The first match of the seventh week of IPL 2022 will see two great teams Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Mumbai Indians (MI) lock horns at the DY Patil Sports Academy. Both teams occupy the bottom two places in the points table and will hope to improve their position.
Kolkata are having another mixed bag of a season as they got wins on the trot at the start but lost five consecutive games after that. They have not got their opening combination, trying as many as five options and all failed to put up a single 50+ runs stand.
Their retained cricketers, Varun Chakravarthy and Venkatesh Iyer have had an off season so far which sums up KKR’s campaign in IPL 2022. Shreyas Iyer and Co. will have to pull all strings together to win the last couple of games and finish the campaign on a high.
Mumbai, on the other hand, are having the worst campaign that they couldn’t even have imagined in their wildest dreams. Rohit Sharma and Co. lost their first eight games of the tournament, the worst ever in the history of the tournament.
MI have since then won two games on the trot and would be hoping to get a hat-trick of wins on Monday against KKR. Despite the wins, Kieron Pollard’s below-par returns will have the management on their toes as they look to build a squad for the next season.
Match Details
Match 56: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Mumbai Indians (MI)
Venue: DR DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Date and Time: 9th May 2022 at 7:30 P.M IST
Pitch Report
The wicket has been slightly challenging to bat on at the start of the game and chasing scores here is always a better option. Many sides have lost games after putting up a lot of runs on the board. Hence, the side winning the toss in this game would have little hesitation in opting to bowl first.
Predicted Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Baba Indrajith(WK), Aaron Finch, Shreyas Iyer (C), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi
Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Jasprit Bumrah, Daniel Sams, Kumar Kartikeya, Riley Meredith
Match Prediction
Mumbai have finally found the form and are hitting it at the right time. Kolkata are in much need of a win and if they lose against Mumbai, it might just all be over for them in terms of qualifying for the playoffs.
Hence, KKR will come out all guns blazing and are slightly ahead of MI in terms of coming out victorious. Betway has also placed their odds in favour of Kolkata at 2.10.
MI vs KKR – Fantasy Team Predictions
Fantasy Team 1 – Baba Indrajith, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Aaron Finch, Shreyas Iyer (VC), Tim David, Andre Russell, Daniel Sams, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee
Fantasy Team 2 – Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma (VC), Tilak Verma, Aaron Finch, Shreyas Iyer, Andre Russell (C), Sunil Narine, Daniel Sams, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
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