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Times of India | May 03, 2024, 16:54:28 IST
MI vs KKR IPL 2024 Live Score: With their campaign in disarray after seven defeats in 10 matches, five-time winners Mumbai Indians return home for their next three home matches in IPL 2024 after three consecutive defeats in four matches . Match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday.
MI are currently tied with Royal Challengers Bangalore at the bottom, both having six points from three wins – they are ninth on the NRR. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders are second in the points table with 12 points from nine matches.
Although Mumbai has lost a lot of battles, the war is not over yet, they still have very few chances. They need a miracle to reach the next stage this season.
Set to face KKR twice in the space of eight days (they will play again at the Eden Gardens on May 11), Hardik Pandya’s MI will be looking to win their remaining four matches and hope other results go in their favour. Four wins in their remaining games will take them to 14 points and keep their hopes of a top-four finish alive to make the playoffs.
But looking at their performance, they will face a tough challenge to reach the top as they will face KKR twice apart from Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants in the next four matches. All three teams are in competition for the playoff places and have everything to play for as the tournament enters into a fierce battle for the playoff places.
At the moment, table toppers Rajasthan Royals look in a comfortable position with 16 points from nine matches.
Mumbai, on the other hand, have had an indifferent season so far, starting with three defeats and heading into Friday’s clash with KKR after three consecutive defeats – losing to Lucknow Super Giants, Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals.
Their defeat in their last match against LSG was particularly disappointing as they were restricted to a modest score of 144/7 in 20 overs and although their bowlers struggled, the four-wicket defeat really highlighted all the problem areas of the team. exposed.
Despite the presence of India captain and six-time IPL winner Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, players considered to be the best players of this format, Tim David, Hardik Pandya and Romario Shepherd, there is no shortage in the batting unit. Tilak Verma is currently their top scorer with 343 runs in 10 matches and a strike rate of 153.81, while Rohit Sharma is second with 315 runs in 10 innings and his best score is 105 not out.
Despite having abundant talent, he has struggled for consistency and his batting has not lived up to expectations.
On the bowling front, Jasprit Bumrah currently holds the Purple Cap with 14 wickets in 10 matches, equal to Mustafizur Rahman of Chennai Super Kings and Harshal Patel of Punjab Kings. MI’s South African is also not far behind with 13 wickets in nine matches. The rest of their bowlers have had to struggle for success.
Coach Mark Boucher and captain Pandya will be hoping that their return to their home ground will change their fortunes once again. At the start of the league, they came back to the Wankhede Stadium after three consecutive defeats and revived their campaign with three wins from four matches.
With the typical Wankhede pitch awaiting him, Pandya will be hoping that his batsmen, especially Rohit, Ishan and Suryakumar, regain their mood and flourish on home soil.
Rohit scored his second century in the IPL against CSK at Wankhede early last month. Their top bowler, Bumrah had produced his best figures of 5-21 at Wankhede and the team will be hoping to recreate the magic he has shown in the last three matches at home.
Coming into Friday, their rivals KKR have 12 points from nine matches. They have played quite well so far and openers Sunil Narine and Phil Salt have both scored more than 350 runs so far. Narine has scored one century and two half-centuries while Phil Salt has scored four half-centuries so far.
They have a strong middle order like captain Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer has done well, successfully playing the role of finisher on a few occasions along with Rinku Singh and Andre Russell.
Narine has been their best bowler so far with 11 wickets in nine matches, while Varun Chakraborty and Harshit Rana have also taken 11 wickets each. However, Rana is not available for this match as he has been suspended by the BCCI for breaching the IPL code of conduct.
Rana was found guilty of breaching Section 2.5 – a Level 1 offense – during the clash with Delhi Capitals on Monday (April 29) and was fined 100 per cent of his match fee and suspended for one match Went.
KKR will be confident of their batting against MI on Friday. A win in Friday’s Match 51 of IPL 2024 will take KKR closer to the top spot, while a win over their opponents will revive Mumbai Indians’ faint hopes of reaching the play-offs.
Both the teams have played each other 32 times, with Mumbai Indians winning 23 matches and KKR winning nine. But based on current form, Kolkata Knight Riders are favorites to win their 10th match in the head-to-head series and improve their chances of advancing to the playoffs.
Teams: Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, Luke Wood, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dheer. Shams Mulani, Dewald Brewis, Kumar Karthikeya, Shreyas Gopal, Harwick Desai, Gerald Coetzee, Romario Shepherd, Arjun Tendulkar, Shivalik Sharma, Anshul Kamboj, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Mafaka
Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Dushmantha Chameera, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana (suspended), Suyyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mitchell Starc, Allah Ghazanfar, Saqib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya, Nitish Rana, Srikar Bharat.
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