🏏IPL 2024: Match 60 - MI vs KKR at Eden Gardens @ 7:30PM IST🏏 - Page 2

Today’s Match Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders to win the match

Scenario 1  

Kolkata Knight Riders win the toss and opt to bowl.

Powerplay: 55-65

MI: 205-215

Kolkata Knight Riders win the match.

Scenario 2

Kolkata Knight Riders win the toss and opt to bat.

Powerplay: 70-80

First innings: 220-240

Kolkata Knight Riders win the match.

When: KKR vs MI, Saturday, May 11 at 19:30 IST

Where: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

What to expect: Although Delhi Capitals were restricted to 153, which the Knight Riders chased down in 16.3 overs, high scores have been the flavour of this season in Kolkata. Early in the season SRH came close to KKR's 208, RR chased down a target of 224, RCB fell one short of KKR's 222 while Punjab Kings mowed down a target of 262 in 18.4 overs. Another high-scoring game is on the cards. Although it has been raining in Kolkata and disrupted KKR's arrival in the city, the forecast around the match time looks promising.

Teams watch

Kolkata Knight Riders

Injury/Availability: The KKR camp currently don't have any injury concerns.

Tactics & Matchups: Including his dismissal in the last MI-KKR clash, Rohit Sharma has been dismissed 10 times by Sunil Narine while he has also fallen to left-arm pace five times this season, which would make Mitchell Starc a good combination with the West Indian in the powerplay. Among the current KKR batters, Shreyas Iyer has handled Jasprit Bumrah pretty well - 59 runs off 40 balls, 1 dismissal, batting strike rate of 147.50 - and the home team will bank on the skipper to negate his threat as well as take on the MI spinners. Andre Russell has dismissed Suryakumar thrice in 26 deliveries, including the last match, and KKR could look at this matchup to work in their favour.

Probable XI: Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana [Impact sub: Vaibhav Arora/Manish Pandey]

Mumbai Indians

Injury/Availability: MI also don't have any fitness-related issues in their setup.

Tactics & Matchups: Nuwan Thushara made an early impact against KKR in the last game and MI will bank on the slingy paceman from Sri Lanka to deliver again. Bumrah is a good matchup against Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh, having dismissed them twice each. They could also perhaps consider Luke Wood who despite registering the most expensive figures for MI (1-68 vs DC) can offer some favourable matchups for MI against the likes of Narine, Shreyas and Venkatesh, who have been dismissed by left-arm pace a combined nine times in this IPL.

Probable XI: Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma, Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Anshul Kamboj/Luke Wood, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara. [Imact sub: Dewald Brevis/Romario Shepherd]

Did you know?

- Kolkata Knight Riders' top three have contributed 1160 runs this season, the second most after RCB, their combined strike rate of 176.02 is the second highest after SRH, and have the second most number of fifty-plus scores (10) after RCB. MI's top-three have scored the least runs (833) and have the joint least fifty-plus scores (4) along with Punjab Kings.

- Among the pacers who have bowled 20 overs or more in this IPL, Mitchell Starc's economy rate of 11.37 in the second most after Anrich Nortje's 13.36

- Jasprit Bumrah has bowled 139 dot deliveries, the most in this IPL, and his economy of 6.2 is the least among all bowlers. For KKR, Sunil Narine has bowled the most dot deliveries (101) and is second on the list of best economy with 6.61 (minimum 10 overs)

What they said

"They have been splendid for us, the way they are playing their shots is pure bliss. They are setting us up and giving momentum and no matter what the situation is, we are playing with a positive mindset. A lefty-righty combination makes things difficult for the opposition, the bowlers have to change their plans and that makes a difference" - Shreyas Iyer, KKR captain, on the openers.

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The playoffs scenario

With only ten league games to go the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is almost at the business end of the tournament and the race to the playoffs has tightened up after Chennai Super Kings’ 35-run loss against Gujarat Titans. Chennai remained in the fourth and last playoff spot. Meanwhile, after having a disastrous campaign, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have resurrected themselves with four wins on the bounce and are at 10 points with two league games to go. 

MI’s key players recently conveyed to the coaching staff that there was a lack of buzz in the dressing room and the reason was Hardik’s leadership style. An MI official said this wasn’t a leadership crisis but more of a sign that a team that was used to Rohit’s captaincy for the last 10 years was still coming to terms with the change of guard. “These are regular teething problems for a team that sees leadership change. This happens in sports all the time,” he said. 

Rohit Sharma key for MI

Rohit Sharma is key for Mumbai Indians for their clash against KKR tonight. Kolkata Knight Riders need a win tonight to confirm their qualification to the playoffs.

Sunil Narine vs MI

Sunil Narine emerges as a formidable force with 101 dot deliveries to his credit. Narine's economy rate of 6.61, while slightly behind Bumrah's, still places him prominently on the list of top-performing bowlers in the tournament, provided they have bowled a minimum of 10 overs.

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