Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians, IPL 2024: Match Preview, Fantasy Picks, Pitch And Weather Reports
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians by 24 runs when they met at the Wankhede Stadium last week.
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will lock horns with Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match 60 of the Indian Premier League, 2024. The match will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on May 11 at 07:30 PM IST.
KKR vs MI (Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians), Match 60 - Match Information
Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, Match 60
Date: May 11, 2024
Time: 07:30 PM IST
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
KKR vs MI, Match Preview
Kolkata Knight Riders have played 11 matches and have 16 points so far. They will be looking to strengthen their hold of the top spot. Mumbai Indians have played 12 games and are ranked ninth with eight points.
In the last match played by Kolkata against Lucknow Super Giants, KKR beat Lucknow by 98 runs. The top fantasy player for Kolkata was Sunil Narine who scored 148 fantasy points.
In their last match played against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians beat Hyderabad by seven wickets. The top fantasy player for Mumbai was Suryakumar Yadav who scored 160 fantasy points.
KKR vs MI, Pitch Report and Weather Conditions
The pitch at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. The surface will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket-taking is not going to be easy. The average first-innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 180 runs. The team winning the toss may decide to bat or bowl depending on the ground conditions.
Pace or Spin?
The venue is suited for both pacers and spinners alike.
Weather Report
The temperature will hover around 28 degrees celsius and humidity is expected to be around 75%. Winds at a speed of 4.39 m/s are expected. Cloudy weather is expected during the match, this may help pacers with movement. There is heavy intensity rain expected which may affect playing conditions.
KKR vs MI, Head-to-Head
In the 33 matches played between these two teams, KKR do not have a good record against MI. Based on our analysis and trends, we predict the trend to continue. The Knight Riders' all-rounders have earned the most fantasy points for their team, while the bowlers have earned the most fantasy points for Mumbai.
In their previous encounter in this series, Venkatesh Iyer was the Man of the Match while Mitchell Starc scored the highest fantasy points for Kolkata with 128 points. Jasprit Bumrah topped the fantasy points leaderboard for MI with 106 points.
KKR vs MI, Dream11 Top Captain and Vice-Captain Picks
Sunil Narine
Sunil Narine is an all-rounder with an average of 112 fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 9.9 and can be a good pick for your Dream11 Team. He is a top-order, left-handed batter. In the recent 11 matches, he has scored 461 runs averaging 41.9 per match. He can also give you some bowling fantasy points, and bowling off-break and in recent matches, he has taken 14 wickets at an average of 20.8 per match.
Philip Salt
Phil Salt is a wicket-keeper with an average of 67 fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.9 and can be a good pick for your Dream11 Team. He is a top-order, right-handed batter and also keeps wickets. In the last 11 matches, he has scored 429 runs at an average of 42.9 per match.
Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav has an average of 66 fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 10 and is a good-to-have player for your team. He is a top-order, right-handed batter. In the last nine matches, he has scored 334 runs at an average of 41.8.
Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah is a fairly consistent player in terms of fantasy points. He has an average of 53 fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 8.4. He bowls right-arm fast and in the last 12 matches, he has taken 18 wickets at an average of 16.5.
Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya is an all-rounder with an average of 53 fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 9 and can be a good safe pick for your Dream11 Team. He is a right-handed batter. In the last 12 matches, he has scored 198 runs at an average of 19.8 per match. Hardik is also a handy bowler, bowling right-arm medium-fast and in recent matches, he has taken 11 wickets at an average of 29.8 per match.
Andre Russell
Andre Russell is an all-rounder with an average of 52 fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 9.8 and can be a good pick for your Dream11 Team. He is a right-handed batter. In the recently played 11 matches, he has scored 198 runs at an average of 33 per match. Russell is also a handy bowler, bowling right-arm fast and in recent matches, he has taken 13 wickets, averaging 17.5.
Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas Iyer is a very consistent player in terms of fantasy points. He has an average of 47 fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 8. He is a top-order, right-handed batter. In the last 11 matches, he has scored 280 runs at an average of 35 per match.
Varun Chakravarthy
Varun Chakaravarthy has an average of 46 fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8 and can be a good pick for your Dream11 Team. He bowls leg-break googly and in the recent 11 matches, he has taken 16 wickets at an average of 21.9.
Nuwan Thushara
Nuwan Thushara is a very inconsistent player in terms of fantasy points and can be a high-risk, high-returns pick in your team. Thushara has an average of 36 fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 8.4. He bowls right-arm medium-fast and in the last five matches, he has taken 4 wickets at an average of 49.5.
KKR vs MI, Squads
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Manish Pandey, Mitchell Starc, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Dushmantha Chameera, KS Bharat, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Phil Salt, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, Varun Chakravarthy, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya, Vaibhav Arora, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Harshit Rana, Sakib Hussain and Suyash Sharma.
Mumbai Indians (MI) Squad: Hardik Pandya (c), Piyush Chawla, Rohit Sharma, Mohammad Nabi, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah, Luke Wood, Ishan Kishan, Vishnu Vinod, Nuwan Thushara, Romario Shepherd, Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, Shams Mulani, Shivalik Sharma, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Kumar Kartikeya, Tilak Varma, Anshul Kamboj, Akash Madhwal, Dewald Brevis, Kwena Maphaka and Naman Dhir.
KKR vs MI, Dream11 Team
Wicket-Keeper: Ishan Kishan and Phil Salt
Batters: Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer
All-Rounders: Andre Russell and Sunil Narine
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee and Varun Chakravarthy
Captain: Andre Russell
Vice-Captain: Jasprit Bumrah