Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Mumbai Indians (MI) in the 22nd match of the IPL on Sunday (April 16) at 3:30 pm in the Wankhede Stadium. It has not been a very promising start to the season for the five times Champion as they have won only one of the 3 matches that they have played so far. Skipper Rohit Sharma, who was struggling with his form from the previous season, finally scored a half century against Delhi Capitals after 23 IPL innings. World number one T20 batter Surya Kumar Yadav has not been in a fine touch recently, 15, 1, 0, has been his last three innings of this season as MI is struggling with his middle order batters performance. An exceptional batting by Tim David and Cameron Green against DC took Mumbai to their first victory of the season.
However KKR on the other side has been performing well but lost their previous game against SRH as they leaked too many runs to the Orange Army. A brilliant century by Harry Brook and 50 by skipper Aiden Markram posted a huge 228 run total which KKR failed to chase in spite of another good innings of 58 off 31 by Rinku Singh and lost the match by 23 runs. A team performance is lacking from the Shah Rukh Khan side as the team depends a lot on their lower order batters. With two wins in 4 games Nithish Rana’s side is currently 5th on the table and would be hoping to get in the top 4 with today's win.
MI must be boosted up after winning their previous game whereas KKR will come all guns blazing to mark their place in the top 4. It will be interesting to see who win this battle and improve their spot on the table.
Match Details: KKR vs MI, IPL 2023, Match 22
Date and Time: April 13, 2023, 3:30 PM IST
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Captain: Rohit Sharma
Vice-Captain: Nitish Rana
Wicketkeepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Nitish Rana, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh
All-rounders: Cameron Green, Sunil Narine
Bowlers: Varun Chakaravarthy, Jason Behrendorff, Umesh Yadav, Riley Meredith
KKR vs MI, My Dream 11 team
Rohit Sharma (C), Nitish Rana (vc), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Cameron Green, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jason Behrendorff, Umesh Yadav, Riley Meredith
KKR vs MI Probable XIs
MI Probable XI: : Rohit Sharma, Cameron Green, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Hrithik Shokeen, Riley Meredith, Arshad Khan, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff
KKR probable XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur