MI vs KKR 2024, IPL Match Today: Playing XI prediction, head-to-head stats, key players, pitch report and weather update

Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders IPL Match Today: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be looking to inch closer to the playoffs with another victory when they will lock horns against a struggling Mumbai Indians at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday.

With six wins in nine games giving them 12 points and the second position in the IPL points table, a berth in the playoffs looks within the grasp of two-time winners KKR. For Mumbai Indians, the race to the IPL playoffs seems lost even though the five-time winners have five more games to play.

Playing XI predictions for the MI vs KKR IPL match today

Mumbai Indians predicted XI: Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah

Impact Sub: Nuwan Thushara

MI player to watch out for: All eyes will also be on Suryakumar Yadav who has two fifties in seven IPL games this season, but it is not the consistency which is expected from the batter of his calibre.

Kolkata Knight Riders predicted XI: Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora

Impact Sub: Anukul Roy

KKR player to watch out for: Mitchell Starc has given nearly 12 runs an over while managing a mere seven wickets in eight outings. On flat, batting-friendly pitches, the lanky Australian’s lack of control has also been exploited well by zealous batters.

MI vs KKR head-to-head stats ahead of IPL match today

Matches played: 32, MI won: 23, KKR: 9

MI vs KKR head-to-head in IPL in Mumbai

Matches played: 10, MI won: 9, KKR won: 1

MI vs KKR record at Wankhede Stadium

Matches played: 82, Won: 50, Lost: 31, Tied: 1

MI vs KKR squads

Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Tim David, Shreyas Gopal, Ishan Kishan (wk), Anshul Kamboj, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Mohammad Nabi, Shams Mulani, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma, Romario Shepherd, Arjun Tendulkar, Nuwan Thushara, Tilak Varma, Harvik Desai (wk), Nehal Wadhera, Luke Wood.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (c), KS Bharat (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Allah Ghazanfar, Phil Salt.

MI vs KKR Pitch Report

Mumbai’s wicket at Wankhede Stadium is expected to be batting friendly given the pitch offers true bounce. However, some seam movement is expected during the powerplay in the first innings.

MI vs KKR Weather Report

According to accuweather.com, there is no chance of rainfall in Mumbai on May 3. The temperature is likely to be around 30 degree celcius at the start of the match. The humidity is likely to be around 70 per cent, which means dew might play a big role in the second innings.

MI vs KKR livestreaming details

3The MI vs KKR IPL 2024 match will be streamed on the JioCinema App and telecast on the Star Sports Network on May 2, Thursday from 7:30 PM IST.

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