The 22nd match of the IPL 2024 saw an intense thriller between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. After being unbeaten in previous games, Kolkata Knight Riders experience their first defeat. On the other hand, After losing some matches consecutive matches, Chennai has registered their win. Daryl Mitchell played a crucial in Chennai’s innings. After the match, he opened up.
Mitchell’s innings and His Words:
After dominating the KKR side, CSK kept their dominance alive even in the second innings. In the beginning, Rachin Ravindra lost his wicket early. After that, Kiwi batter Daryl Mitchell joined Ruturaj Gaikwad. He tried to give him a good company. He played a knock of 25 runs in 19 balls with a strike rate of 131.58. He smashed 1 boundary and 1 over-boundary.
After the match, Mitchell said, “It is always nice to come and play in front of a special crowd and to get the win is cool. The surface was on the slower side, the plan was to take it as deep as you could.”
On Sunil Narine:
Since the beginning, Sunil Narine has been playing brilliantly. He was one of the main reasons for the Kolkata Knight Riders’ unbeaten streak. But in this match, he walked away on 27 runs in 20 balls in an outstanding delivery by Ravindra Jadeja. While talking about him, Mitchell said, “He is a world-class bowler and for me it is coming out with plans and put pressure on them, worked tonight and Rutu being there till the end was class to see. I don’t mind wherever I bat, I’m here to win games of cricket and it was nice to get the job done.”
In this match, Chennai bowler set a different example of bowling excellence. In the first innings, they just didn’t let the KKR batters to stand for long. Tushar Deshpande and Ravindra Jadeja got three wickets each. Mi=ustafizur Rahman took 2 wickets in 22 runs. Maheesh Theekshana took 1 wicket. They won the match by 7 wickets.
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