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Mumbai Indians (MI) will take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in match 51 of the IPL 2024 on Friday, May 3, 2024, at the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai. In the ongoing tournament, the Indians have started the season slowly as Indians have won three matches and lost seven matches so far. They are currently the ninth in the points table, Thus, the Indians also would like to come back to their winning momentum. On the other hand, the Knight Riders have won six matches and lost three matches so far. They are currently the second in the points table, thus, the Knight Riders would like to continue their winning momentum. This will be an important game for both teams concerning the future of the tournament especially for the Indians.
On the other hand, Knight Riders, Philip Salt 68(33) played magnificent Innings which helped the Knight Riders to chase the target early. Knight Riders also got support from other batters as a result they chased the target within 17 overs. Speaking of the bowling of Knight Riders, Varun Chakravarthy (4-0-16-3) bowled beautifully which helped Knight Riders to restrict Delhi Capitals to a small total. Knight Riders also got support from other bowlers as a result they restricted Delhi Capitals to a very small total of 153. Knight Riders will be hoping all these will continue their good form
Stay tuned as we dive into the fantasy guide, match preview, and all the juicy details you need to know before the big showdown. It's going to be one heck of a ride!
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Date & Time : 3rd May, Friday at 7:30 PM IST
MI is at 9th position in the points table. It is very difficult for Mumbai to make play-off, their eyes will be on good performance in the match. In this IPL 2024, Mumbai's strength is their explosive batting but right now Mumbai's batsmen are not playing from through, and if their bowling is going on, all of them except Bumrah are going out of from, that is why Mumbai is at 9th position.
KKR's aggressive batting has players like Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh.
In today's match, both the teams look stable, and there should not be any change in today's playing XI because all the players are fit and informed.
Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Hardik Pandya (c), Nihal Wadhera, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara, Piyush Chawla
Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh , Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Dushmantha Chameera / Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy.
The pitch on offer at the Wankhede Stadium has always favored the batsmen and it will be the same for this gamne as well. It will be a proper batting wicket for this game with good help for the spinners as it'sa night game so dew also likely to come into play. The Pacers won't get much swing but there wil be good bounce for them. Both teams will be looking to field first and get it out of the way after winning the toss. Chasing team won 60% matches here.
2024-05-03