Mumbai Indians will lock horns against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 22nd match of the Indian Premier League 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Sunday. MI is currently in eighth position in the points table with one win in three matches.
The Rohit Sharma-led team had won their previous game against Delhi Capitals by six wickets and they will be looking to carry the winning impetus.
On the other hand, KKR is in third place in the standings with two wins and one loss. Rinku Singh had smashed five sixes against Yash Dayal to take his team to an emphatic win in the last game against GT.
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Andre Russell has taken 89 wickets in the 101 matches he has played in the IPL. Thus, the all-rounder is 11 wickets away from completing 100 wickets. However, Russell hasn’t been bowling due to injury concerns in the ongoing season.
KKR’s experienced fast bowler Tim Southee has scalped 47 wickets in 54 IPL matches and the veteran pacer needs another three more scalps to complete 50 wickets in the tournament.
KKR’s mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy has picked up 47 wickets in 45 matches and thus he needs another three wickets to get to the landmark of 50 wickets.
KKR captain Nitish Rana has scored 2251 runs and he needs another 249 runs to complete the landmark of 2500 runs in the tournament.
Venkatesh Iyer has gathered 672 runs and he needs another 328 runs to reach the 1000-run mark.
MI skipper Rohit Sharma has gathered 5966 runs in the IPL in 229 matches at an average of 30.28. The flamboyant batter needs another 34 runs to become the fourth player after David Warner, Virat Kohli, and Shikhar Dhawan to reach the 6000-run mark in the tournament.
Mumbai’s Jofra Archer has scalped 46 wickets in 36 IPL matches and thus the gun English paceman requires another four scalps to get to the milestone of 50 wickets in the IPL. Archer had missed the previous clash against DC.
Suryakumar Yadav, who has struggled a bit in the recent past, has gathered 2660 runs in 126 IPL matches at an average of 29.23. Thus, he needs another 340 runs to get to the milestone of 3000 runs.
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