In IPL 2022, KKR and MI will be playing their first match against each other at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune.
The Mumbai Indians lost their matches against the Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals. After losing the last match against DC from the winning position, MI bowlers didn’t do well, especially in the death overs. In the second match, Jos the Boss scored the match-winning hundred.
KKR won against defending champions CSK in their opening encounter, lost against RCB, and made a comeback by winning their third game against PBKS. With his bowling, Umesh Yadav broke the Punjab batting line-up. He took 4 wickets in that match.
MI vs KKR: In head-to-head record, KKR won 7 matches while MI won 22 matches
Match: KKR vs MI, 14th Match, IPL2022
Date: Wednesday, April 06, 2022
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Preview – MI vs KKR
Team News:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Pat Cummins will be available for selection in tonight’s match against the Mumbai Indians. Mostly, he gets into the XI. KKR Death Bowling is not doing well this season. Shivam Mavi, Andre Russell, and Tim Southee are leaking runs, and the addition of Pat will benefit them.
Probable Playing XI:
Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.
Mumbai Indians:
Rohit Sharma is the only player in IPL history to score 1000 runs against an opponent—1015 runs against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Tilak Varma played well in the limited opportunities.
In the last match, he scored a quick-fire fifty against international quality bowlers from Rajasthan Royals.
If Surya Kumar Yadav is fit to play, he will replace Anmolpreet Singh. Basil Thampi bowled just one over in the last match and conceded 26 runs. Rohit and his management can drop him and replace him with Jayadev Unadkat.
Probable Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills, Jaydev Unadkat.
Matchups:
Andre Russell vs Jasprit Bumrah: Andre Russell played an aggressive inning against PBKS in his last match. He scored 70 in just 31 balls, with 8 sixes. Bumrah was dismissed thrice in the IPL and conceded 50 runs in 40 balls. Big Man scored only 2 sixes in Bumrah bowling.
Umesh Yadav vs Rohit Sharma: Umesh gave early breakthroughs for KKR in this season’s IPL. Umesh took 8 wickets in 3 matches and he is a purple cap holder now. Of the 8 wickets, 5 came in the powerplay. MI openers have to perform well to score against Umesh.
Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy vs. Tim David and Kieron Pollard: Tim David struggled against Ashwin and Chahal in the last match and he didn’t read spinners off the hand. It will be tough to face two mystery spinners. Pollard has been struggling to score in the last two matches. Mumbai Indians’ No.5 and No.6 should score against spinners to get a good total.
Key Players and Fantasy Picks:
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane
Wicketkeeper: Sam Billings
All-Rounders: Andre Russell, Sunil Narine
Bowlers: Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills
Captain: Rohit Sharma
Vice Captain: Andre Russell
