Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], After losing to Kolkata Knight Riders in the 60th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Saturday, Mumbai Indians leg spinner Piyush Chawla said that the five-time champions did not get a chance. With the momentum being what they wanted right from the start of the match, a brilliant comeback effort from KKR spinners helped them derail the MI run-chase by 15 runs in the IPL 2024 clash at the Eden Gardens on Saturday, leaving them 139 in 16 overs. Stopped at /8 and became the first team to reach the two-time champion playoffs. Earlier, rain intervened and match officials decided to make it a 16-over contest. The veteran cricketer said that the MI franchise got off to a great start but the exceptional bowling of the spin duo of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy made the difference in the match. “We started well, but Sunil Narine's spell and Varun Chakravarthy's spell made the difference in today's game.The way KKR spinners are bowling and the way they are batting, they can win the tournament. But in the playoffs, it's how you approach that particular day that matters. You just need four overs to change the game in the IPL, they have the pace, all their players are performing well,” Chawla said in the post-match press conference. The Aligarh-born cricketer further said that T20 cricket is all about pace and we did not get it right from the start against the Knight Riders. “T20 cricket is about pace, but (sadly) we didn't get that pace from the start.Sometimes we bowl well and then we don't bat that well. Similarly, sometimes we bat well and are not able to bowl. So it is not that we lack a department. As a unit, we have failed in some matches and we have to accept that fact as a team, because in the end, these things happen. The leg spinner added."We have a great line-up. But sometimes things don't go right and as I always say in big games, there are little moments where you have to win as a team But today it's sad that we lost those small matches." moment," the 35-year-old concluded. Talking about the match, it was reduced to a 16-overs-per-side affair due to rain, with MI winning the toss and opting to field first, with openers Phil After losing Salt and Sunil Narine early, valuable innings from Venkatesh Iyer (42 innings).21 runs with six fours and two sixes), Nitish Ran (33 runs in 23 balls, with four fours and one six), Andre Russell (24 runs in 14 balls with two fours and two sixes) and Rinku Singh (12 20 in balls). with two sixes) that helped KKR reach 157/7 in 20 overs, Piyush Chawla (2/28) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/39) were the top bowlers for MI, with Ishan Kishan (22/39) in the run-chase. 40 off balls), with five fours and two sixes and Rohit Sharma (19 runs off 24 balls including one four and a six) made a brilliant start of 65 runs, however, KKR soon lost the flow and Tilak Verma (17 runs 32 balls, with five fours and one six) and Naman Dhi (17 from six balls, with one four and two sixes) fought back, but MI fell behind by 18 runs, and were out of their 20 overs. Varun Chakravarthy (2/17) was KKR's top bowler. Andre Russell and Harshi Rana (2/34) also performed well with the ball, as KKR top the points table with 1 point from nine wins and three losses. MI are at the bottom with four wins and nine losses, giving them eight points.