Five-time winner Mumbai Indians (Mumbai Indians) The team has already been knocked out of the playoff race for the 15th season of the Indian Premier League. His season was very bad and his Indian Premier League after 8 consecutive defeats (IPL 2022) The dream of winning the title was shattered. Now the team is playing in the league with the aim of maintaining its credibility and bringing a good end. But at the same time, the victory of this team can ruin the work of other teams in the playoffs. The team, led by Rohit Sharma, will face Kolkata Knight Riders in their next match (Kolkata Knight Riders) To face. Which is still somehow in the playoff race. The two teams will meet at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
Kolkata lost to Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday night and this loss spoiled the equation for them to reach the playoffs. If we look at the points table, Kolkata is eighth with 3 wins and 7 losses in 11 matches and has 8 points. He still has 3 matches to play. Now the situation is that if he wins all three of his matches he will get 14 points. But these points cannot guarantee its playoffs. Because for this he has to rely on many equations.
Kolkata will have to win by a big margin
Kolkata lost the last match against Lucknow. His bowling was not good and his batting was not good either. Kolkata’s problem is that they can’t find their proper playing 11. She is constantly making changes. But he did not succeed. The team’s opening pair have yet to score. While here the team has played 4 batsmen. Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Baba Inderjit, Aaron Finch have played the role of openers. But no one showed consistency. Rahane and Venkatesh have been dropped from the squad. Inderjit and Finch opened the last match but they were not successful.
The middle order of the team depends on Nitish Rana and captain Shreyas Iyer. But both the batsmen are also suffering from a lack of consistency. Andre Russell also did not perform as expected. He certainly scored 45 in the last match, also 19 balls. The team management will hope that Russell will show his naughty style in the remaining 3 matches. Rinku Singh has done well in 2 matches and so the team has expressed confidence in him.
The bowlers also lacked special performances
It is not only in Kolkata that batting is lacking. Even his bowling could not do anything special. The team is keeping a player like Pat Cummins. He led the team to victory with his own ball with the bat and his half-century off 15 balls came against Mumbai this season. It remains to be seen whether Cummins will return to the team. 2 spinners have failed to win the team. While Varun Chakraborty has been dropped from the team. So even Sunil Narayan has failed to give the team a win this season.
Mumbai can score a hat trick of victory
Mumbai have won their last two matches after eight consecutive defeats. However, one player has lost before the match against Kolkata and that is Time Mills. Who has been ruled out of the league due to injury. Mumbai’s biggest concern is Rohit’s form. Which was seen in the last match. Rohit scored 42 in the last match and Ishant Kish also scored 45 in the same match. Other players include Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav and Tim David. Kieron Pollard’s form is also a concern for the team. He has not been able to do much in bowling or batting yet.
Who will support Bumrah?
Another problem for Mumbai is not getting a bowler to support Jaspreet Bumrah. The team fielded Mills, Daniel Sams, Basil Thampy and Jaydev Unadkat. But no one could impress. However, Daniel Sams did well in the last match against Gujarat Titans by saving 9 runs. Kumar Karthikeyan has been impressed in the spin.
Players of both the teams:
Mumbai Indians:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Suryakumar Yadav, David Bravis, Tilak Verma, Ramandeep Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Anmolpreet Singh, Kieron Pollard, Danian Sams, Sanjay Yadav, Tim David, Fabian Allen, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shocker, Hrithik Shocker , Jaydev Unadkat, Riley Meredith, Basil Thampi, Ishan Kishan, Aryan Juyal, Mayank Markandeya, Murugan Ashwin, Kumar Kartikeya.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Shreyas Aiyar (captain), Venkatesh Aiyar, Aaron Finch, Nitish Rana, Sheldon Jackson (wicketkeeper), Andre Russell, Sunil Narayan, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Tim Southee, Sam Rinings, Sam Billings , Chamika Karunaratne, Baba Inderjit, Mohammad Nabi, Anukul Roy, Rasik Salam, Pratham Singh, Abhijit Tomar, Aman Khan, Ramesh Kumar and Ashok Sharma.
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