File photo of Suhana Khan.©Instagram
Suhana Khan, daughter of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner Shah Rukh Khan, was on cloud nine after the team won their match against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday. Suhana came to support KKR in the absence of his father and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who was banned from the venue by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) in 2012. While his five-year ban was lifted by the MCA in 2015, Shah Rukh Khan was nowhere to be seen on Friday.
Nevertheless, KKR recorded a memorable win over MI by 24 runs, ending a 12-year wait for a win over the hosts at the Wankhede Stadium.
Taking to Instagram, an elated Suhana posted a story after KKR's win. She shared a few hearts on the big screen of Wankhede which showed, “KKR wins by 24 runs.”
Her post has gone viral on social media.
Coming back to the match, Venkatesh Iyer's brilliant half-century smash surpassed a similar effort by Suryakumar Yadav as Mitchell Star's four-fer helped KKR beat MI by 24 runs.
In a match dominated by the bowlers, Iyer rescued KKR from a precarious 57/5 by scoring a brave 52-ball 70 to help them reach a modest 169. KKR's spin twins, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, then claimed identical 4-ball knocks. 22 in their four overs each to reduce Mumbai Indians to 61/4.
MI were soon down to 71/6 before Suryakumar Yadav launched a brave save effort to take them to 120 in the company of Tim David before Andre Russell (2-30) and Mitchell Starc shared five wickets to end it to the fight back of the Mumbai Indians.
Starc claimed three wickets in the 19th over, two of them coming off consecutive deliveries, as MI were bowled out for 145.
KKR consolidated their second spot in the IPL 2024 points table, while MI are all but eliminated after their eighth defeat in eleven matches.
(With IANS inputs)
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