Match Details
- Date: May 11, 2024
- Time: 7:30 PM IST
- Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
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Preview
Kolkata Knight Riders will host Mumbai Indians in the 60th match of the IPL 2024 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. After winning three matches in a row, Kolkata Knight Riders are on top spot in the IPL points table currently, ahead of Rajasthan Royals, courtesy of their better NRR. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians have officially become the first team to get eliminated from the reckoning for the IPL 2024 playoffs, which means they will be playing for pride in the remainder of the season.
Pitch Report
The pitches at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata have allowed the batters to dominate the proceedings, producing some of the highest scores in the history of the IPL. With that, the average first innings score of 166 at this venue in IPL, is far lesser than the par score of around 190 in the ongoing season of the tournament.
Team Analysis
Kolkata Knight Riders
Sunil Narine and Phil Salt have been taking down most of the bowling attacks in the IPL 2024, allowing their middle order, which includes the likes of Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer, and Andre Russell, to consolidate the batting innings. The bowling attack of KKR is spearheaded by Sunil Narine, while the likes of Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, and Harshit Rana have stepped up for them at the various stages of the tournament.
IPL 2024 Squad of Kolkata Knight Riders
Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain. Players injured/withdrawn: Jason Roy, Gus Atkinson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians took down Sunrisers Hyderabad at home, courtesy of a big partnership from Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma, with the former scoring yet another hundred in the IPL. But, the MI bowlers set up the win for the team, including the captain Hardik Pandya and Piyush Chawla picking up three wickets each with the MI all-rounder bowling quite economically too.
IPL 2024 Squad of Mumbai Indians
Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Harvik Desai, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, Kwena Maphaka. Players injured/withdrawn: Jason Behrendorff, Dilshan Madushanka, Vishnu Vinod.
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Kolkata Knight Riders have been playing exceptional cricket in the IPL 2024, taking on all-comers, which is why they will be firm favourites to defeat Mumbai Indians in their upcoming match.
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