Mumbai Indians will lock horns against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 51st match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Friday. While KKR has managed six wins in 10 games, MI has won only three out of their 10 matches.
Ergo, the five-time champions are on the brink of elimination and they will need to every match from here on to stand any chance for the playoff.
We take a look at the head-to-head battle, Players to watch out for, and Squads of both teams in our match preview.
Mumbai Indians: L L L W L
MI could only manage 144 runs against LSG in the last game and they certainly need to come up with a better batting show. The experienced players need to put their hand up for the team as their performances haven’t been consistent enough.
Kolkata Knight Riders: W L W L W
KKR’s top-order and spinners have played a key role in the success of the team. Furthermore, the likes of Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana have done a decent job but the latter has been suspended for one game for breaching the code of conduct.
Head to Head: Matches: 32, Won by MI: 23, Won by KKR: 9.
Players to watch out for: Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, and Piyush Chawla will hold the key for MI.
Andre Russell, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, and Sunil Narine will hold the key for KKR.
MI Squad: Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, Luke Wood, Kwena Maphaka.
KKR Squad: Shreyas Iyer, Phil Salt, K.S. Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford (WI), Manish Pandey, Andre Russell (WI), Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine (WI), Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc (AUS), Dushmantha Chameera (SL), Sakib Hussain, Mujeeb Ur Rahman (AFG).
