IPL 2024 points table after Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians

| 2025-01-16 02:31:41

KKR became the first team to qualify for the playoffs

Sunil Narine celebrates a wicket. - BCCI

Kolkata Knight Riders became the first team to qualify for the IPL 2024 playoffs after they affirmed their authority on the points table by defeating Mumbai Indians at the Eden Gardens.

KKR have 18 points with one game still remaining. The three spots are up for the grabs and seven teams are vying for it.

Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings are out of the contention to end up for the qualifying stage.

IPL 2024 Points Table

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Cameos from batters have helped Kolkata Knight Riders to get 157/7 from their 16 overs. Venkatesh Iyer was the best batter, scoring 42 off 21 balls.

Nitish Rana, in his comeback game, chipped in with 33 off 23 while Andre Russell (24 off 14), Rinku Singh (20 off 12) and Ramandeep Singh (17* off 8) made valuable contributions.

For Mumbai Indians, Piyush Chawla and Jasprit Bumrah claimed two wickets each.

In the chase, the five-time champions started strongly with Ishan Kishan (42) taking the charge. But, the middle-order batters struggled to get going and lost wickets at regular intervals.

Harshit Rana, Andre Russell and Varun Chakravarthy took two wickets each.

It must be noted Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are the joint-most successful teams in IPL history, with both sides clinching the title five times each.

Aside from these two, KKR has triumphed twice, while Gujarat Titans, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals, and Deccan Chargers have each lifted the trophy once.

Despite boasting legendary figures in the shorter format such as Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Jacques Kallis, and others, Royal Challengers Bangalore have yet to claim the title despite reaching the final thrice in 2009, 2011, and 2016.