KKR vs MI Match Preview, Fantasy cricket Tips, Playing 11

In the history of IPL, the team of KKR and MI has faced each other 29 times in the field. During this, Mumbai has dominated against KKR.

In the 14th match of the Indian Premier League 2022, today Kolkata Knight Riders will face Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians. In the 15th season of IPL, Kolkata team has played three matches so far. During this, KKR have had to face victory in two matches and defeat in one match. While talking about the performance of Mumbai in the ongoing season, MI team has played two matches so far this season. During this, the team had to face defeat in both the matches. The situation is that KKR's team is currently in second place in the points table. On the other hand, the team of Mumbai occupies the eighth position without any points.

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Head to Head Record:

In the history of IPL, the team of KKR and MI has faced each other 29 times in the field. During this, Mumbai has dominated against KKR. The KKR team has so far won only seven matches against MI. At the same time, the team of MI has got Vijayshree in 22 matches against KKR.

Kolkata Knight Riders' highest score against Mumbai Indians in IPL history is 232 runs. At the same time, the highest score of Mumbai Indians against Kolkata is 210 runs. Talking about the lowest score, Kolkata's lowest score against Mumbai is 67 runs, while Mumbai's lowest score against Kolkata is 108 runs.

Top Picks

Ishan Kishan is in sublime form scoring 2 half century in 2 games played this season. His last 5 T20 scores read as 54, 81*, 16, 89, 34 .

Shreyas Iyer has recent scores of 26, 13, 20* in this season but can bounce back in no time scoring big runs.

Suryakumar Yadav might start the next game against Kolkata. At Pune, he has scored 127 runs in 3 games that he has played at an average of 42.33 His recent scores in T20s are 65, 8, 34*.

Tymal Mills had a great start to the Indian t20 league taking 4 wickets in 2 games played. His wickets read as 3, 1, 0, 1, 0 in last 5 T20 games played.

Umesh Yadav has taken 8 wickets in 3 matches played this season. He has taken atleast 2 wickets in each of the 3 matches played this season. Hence, he is must pick considering his recent form

Andre Russell had good start to this season taking 2 wickets and scoring 95 runs in 3 matches played. At Pune, he has scored 83 runs and taken 2 wickets in 2 Indian t20 league game. Thus he is a must pick for the upcoming game

Pitch Report:

Today's match played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai will be played at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. The pitch of Pune is generally considered to be batting friendly. There is good contact between the ball and the bat, but as the match progresses, the pitch also starts helping the spin bowlers.

Pune's pitch is slightly bigger than other pitches. In such a situation, in today's match, the batsmen of KKR and MI may have to work hard to hit big shots. In the evening, dew starts falling in Pune. In such a situation, the team winning the toss in today's match can decide to field first.

Live Telecast:

The match will be live telecast on Star Sports and live streaming online on Disney+ Hotstar app.

The X Factor in the Match:

In today's match from KKR, X Factor can be Andre Russell, Captain Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer and Sunil Narine. In the last match, Russell played an important role in winning the team against Punjab while batting explosively. Apart from this, people will also have hopes from captain Shreyas Iyer and Sunil Narine.

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At the same time, there are more than one player in MI's team who are adept at changing the course of the match in the blink of an eye. Among these players, the names of captain Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav and Kieron Pollard are prominent.

Kolkata Knight Riders Possible Playing 11:

1.Venkatesh Iyer, 2.Ajinkya Rahane, 3.Shreyas Iyer(C), 4.Nitish Rana, 5.Sam Billings(WK), 6.Andre Russell, 7.Sunil Narine, 8.Tim Southee, 9.Umesh Yadav, 10.Shivam Mavi, 11.Varun Chakravarthy

Mumbai Indians Possible Playing 11:

1.Rohit Sharma(C), 2.Ishan Kishan(WK), 3.Suryakumar Yadav/Anmolpreet Singh, 4.Tilak Varma, 5.Kieron Pollard, 6.Tim David, 7.Daniel Sams, 8.Murugan Ashwin, 9.Tymal Mills, 10.Jasprit Bumrah, 11.Basil Thampi