Venkatesh-Pandey's stunning knocks, Starc's fifer help KKR win by 24 runs

Riding on the 83run stand between Venkatesh IyerManish Pandey followed by Mitchell Starcs pure pace magic Kolkata Knight Riders KKR registered a 24run victory against Mumbai Indians MI at the Wankhede Stadium on FridayStarc made an extraordinary comeback in the tournament returning with a figure of 433 in just 35 spells KKR ended their 12year wait for a win at the Wankhede stadium with a 24run win to edge closer to the playoff spotsMumbai faced a surprising collapse with the top order again failing to score With his 56 Suryakumar Yadav was able to revive the team but following his collapse everything simply went south and Mumbai ultimately suffered a humiliating lossChasing a target of 170 runs Rohit Sharma came out to bat as an Impact Player After being hit for a four and a six Mitchell Starc made a brilliant comeback with a fuller delivery angling into the MI opener and rattling the leg stump of Ishan Kishan for 13 runsNaman Dhir played four dot balls before getting off the mark with a four on the leg side on the bowling of Vaibhav Arora however the batter fell prey to Varun Chakaravarthys crafty spin in the fifth over of the gameSunil Narine then got the batter of Rohit as the spinner removed the MI opener for 11 runs Chakaravarthy came from around the stumps and threw full at the off stump tempting Tilak Varma to play a shot The spinner was finally successful when Tilak edged straight to short third where Sunil Narine took a simple catch in the 9th overAlso Read KKR vs MI highlights Starcs fourwicket haul helps Kolkata win by 24 runsWith losing wickets at regular intervals Mumbai Indians crumbled in the chase Andre Russell bowled a good length delivery and dismissed MI captain Hardik Pandya for 1 run off 3 ballsSuryakumar Yadav along with Tim David shifted gears for Mumbai as the duo slammed boundaries at regular intervals gathering runs for their team The duo steadied the chase ship for Mumbai as Suryakumar smoked 464 off Vaibhav Arora gathering 20 runs to bring up his halfcentury and bring the home team back in the gameRussell bowled a full toss at knee height to Suryakumar but the batter mistimed it in the air before Phil Salt took a brilliant catch running behindMitchell Starc in his last over crumbled MI as he removed Tim David 24 Piyush Chawla 0 and Gerald Coetzee with a trademark yorker to bundle Mumbai out for 145 giving KKR a 24run victoryEarlier put to bat first while standing on the verge of missing out on playoffs MI walked into the Wankhede stadium with a different mindset Nuwan Thusharas first over showed the first glimpse of the different body language that MI players had on the fieldAfter putting KKR to bat Thushara got the breakthrough by removing Philip Salt 5 in the first over with Tilak Varma taking a stunning catchAngkrish Raghuvanshi sent the ball into the stands for a towering six to repair the damage of the early blow In the third over Raghuvanshi punished Thushara for wavering off his line and length with a six to silence the vibrant blue wavesYet it was Thushara who had the last laugh he claimed Raghuvanshis 13 wicket on the next ball with a slower one KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer 6 showed intent by finding the fence on his first ball of the innings Two balls later Thushara with a bit of inswing got the better of Iyer as the ball flew to the right of Tim DavidSunil Narine tried to stick to his usual hardhitting approach and cleared the ropes on MI skipper Hardik Pandyas first ball of the innings Pandya struck back by dislodging the stumps on the next delivery to increase KKRs woesKKR managed to put 57 runs on the board at the end of the powerplay but at the cost of four wickets The opportunity was staring right at Rinku Singhs face as he had ample time to rebuild KKRs innings But Piyush Chawlas spin made the lefthanded batter walk back to the dressing room with a score of 98Manish Pandey was called in as an impact substitute to give themselves a chance to put a competitive total on the board With Venkatesh Iyer on one side the duo stitched up a 50run stand in the 13th over Pandey opened his arms in the next over by making Jasprit Bumrah his targetHe flicked the ball towards the fence for a four on the first delivery and a ball later he managed to clear the boundary line With a single Venkatesh raised his bat for fifty in the 16th over With the game in its climax Pandey 42 tried to go berserk and push for extra runs He smacked Pandya for a six on the first ball of the 17th over But lost his wicket a ball later after miscuing his shotPandeys dismissal invited Andre Russell to the crease and he didnt waste a single second to get into the action He opened his innings with a six and took a single on the next ball Venkatesh matched Russells intent and cleared the rope by flicking it over wide longonOn the final ball a moment of confusion led to Russells anguish as he got run out Venkatesh was focused on watching the ball and Russell ran straight for a single Venkatesh saw Russell and made him go back to the nonstrikers end KKRs star hitter failed to get across the line in time and walked back with a score of 7Venkatesh tried to compensate by picking up a couple of boundaries in the next overs but fell to Bumrah on the second last ball of the innings for a score of 70Brief Score KKR 169 Venkatesh Iyer 70 Manish Pandey 42 Jasprit Bumrah 318 vs Mumbai Indians 145 Suryakumar Yadav 56 Tim David 24 Mitchell Starc 433This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever