Match Details
Date: May 11, 2024
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
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Match Preview:
The Kolkata Knight Riders look to seal playoff qualification as they take on Mumbai Indians at the legendary Eden Gardens. This will be second between these sides where KKR ended their 12-year wait to register a win at Wankhede Stadium. Since that result, Mumbai registered a dominant seven-wicket win over the Sunrisers Hyderabad while Kolkata demolished Lucknow Super Giants by a margin of 98 runs.
Weather Report for May 11, 2024
Pitch Report
Analysis
Throughout the 2024 season, Kolkata Knight Riders have emerged as a free-flowing aggressive team which seems poised to make the final. The foundation for this approach has been Sunil Narine as he scored over 400 runs at a strike rate close to 200 and gave KKR the perfect start. Following Narine, the batting has scored a ton of runs and dominated so far. Similarly in the bowling department, the West Indian has perfectly led the spin attack while the fast bowlers have made gradual improvements through the season.
On the other hand, the Mumbai Indians will look to continue a forgetful season as they became the first team to be eliminated from the playoff race. The MI batting, especially the top-order, has struggled massively with key players like Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya being severely out of form. On the bowling front, no bowler barring Jasprit Bumrah and Gerald Coetzee has performed consistently throughout the 2024 season.
Key Players
Author’s Picks
Probable XIs
Kolkata Knight Riders
Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana
Impact Substitute: Vaibhav Arora (if bowling first, replaces Rinku Singh)
Mumbai Indians
Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma, Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Anshul Kamboj, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara
Impact Substitute: Gerald Coetzee (if bowling first, replaces Suryakumar Yadav)
Fantasy Teams
Grand League
Head-To-Head
Best 14
Wicketkeepers: Ishan Kishan, Philip Salt
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer
All-Rounders: Hardik Pandya, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Mitchell Starc
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