Wankhede Stadium is one of India's oldest cricket grounds. This ground has hosted a total of 118 IPL matches. Team batting first have won 54 matches while team batting second have won 64 matches, showing advantage for the chasing team. The weather will be hot with 30-32°C temperature during the match hours.
Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders have played 34 matches. Mumbai Indians have dominated Kolkata Knight Riders in the personal battle with a scoreline of 23-11. This is an important match for Mumbai after two straight losses and this record will give them confidence moving ahead.
Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Satyanarayana Raju
Impact Players: Robin Minz, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Will Jacks
Injury Update: None
Quinton de Kock(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali/Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Impact Players: Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia
Injury Updates: None
Ajinkya Rahane has struggled against Trent Boult in the past. In four matches, he has scored only 35 runs from 36 balls and got out three times. Boult has kept him under pressure, making him play 21 dot balls. Rahane has hit just five boundaries and has a low strike rate of 97.2, meaning Boult has been the stronger player in this contest.
Rohit Sharma has played carefully against Varun Chakravarthy. He has scored 47 runs in 45 balls and got out only once. He has hit five fours and one six, but he has also played 21 dot balls. His strike rate is 104.4, meaning he has found it difficult to score freely against Chakravarthy.
Suryakumar Yadav has an interesting record against Andre Russell. He has scored 50 runs in 27 balls but has been dismissed four times. While he has hit four fours and four sixes, he has also struggled at times, playing 10 dot balls. His strike rate of 185.2 shows that he plays attacking shots but has also lost his wicket often against Russell.
Rohit Sharma is not in his best form this season and has only scored 8 runs in two games he has played. However Rohti loves playing at Wankhede stadium, he has an average of 33.83 at this stadium. Rohit's average of 39.63 against Kolkata Knight Riders is his personal best against any IPL team.
Hardik Pandya announced himself against Gujarat Giants with the ball in hand, picking up three crucial wickets. He will be an important player at Mumbai’s home ground against KKR. He has an average of 43.89 against KKR in batting and a strike-rate of 15.23 in bowling which is his personal best against any IPL team.
Sunil Narine is the most valuable player for Kolkata Knight Riders, he opens the innings and does his job in the bowling as well. Narine is not successful against Mumbai in batting, however he has 24 wickets against Mumbai Indians. He can be useful if he scores 20+ runs and takes one wicket.
Varun Chakravarthy has played a total of 8 matches against Mumbai Indians, picking up nine wickets with a best of 2 for 17. His recent numbers can’t be ignored in the IPL. He has taken three wickets in two games. He will be a valuable pick in this match.
Not only Venkatesh Iyer is a budget pick, he has insane numbers against Mumbai Indians in IPL. Venkatesh Iyer has played six matches against Mumbai Indians, scoring 362 runs with an average 72.40. You can’t ignore him in this match for sure.
Ryan Rickelton is a talented wicket-keeper from South Africa. He has not been in a good form in the first two games but those were two paced wickets in Chennai and Gujarat which doesn’t go along Ryan Rickelton’s playing style. He will be the most important batter for Mumbai in the Wankhede Stadium.
Jasprit Bumrah is out injured and will not feature in this match against Kolkata Knight Riders. Anrich Nortje was in the impact player list in the last two matches and he will not make a place in playing 11 since KKR have four foreign players in their playing 11.
Keeper: Quinton De Kock
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Ajinkya Rahane
All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell
Bowlers: Varun Chakravarthy, Deepak Chahar, Harshit Rana
Keeper: Quinton De Kock, Ryan Rickelton
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane
All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Andre Russell
Bowlers: Varun Chakravarthy, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult
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