Published on: Apr 16, 2023 8:00 am IST|Updated on: Apr 16, 2023 4:38 pm IST
Mumbai Indians go head-to-head against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 22nd match of the Indian Premier League at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 16th April, Sunday at 3:30 PM IST.
Mumbai Indians finally got over the line against a team that is all over the place at the moment, it’s Delhi Capitals. However, a win is win and Mumbai will take it, they’d want to build the momentum from here on and put up a better performance. Rohit Sharma is back amongst the runs for his side. Tilak Verma has been a revelation for them this season. Piyush Chawla and Jason Behrendorff have been amongst the wickets as well.
Kolkata Knight Riders on the other hand in the last three games have been magnificent. Knight Riders were up against Sunrisers Hyderabad and their bowlers got clobbered and ended up conceding 228. Nitish Rana kept them in the hunt with a splendid 75 and then Rinku Singh took the game till the last over but it was too much to do this time as they went down by 23 runs.
Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 22nd Match
16th April, 3:30 PM IST
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
The 22nd match of the Indian Premier League between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 16th April at 3:30 PM IST.
Indian Premier League will live stream on Jio Cinema app and website in India. The games will also be telecasted on Star Sports channels as well.
The pitch in Wankhede Stadium is a belter for the batters. Bowlers need to get their line and lengths right, otherwise they’ll get it severely. It has quick outfields and short boundaries which will make batters life easier. Initial movement will be there for the pacers and they need to take advantage of that. Teams winning the toss will bowl first. Average first innings score on this track is 168.
In the last game against Super Kings it showed that Mumbai struggled to get to 157 and then the pitch got better later on, Super Kings were able to chase it down with almost two overs to spare. In the last game, spinners snared 7 wickets while pacers took 4 wickets amongst each other from both the innings.
MI (recent first): WLL KKR (recent first): LWWL
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1. Rohit Sharma (C) 2. Ishan Kishan (WK) 3. Tilak Varma 4. Suryakumar Yadav 5. Tim David 6. Cameron Green 7. Nehal Wadhera/Riley Meredith 8. Hrithik Shokeen 9. Arshad Khan 10. Jason Behrendorff 11. Piyush Chawla
Rohit Sharma is back amongst the runs in the last game. His fifty is something of a start for them and Mumbai Indians need their skipper to be consistent with an inexperienced batting line-up.
Though Suryakumar Yadav is going through a bit of a slump, his is still their key batter and if he gets going, there’s no stopping. Suryakumar Yadav is due for a big one this season and Mumbai needs him to fire at all costs in this crucial game.
1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK) 2. Narayan Jagadeesan 3. Venkatesh Iyer/Suyash Sharma 4. Nitish Rana (C) 5. Rinku Singh 6. Andre Russell 7. Sunil Narine 8. Shardul Thakur 9. Umesh Yadav 10. Lockie Ferguson 11. Varun Chakravarthy
Nitish Rana has been brilliant, ever since he’s been the stand in captain with Shreyas Iyer missing out the entire season, he’s stepped up brilliantly. Against Sunrisers, chasing a steep target he kept them in the hunt with a brilliant 75 off just 41 deliveries.
Rinku Singh has been phenomenal for Knight Riders, even in the last season he almost pulled off a heist against Lucknow but this time he did it against Titans and he almost got his team over the line against Sunrisers. Rinku has been coming off age now and he’s showing that he’s a dangerous batter coming down the order who can finish games on his own.
According to the Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders today match prediction, Kolkata Knight Riders are expected to get over the line and win this MI vs KKR Dream11 Prediction.
Wicket-Keepers: Ishan Kishan
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Suryakumar Yadav
All-rounders: Cameron Green, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur
Bowlers: Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, Piyush Chawla
For Small League, Head-to-Head contests: Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma
For Grand League: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh
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