Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2023, Today Match Prediction

mi vs kkr Match Prediction & Analysis

Mumbai Indians are hosting Kolkata Knight Riders in the 22nd match of the Tata IPL 2023 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. After registering a last-ball win over Delhi Capitals, MI are looking confident to play here at home in front of hardcore fans. KKR, on the other side 

With 1 win from 3 matches played so far this season, MI are 8th in the points table. Whereas, KKR registered 2 wins from 3 games played to be in the 4th place in the points table with 4 points. Both teams have power-packed T20 hitters, and it will be interesting to watch how both captains utilize their bench’s strength in the game.

MI’s captain Rohit Sharma loves to play against KKR in the IPL; hence, how he will gear up his innings will be crucial for MI. KKR’s spinning trio of Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, and impact player; Suyash Sharma is responsible for putting MI into trouble in the upcoming match. 

TEAMS PREVIEW

Mumbai Indians Preview

After facing 2 back-to-back defeats against RCB and CSK, Mumbai Indians finally managed to register the first win of the season against Delhi Capitals in the last match played in Delhi. To continue that momentum in the season, they will face KKR at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 16th April 2023.

In the last match played against DC, Rohit Sharma asked the opponent to bat first. The team’s bowling unit bowled well to restrict DC to 172 runs. Experienced Piyush Chawla took 3 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs to put pressure on DC. Jason Beherendorff, on the other side, dismantled DC’s lower order and picked up 3 wickets in the 19th over of the game.

While chasing the target of 173 runs, MI’s openers, Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma, gave a fiery start to the innings and scored 68 runs without loading a wicket in the powerplay. Rohit Sharma finally scored fifty after 25 innings and played a brilliant knock of 65 runs from 45 balls. Tilak Verma added a quick 42 runs from 29 balls at number 3. The team’s 2 tallest men, Cameron Green and Tim David helped them to register a win on the last ball of the game under immense pressure.

Mumbai Indians’ batting order looks sorted now, but they have yet to solve the bowling issues they face. They are lacking an experienced fast bowler in the squad. They will try to utilize the team’s batting strength while facing KKR at Wankhede.

Key players:
Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Piyush Chawla, Jason Beherendorff.

Mumbai Indians Predicted Playing XI:

Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen. Piyush Chawla, Arshad Khan, Jason Beherendorff, Riley Meredith.

Mumbai Indians Actual Playing XI:

Riley Meredith, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Piyush Chawla, Cameron Green, Timothy David, Hrithik Shokeen, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Duan Jansen

Kolkata Knight Riders Preview

Despite losing the first match against PBKS on a D-L rule, KKR registered 2 consecutive victories against RCB and GT.  They failed to carry that momentum against SRH in the last match and will face MI in the 5th match of the season in Mumbai. 

Shardul Thakur’s fiery fifty against RCB and Rinku SIngh’s last-over heroics helped KKR to clinch 2 back to back games. KKR’s bowling unit failed to put pressure on SRH’s batters in the last match. They conceded 228 runs in 20 overs, in which only Andre Russel took 3 wickets in his spell. He also got injured and left the field against SRH, which will now be a big concern for KKR. 

Captain Nitish Rana and the KKR’s all-time rescuer, Rinku Singh, tried hard to chase down the target. Nitish Rans’s knock of 75 runs from 41 balls and Rinku’s not-out 58 runs from 31 balls went into vain as other batters failed to put runs on the board, which cost them a game by 23 runs.

The overall team looks well-balanced, with good options for spin bowlers. They need to analyze conditions well at Wankhede when they face MI in the upcoming match.  Also, the team’s openers need to stand on the crease to give a solid start to the innings, which they have failed to do so far this season.

Key players:
Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy.

Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Playing XI:

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Narayan Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy.

Kolkata Knight Riders Actual Playing XI:

Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Narayan Jagadeesan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather will be sunny on the match day. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be between 32°C - 27°C. The pitch has favored batters here in the 2nd inning of the game.

Venue Details

Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai will host this match. This historic ground can accommodate 32,000 people and has conducted many domestic as well as international games so far.

Toss: To Bowl

The ground has conducted 8 T20I games so far. Out of those 8 games, the team chasing the target won 5 times. Also, CSK defeated MI in the last played here while chasing a target. Here, the general trend is the winning captain chooses to bowl first.

MI vs KKR
Winning Prediction

By looking at both squads, KKR have the upper hand in the upcoming battle against MI. KKR’s bowling attack looks sorted, while MI are struggling to put up a decent bowling performance this season. The king of batting and bowling depth KKR have, they are in a good position to clinch this game at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

We predict that KKR will defeat MI.

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