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Mumbai Indians (Probable XII): Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara
Kolkata Knight Riders (Probable XII): Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya/Sakib Hussain, Varun Chakaravarthy
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A struggling Mumbai Indians (MI) would look to keep their slim playoff hopes alive when they take on an in-form Kolkata Knight Riders (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Friday (May 3) at the renowned Wankhede Stadium.
MI, the five-time champions, are languishing in the bottom half of the table with as many as seven losses and only three wins. They suffered a four-wicket defeat at the hands of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their previous match. Asked to bat at Ekana, MI were off to a disappointing start as they lost Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav cheaply. Things got worse for the tourists when they lost Tilak Varma and skipper Hardik Pandya off back-to-back deliveries. MI were reeling at 28/4 at the end of the powerplay. Ishan Kishan and Nehal Wadhera then stabilized MI’s innings with a fifty-plus stand. Kishan, who was dropped early in his innings, made a scratchy 32 off 36 balls before falling to Ravi Bishnoi. Wadhera then hit a few boundaries, but an impressive yorker by Mohsin Khan cleaned up the set batter. Tim David's cameo towards the end ensured MI ended with 144/7.
Later, MI failed to pick wickets at regular intervals and a couple of key partnerships covered most of LSG’s chase. MI did manage to strike multiple times at the end, but LSG batters held their nerves to finish off the chase in the final over.
MI’s chances of making it to the top-4 are very bleak now and even if they win all their games, they’ll have to rely on other results for their final standing at the end of the league stage.
KKR, on the other hand, are sitting pretty in the top-4 with six victories and just three defeats. They registered a convincing seven-wicket win over Delhi Capitals (DC) in their previous game. KKR displayed ‘total cricket’ to secure a thumping victory over DC, at Eden Gardens. After having restricted the visitors to 153/9, they chased down the total with 21 balls remaining. KKR pacers began by grabbing the opening four wickets. That set the platform for the spinners and Chakaravarthy spun a web around the middle-order, bagging three wickets while Sunil Narine finished with 1/24.
In response, Phil Salt at the top made sure that KKR were off to a flier with his blistering assault. Salt’s 33-ball 68 innings set KKR on the way and despite DC scalping three wickets in quick succession, skipper Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer took the home team over the line.
KKR would be eyeing another strong display to move a step closer to the playoffs, while another loss would confirm MI’s elimination.
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