IPL 2024 - KKR vs MI - Kolkata Knight Riders glance to do the double vs Mumbai Indians and line up top-two end

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Kolkata Knight Riders (1st; W8, L3) vs Mumbai Indians (eighth; W4, L8)
Kolkata, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT)

Large image – KKR favourites towards MI for a metamorphosis

Do Mumbai Indians (MI) press the reset button and get started getting ready for IPL 2025? Or do they proceed to box their best possible XI although they have got been eradicated from IPL 2024?

One concept is that it is higher to relaxation key India gamers like Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya, particularly with the T20 Global Cup lower than a month away. The opposite is that there’s satisfaction at stake, and there is additionally a get advantages within the Global Cup-bound gamers dealing with tricky warring parties although the crew cannot make the highest 4.

Come what may, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) should not care, now not anymore.

MI have at all times been their bogey crew with a lopsided win-loss report – it is 23-10 to MI total and 7-3 to them at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens – however since KKR’s first win in 12 years at MI’s Wankhede Stadium house remaining week, and KKR’s awesome shape this season, they are going to have the higher hand going into them sport.

KKR are chasing a 5th win in a row and 9th total this season, and in the event that they transfer to 18 issues, then they are going to officially have the “Q” subsequent to their title. Then again, if they do not, the 2 final league video games clear of house may just characteristic some moderately worried travellers. Preferably, they wish to company up their position within the playoffs right here and spice up their probabilities of a top-two end in what’s their remaining house sport.

Shape information

Kolkata Knight Riders WWWLW (remaining 5 finished video games, most up-to-date first)
Mumbai Indians WLLLL

Earlier assembly

On Would possibly 3, KKR broke a 12-year jinx at Wankhede Stadium, once they recovered from 57 for five to overcome MI through 24 runs. Venkatesh Iyer and have an effect on participant Manish Pandey dragged KKR to 169 sooner than the spinners, Andre Russell and Mitchell Starc ran via MI.

Workforce information and Affect Participant technique

Kolkata Knight Riders
Why exchange a profitable mixture? KKR were a hit being ultra-aggressive with the bat, and the in the future they did not – towards MI – their bowlers bailed them out.

The one attention might be whether or not the fit-again Nitish Rana will have to are available in, conceivable rather than Angkrish Raghuvanshi. However will that be one left-hand batter too many, with Sunil Narine, Venkatesh and Rinku Singh additionally within the line-up?

Vaibhav Arora for a batter is the likeliest have an effect on participant switch.

Most probably XII: 1 Phil Salt (wk), 2 Sunil Narine, 3 Angkrish Raghuvanshi/Nitish Rana, 4 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 5 Venkatesh Iyer, 6 Andre Russell, 7 Ramandeep Singh, 8 Rinku Singh, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Varun Chakravarthy, 11 Harshit Rana, 12 Vaibhav Arora

Mumbai Indians
That is MI’s first sport since their removing used to be showed. There are not any ideas of giant names being rested, but when Bumrah is, then Akash Madhwal is the likeliest substitute. Allrounder Anshul Kamboj will have to get every other sport in spite of conceding 10.5 towards Sunrisers Hyderabad on debut. MI didn’t want an have an effect on participant in that sport as they received conveniently, however Piyush Chawla or Shreyas Gopal for a batter is the most probably switch if wanted.

Most probably XII: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Ishan Kishan (capt), 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Naman Dhir, 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Hardik Pandya (capt), 7 Tim David, 8 Nehal Wadhera, 9 Anshul Kamboj, 10 Jasprit Bumrah/Akash Madhwal, 11 Nuwan Thushara, 12 Piyush Chawla

Within the highlight – Mitchell Starc and Rohit Sharma

Because the playoffs way, KKR will hope Mitchell Starc, the winner of 2 ODI Global Cups and one T20 Global Cup, brings his elite tournament-winning mentality to the franchise. He has been KKR’s costliest participant – now not most effective relating to the paycheque, but additionally when it comes to economic system charge (11.37) – however his revel in has helped younger bowlers like Harshit Rana and Arora, as they have got mentioned throughout IPL 2024. His 4 for 33 towards MI remaining week used to be his first giant efficiency, and if the most efficient model of Starc turns up, KKR can have all their holes plugged.

Rohit Sharma, who will take one among two opening spots for India on the T20 Global Cup, has rankings of 36, 6, 8, 4, 11 and four since his century towards Chennai Tremendous Kings. If you’re taking that century out, he has averaged most effective 20.45 within the different 11 video games. The low reasonable is usually a think about his new approach of batting within the powerplay, and his strike charge of 152.77 displays that, however 5 low rankings in a row in a event the place lots of the different openers are feasting towards the brand new ball is a priority.

Stats that subject

MI have misplaced 9 in their remaining 13 away video games (throughout 2023 and 2024), and feature the bottom away win share (30.7) of all of the groups on this duration
MI’s out of the country gamers have the second-poorest bowling reasonable (43.6) and economic system charge (11.04) and the second-poorest batting reasonable (21.1) in IPL 2024
Rohit has been disregarded through Narine ten occasions in 25 T20s, averaging 18.7 and scoring at 107.5 towards the spinner
Narine has a batting strike charge of 117 between overs 1-3 within the powerplay, nevertheless it shoots as much as 245 between overs 4-6. Must MI use Bumrah early towards him? Bumrah bowled overs 2, 14, 18 and 20 the remaining time they met

Pitch and prerequisites

Be expecting a batting-friendly floor, however rain this previous week in Kolkata might make the outfield slow. There’s extra rain anticipated on Saturday, so probabilities of a curtailed sport or perhaps a washout cannot be dominated out.

Quotes

“The aim isn’t to provide a observation [to other teams] however play excellent cricket. Excellent cricket will at all times be rewarded. We have no edge over Mumbai Indians, they’re a champion facet, and no approach we will take them calmly.”
KKR spinner Varun Chakravarthy does not wish to get complacent

Sreshth Shah is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @sreshthx

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