Mumbai Indians will face defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the 12th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) today. The match will be played at Mumbai's Home Ground Wankhede Stadium at 7:30 pm.
This will be the second match between MI and KKR this season. Mumbai suffered a defeat in both his opening matches. The team suffered a defeat against Chennai Super Kings in the first match and Gujarat Titans in the second match. On the other hand, Royal Challengers lost to Bengaluru in the first match of the Kolkata season. In the second match against Rajasthan Royals, the team returned to the winning track.
Match Details, 12th Match Mi VS KKR Date: March 31 Stadium: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Time: Toss – 7:00 pm, match start – 7:30 pm
Mumbai heavy on Kolkata
A total of 34 matches have been played between the Mumbai Indians (MI) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the IPL, of which the Mumbai team has won 23 matches while Kolkata have won 11 matches.
At the same time, 11 matches have been played between Mumbai and Kolkata at Wankhede Stadium, of which Mumbai have won 9 times, while Kolkata have won only 2 matches. In such a case, the MI team dominates KKR on the home ground.
Top Better of Surya Mumbai Suryakumar Yadav is in excellent form for Mumbai. He played 48 against Gujarat Titans. However, the MI lost the match by 36 runs. In bowlers, 24 -year -old Vignesh Puthur took 3 wickets in the first match against Chennai. He is the top bowler of the team so far this season.
D Coke In the coolest form Quinton de Kock has been the top Better of Kolkata so far this season. He played a 97 -run matchwing innings against Rajasthan in the last match. Mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty has taken 3 wickets in 2 matches for the team.
Pitch report Wankhede's pitch is convenient for batting. Fast bowlers get some help here. So far 116 IPL matches have been played here. The first batting team has won in 54 matches, while the chase team has won 62 matches.
Weather update The weather will be very hot in Mumbai on Monday. There will be a lot of suns here today. There is no hope of rain at all. Temperatures can range from 26 to 37 degrees Celsius. The wind speed will be 15 kilometers per hour.
Both teams' potential playing-12 (including impact player) Mumbai Indians (MI): Hardik Pandya (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Ryan Recalton (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Center, Deepak Chahar, Trent Bolt, Mujib Ur Rahman, Satyanarayan Raju and Robin Minz.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narayan, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramanadeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Aurora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravi and Angakrish.
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