The rivalry all the fans have been waiting for is here. The team in the top-4 will take on the team of the bottom-4; Kolkata Knight Riders will play against Mumbai Indians a must-win game for MI to start their season. Mumbai Indians have lost all the matches, played in IPL 2022 till now. The team which has won five titles has not been able to perform at its best. Whereas, Kolkata Knight Riders are looking better, because of their new captain, Shreyas Iyer who has started dominating with his captaincy. However, his batting performance is not very encouraging. Here is the match preview of the encounter Match-14: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders (MI vs KKR).
LAST MATCH SUMMARY: IPL Match score updates :
Buttler-Chahal shines in Royals’ second win
Mumbai Indians are coming after a bad loss faced against the Rajasthan Royals on Saturday afternoon. The five-time champions, Mumbai Indians have not been able to win a single match till now and it is going against their reputation. MI, who created a new core of players, have not been able to fill confidence in their skill set and is struggling in both the batting and bowling department. In the Rajasthan match, Mumbai had only toss in their favor and lost the match by 23 runs as they could not chase down the target.
Jos Buttler hammered Mumbai bowlers and smashed a swashbuckling 100 and his second in IPL career. The only contributions to look at from Mumbai Indians side are by Jasprit Bumrah, who scalped three wickets for the figures of 4-0-17-3 and supported by Tymal Mills. In the batting department, Tilak Verma and Ishan Kishan tonked their fifties but could not get the ball rolling.
Andre Russell says after Helping KKR Smash PBKS
On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders are also coming after a big win faced against Punjab Kings, KKR dominated PBKS by their bowling. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opt to bowl and this decision made the game in their favor. KKR’s bowling ran through PBKS’ batting line-up, the main destructor for PBKS was Umesh Yadav, who scalped four wickets and took crucial wickets of the middle order. Moreover, Varun Chakravarthy justified his price tag with being economical in the process by only conceding 14 runs in his 4 overs. PBKS were bundled out for 137 runs.
KKR fans were expecting the match to be over by 15th over and with a big margin of wickets. They were kept by the edge of their seats as Kolkata’s batsmen showed a batting collapse and nearly lost the match. Rahul Chahar set the tone for PBKS bowling to pressurise KKR batsmen and took four wickets in the process. However, Andre Russell finished the job for KKR by smashing 70 runs in just 33 balls and PBKS lost the match by 6 wickets.
Match Details:
Match – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders – 14th Match
Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
When: Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 7:30 PM IST
Where to watch live – Star Sports TV Network, Hotstar
Pitch report: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders
The pitch of Pune Stadium will be fresh and looks similar to the one used in the previous game. It will have a good cary and bounce, and it’s hard to beat as a bowler due to its length and pace. The dew factor is also a concern here.
Team News: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) :
Kolkata Knight Riders will be missing Aaron Finch and Pat Cummins for this match as well and will be available for the next game.
Mumbai Indians (MI) :
Mumbai Indians will be with their full-strength squad in the game against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Suryakumar Yadav is expected to be fit and available for the match.
PROBABLE PLAYING 11‘s: MI vs KKR
Mumbai Indians (MI) :
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Anmolpreet Singh/ Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills, Basil Thampi
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) :
Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
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HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS : Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders
| Matches Played | 29 |
| KKR Won | 7 |
| MI Won | 22 |
| Tie | 0 |
| No Result | 0 |
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Venkatesh Iyer, Rohit Sharma(c), Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav(vc)
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