IPL 2024: Outcomes | Factors Desk
Frustratingly enduring certainly one of their worst seasons, the MI followers on the Wankhede broke into loud chants of ‘Rohit, Rohit’ through the match, a video of which has gone viral on social media.
KKR put up 169 on the board, because of a half-century by Venkatesh Iyer (70 off 52 balls) and an equally essential 31-ball 42 by Manish Pandey, regardless of MI having the guests on the ropes at 57/5 in simply the seventh over.
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Mitchell Starc, the most costly participant in IPL historical past, lastly did justice to his price ticket with match-winning figures of 4/33 as Mumbai folded up for 145 in 18.5 overs regardless of Suryakumar Yadav’s 35-ball 56. Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell took two wickets every.
Former India pacer Irfan Pathan got here down closely on Hardik’s choices as captain, particularly when KKR had misplaced half their aspect contained in the seventh over.
“If you had KKR’s 5 wickets for simply 57 runs, there was no want to offer Naman Dhir three overs in a row. It’s best to have gotten your predominant bowlers on, however you had your sixth bowler ship three overs. That allowed Venkatesh Iyer and Manish Pandey to place a partnership collectively….The place you possibly can have bowled KKR out for 150, they went on to make 170, and that turned out to be the distinction,” stated Irfan.
“In cricket, captaincy has an enormous impact and it is essential to handle, which didn’t occur. Mumbai Indians is not trying like a crew that’s taking part in as a unit, and this side must be checked out going ahead for Mumbai Indians. Gamers have to respect the captain and in addition settle for him appreciably, this is essential. That, I believe, couldn’t be seen on the sector,” he added.
