Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in a spectacular match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 11 May. Due to rain, this match was played for 16-16 overs in which Kolkata batted first and scored 157 runs losing 7 wickets.

For Kolkata Knight Riders, the best batsman Venkatesh Iyer played an important inning of 42 runs in 21 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. He did not spare any Mumbai Indians bowler and hit hard against all of them. In reply, Mumbai Indians could score only 139 runs. GeoCinema IPL experts Brett Lee, Mike Hesson and RP Singh present their views on the performances of Varun Chakravarthy and Venkatesh Iyer. Varun Chakraborty took two wickets after scoring 17 runs against Mumbai.

Regarding Varun Chakraborty, Brett Lee said, ‘He bowled very well. He understood the pitch very well and played an important role in his team’s victory by bowling brilliantly.

Regarding the spinners of Kolkata Knight Riders, RP Singh said, ‘They bowled like a partnership. He understood the situation and then bowled a good length. Sunil Narayan kept the Mumbai batsman silent while bowling lethally against Rohit Sharma and Varun also bowled with variations. Even though Kolkata was not getting wickets at one time, these two also stopped the flow of runs.

Mike Hesson praised Venkatesh Iyer a lot

Mike Hesson said about Venkatesh Iyer, ‘It seems that he likes playing against Mumbai Indians. He had suffered a knee injury earlier but it did not seem at all that he would stop. He batted at a strike rate of 200. Where other batsmen were facing a lot of trouble, he played a match-winning inning for his team.

Let us tell you, with this victory, Kolkata Knight Riders has become the first team to qualify for the playoffs of IPL 2024. They have performed very well this season and the team is at the first position in the points table of IPL 2024.