Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2024: Match Preview, Fantasy Picks, Pitch And Weather Reports

Mumbai Indians have played 10 matches in the series and are ranked ninth on the points table with six points, while Kolkata Knight Riders have played nine matches and are ranked second on the points table with 12 points. In the last match played by Mumbai Indians against Lucknow Super Giants, Lucknow Super Giants beat Mumbai Indians by four wickets. The top fantasy player for Mumbai Indians was Nehal Wadhera who scored 62 fantasy points. 

The other top point-getters were Tilak Varma with 101 points, Hardik Pandya with 64 points and Tim David with 59 points.

In their last match in this series against Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Capitals by seven wickets. The top fantasy player for Kolkata Knight Riders was Phil Salt who scored 131 fantasy points. The other top point-getters were Varun Chakaravarthy with 89 points and Shreyas Iyer with 64 points.

MI vs KKR, Pitch Report and Weather Conditions

The pitch at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. The surface will only allow a little assistance to the bowlers and wicket-taking is going to take a lot of work. The average first-innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 169 runs. Chasing a target should be the preferred option at the venue since the team batting first has only won 35% of its matches.

Pace or Spin?

The pacers have been very successful at this venue. They have taken 75% of the total wickets at this venue. We would suggest that you pick as many pace bowlers as possible in your team.

Weather Report

The temperature will hover around 28 degree C and humidity is expected to be around 72%. Winds at a speed of 2.06 m/s are expected.

MI vs KKR, Head-to-Head

In the 32 matches played between these two teams, Kolkata Knight Riders do not have a good record against Mumbai Indians. Based on our analysis and trends, we predict the trend to continue. Kolkata Knight Riders' all-rounders have earned the most fantasy points for their team, while the bowlers have earned the most fantasy points for Mumbai Indians.

Both teams last played against each other in the Match 22 of the Indian Premier League, 2023, where Ishan Kishan scored the highest fantasy points for Mumbai Indians with 91 points while Venkatesh Iyer topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Kolkata Knight Riders with 154 points.

MI vs KKR, Fantasy XI Top Captain and Vice-Captain Picks

Sunil Narine

Sunil Narine can be a high-risk, high-returns pick for your Fantasy XI Team. He has an average of 93 fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 8.3. He is a top-order, left-handed batter. In the recent nine matches, Narine has scored 372 runs averaging 41.3 per match. He also bowls decently, bowling off-break and in recent matches, he has taken 11 wickets, averaging 22.5 per match.

Philip Salt

Phil Salt is a fairly consistent player in terms of fantasy points. Phil Salt has an average of 72 match fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 8.5. He is a top-order, right-handed batter and also keeps wickets. In the recent nine matches, he has scored 392 runs at an average of 49 per match.

Andre Russell

Andre Russell is a safe bet for your Fantasy Team. He has an average of 56 match fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 9.5. He is a right-handed batter. In the last nine matches, Russell has scored 179 runs at an average of 44.8 per match. He also bowls decently, bowling right-arm fast and in recent matches, he has taken nine wickets at an average of 20 per match.

Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma is a batter with an average of 50 fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.3 and is a very inconsistent player in terms of fantasy points. He can be a high-risk, high-returns pick in your team. Rohit is a top-order, right-handed batter. In the recently played 10 matches, he has scored 315 runs at an average of 35 per match.

Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav is a good-to-have player for your Fantasy XI Team. He has an average of 51 fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 9.9. He is a top-order, right-handed batter. In the recent seven matches, Suryakumar has scored 176 runs averaging 25.1 per match.

Jasprit Bumrah

Jasprit Bumrah is a differential player for your Fantasy Team. He has an average of 49 fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 9.8. He is a right-arm fast bowler and in the last 10 matches, Bumrah has taken 14 wickets at an average of 18.3.

Gerald Coetzee

Gerald Coetzee is a good-to-have player for your Fantasy XI Team. He has an average of 41 fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 8.5. He bowls right-arm fast and in recent nine matches, Coetzee has taken 13 wickets at an average of 24.4.

Nuwan Thushara

Nuwan Thushara is a bowler with an average of 37 fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 9.1 and is a differential player for your Fantasy Team. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler and in the last three matches, Thushara has taken 1 wicket at an average of 114.

Varun Chakravarthy

Varun Chakaravarthy is a fairly consistent player in terms of fantasy points. He has an average of 36 fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 7.3. He is a leg-break googly bowler and in the recently played nine matches, Chakaravarthy has taken 11 wickets at an average of 27.1.

MI vs KKR, Squads

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.

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.

MI vs KKR, Fantasy XI Team

Wicket-Keeper: Ishan Kishan and Phil Salt

Batters: Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma and Shreyas Iyer

All-Rounders: Andre Russell, Hardik Pandya and Sunil Narine

Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee, Varun Chakravarthy and Vaibhav Arora

Captain: Andre Russell

Vice-Captain: Jasprit Bumrah

Topics mentioned in this article

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