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Mumbai Indians will lock horns with the Kolkata Knight Riders in match number 56 at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai on 9th May
Kolkata Knight Riders have won 4 out of their 10 matches so far and they are standing at the 8th spot on the points table with 8 points.
On the other hand, Mumbai Indians were able to win just 2 games so far this season and are placed at the bottom of the IPL 2022 points table.
Performance in the previous match:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Kolkata Knight Riders were thrashed down by Lucknow Super Giants in their previous match as they were bowled out for only 101 runs while chasing a target of 177 runs.
Andre Russell picked up 2 wickets and also smacked 45 runs from just 19 deliveries for KKR in that game.
Mumbai Indians:
Mumbai Indians registered a 5-run victory against Gujarat Titans in their previous match.
Mumbai Indians scored 177 runs while batting first.
Ishan Kishan scored 45 runs while Tim David remained not out on 44 runs from just 21 deliveries.
Gujarat Titans managed to reach only 172 runs and lost the game by 5 runs due to an outstanding last over from Daniel Sams.
Match Details
Teams: MI vs KKR
Venue: Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai.
Date: 9th May, Sunday
Time: 7:00 pm IST
Average 1st innings score
The average 1st innings total at this venue is 165
Head to head record
Here is the head-to-head record between these two sides in the history of IPL.
Total Matches Played: 30
MI won: 22
KKR won: 08
Tie/no results: 0
Pitch Report
The pitch at the Dr. DY Patil Stadium will help the batters to score runs easily.
The bowlers will get some bounce and movement early on with the new ball.
The spinners will play a crucial role in the middle overs.
Both teams will like to bowl first on this pitch.
KKR Probable Playing 11
Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Sam Billings (wk), Shreyas Iyer ©, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi/Umesh Yadav
MI Probable Playing 11
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Kumar Kartikeya, Jasprit Bumrah, Riley Meredith
Jeetbig Star bowler of the match
Murugan Ashwin picked up two wickets in the previous match.
He will be the best bowler today.
Jeetbig Star batsman of the match
Suryakumar Kumar has been superb for MI this season.
He has scored 303 runs from 8 games do gar.
He is expected to score a big knock in this match.
Jeetbig star Wicketkeeper of the match
Ishan Kishan is excellent behind the stumps and has played a couple of excellent good knocks this season.
Ishan Kishan scored 45 runs in the previous game and he will be the best wicketkeeper in today’s game.
Jeetbig star all-rounder of the match
Andre Russell has been simply outstanding this season as an all-rounder.
He scored 45 runs and also picked up 2 wickets in the previous match and he is expected to shine with both bat and ball today.
Who will win?
Kolkata Knight Riders need to win all of their remaining matches to stay alive in the competition whereas, Mumbai Indians have already been eliminated from the tournament
Mumbai Indians have won back-to-back games to regain their confidence and they can knock out the Kolkata by defeating them today.
Mumbai Indians always perform well against Kolkata Knight Riders and the team combination of MI is also better than KKR.
Hence, our prediction for match 56 is that Mumbai Indians will beat Kolkata Knight Riders.
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