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Indian Premier League: Venkatesh Iyer blazed to a 21-ball 42 while Nitish Rana scored 33 on his return to the side as Kolkata Knight Riders recovered from an early loss of wickets to post a challenging 157/7 off 16 overs against Mumbai Indians in a rain-curtailed Match 60 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Eden Gardens here on Saturday.

The Mumbai pacers struck early blows after skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl first, sending back Phil Salt, Sunil Narine and Shreyas Iyer cheaply. However, they could sustain the pressure as Venkatesh, Rana and Andre Russell struck breezy knocks. However, Mumbai Indians pulled things back a bit and then could manage 157/7.

Kolkata got off to a poor start but recovered from a precarious 40/3 to post a challenging total.