Fans on Twitter reacted as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) inched closer to the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 playoffs. They defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) in the 51st game of the tournament by 24 runs at the stadium Mumbai Wankhede on Friday.
Kolkata Knight Riders had the worst possible start to their innings with the bat as Mumbai Indians pacer Nuwan Untilhara was in the top order. He removed Phil Salt (5), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (13) and Shreyas Iyer (6) before captain Hardik Pandya and Piyush Chawla removed Sunil Narine (8) and Rinku Singh (9) respectively.
Kolkata Knight Riders were reeling at 57/5 and looked like they would go all out for a low total at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. However, Manish Pandey (43), who came on as an impact substitute, along with Venkatesh Iyer (70) got the team out of trouble.
The Iyer-Pandey duo added 83 runs for the sixth wicket and based on their fun effort, Kolkata Knight Riders posted a total of 169 runs. For Mumbai Indians, Jasprit Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers with his figures of three for 16.
Mumbai Indians also had a horrible start with the bat. They lost wickets in front groups and were under pressure. Ishan Kishan (13) was the first wicket to fall and then the wickets fell like a pack of cards.
Rohit Sharma (11), Naman Dhir (11), Tilak Varma (4), Nehal Wadhera (6) and Hardik Pandya (1) lost early wickets as Mumbai Indians were left reeling at 71/6 in the chase and were under a immense pressure. .
Suryakumar Yadav (57) defended his team and scored a vital half-century to keep his team in the hunt, but fell at the crucial moment. Tim David (24) ultimately did his best but perished in the 19th over. Starc picked four wickets and helped his team defeat Mumbai Indians for 145 to win the game by 24 runs.
Fans on Twitter reacted after Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 at Wankhede Stadium.
When Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 at Wankhede Stadium, fans reacted on Twitter. They praised the Shreyas Iyer-led team for snatching victory from the jaws of defeat and reacted with joy. Here are some of them:
– No Harshit Rana
– There is no sixth bowler
– Score below par
– Dew like a flood in the second inning.
– No balls, knockdowns
– There are no victories on this field in 12 years.This is KKR’s best win over MI in IPL history. Simply amazing how Shreyas Iyer and Co. have done it.#KKRvsMI
– Rudransh Khurana (@rudraaaansh) May 3, 2024
KKR won at Wankhede.
MI please have a little shame and rest Bumrah for the remaining games. Are the ‘Indians’ doing you a favor?
—Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) May 3, 2024
Mumbai Indians’ qualification probability for IPL 2024 playoffs is 0.0006%. pic.twitter.com/jKPLc7T3lV
-Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 3, 2024
The worst Mumbai Indians could have been. Big names, bigger disappointment #KKRvMI
—Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) May 3, 2024
Hardik Pandya as captain helping Mumbai Indians reach top 4 🤣#MIvsKKR #KKRvsMI #HardikPandya pic.twitter.com/UwzYlnI8nF
—Ashutosh Srivastava (@Sri_Ashutosh008) May 3, 2024
Mumbai Indians are finished…!!!
– Never mess with Karma and Rohit Sharma.#MIvsKKR #hardikpandya #RohitSharmapic.twitter.com/K0B9OFzd7V
—Ajmul45 (@Ajmul45) May 3, 2024
Congratulations @KKRiders they won in wankhede against mumbai indians after long years. Great disappointing performance once again by @mipaltan In this season they really don’t deserve to play in the Final Tournament Playoffs 💯#MIvsKKR #KKRvsMI #indiosdemumbai #HardikPandya pic.twitter.com/1ArBUYudMu
– Yash k_335 (@335Yash) May 3, 2024
That’s Mitchell Starc for you 🔥🔥
Mumbai Indians are officially out of the play-off race #HardikPandya #KKRvsMI #MIvsKKR pic.twitter.com/zHZ6qi6kwR
-Prabhakar (@itz_Prabhaa) May 3, 2024
Kolkata Knight Riders did very well in overcoming the challenge of Mumbai Indians. 💪 #IPL2024 #MIvsKKR #HardikPandya #MIvKKR #KKRvsMI #indiosdemumbai #RohitSharma #AmiKKR pic.twitter.com/HExXBBHiqh
– Anushka Mukherjee (@vibesofwords) May 3, 2024
Every KKR fan from within #KKRvsMI pic.twitter.com/Xe4XO1PTIY
— ℣αɱριя౯ 2.1.0 (@Revamped_SRKC) May 3, 2024
Kolkata Knight Rider beat Mumbai after 12 years in wankhede..!!💜🔥🔥#AmiKKR#KKRvsMI #MIvsKKR #KKRvMI #MIvKKR pic.twitter.com/052WKhwKTd
-Dₑₘₒₙ (@ImRealDemon) May 3, 2024
mitchell starc #KKRvsMI pic.twitter.com/6BiJGOZg2R
— narsa. (@rathor7_) May 3, 2024
Starc showing levels just before the playoffs is a good sign for KKR. #KKRvMI #KKRvsMI #MIvsKKR pic.twitter.com/lj5n08Wc18
– Humza Sheikh (@Sheikhhumza49) May 3, 2024
Wankhede was his lair,
Until they let a lion rule it!2013-2024🔥#RohitSharma #KKRvsMI pic.twitter.com/wdzAVG3NJy
– Misty Sinha (@naive_shrewd) May 3, 2024