Chasing the target of 170 runs, it could score only 145 runs and was all out against Kolkata’s bowling.
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MI vs KKR Turning Point of Match: The 51st match of IPL 2024 was played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhede Stadium. This match was very important for both the teams. While Kolkata was going to take 2 more points to make a strong hold in the playoffs, Mumbai Indians were playing this match to keep their playoff hopes alive. But under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, Mumbai had to lose this match.
Talking about the match, Mumbai Indians won the toss and invited Kolkata Knight Riders to bat first. Batting first, Kolkata went on the backfoot and Mumbai all outed them in 20 overs. KKR had given Mumbai a target of 170 runs to win. KKR was able to score 169 runs with the help of Venkatesh Iyer’s 70 runs in 52 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 6 fours.
After Venkatesh, Manish Pandey played an important inning of 42 runs. Due to which KKR could score a respectable score on the scoreboard. In response, Mumbai Indians team, while chasing the target of 170 runs given by KKR, could score only 145 runs and got all out against the bowling of Kolkata.
MI vs KKR Turning Point of Match: Suryakumar’s dismissal and lack of partnership between any pair are the reasons for Mumbai’s defeat.
Chasing the target, none of the Mumbai Indians batsmen could stay on the crease for long. Except 2 batsmen, no one crossed the 15-run mark. The failure of the opening pair and the inability of any pair to form a partnership was a major turning point of the match.
Although Suryakumar Yadav tried to form a partnership with Tim David, but in this partnership of 49 runs, Suryakumar scored more runs. As long as Suryakumar was present at the crease, the match seemed to be going in Mumbai’s favour. But as soon as he was out, wickets kept falling one after the other and no batsman could stake a claim for victory. Had Suryakumar Yadav’s wicket not fallen, perhaps Mumbai could have easily won this match.
