickets one after the other, half the team was sitting in the pavilion on the score of 92. Tilak Verma and Naman Dheer tried well in the end, but could not lead the team to victory.

Kishan was the top scorer for Mumbai. He scored 40 runs in 22 balls. During this, 5 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat. varun Chakraborty, Andre Russell and Harshit Rana took 2 wickets each for KKR. Whereas Narayan took the precious wicket of Kishan.

KKR not only qualified for the playoffs with their 9th win in 12 matches, they also strengthened their position at number 1 in the points table. It is almost certain that he will be in the top-2. Whereas mumbai got its 9th defeat in 13 matches. The team will now play its last match of this season on May 17.