Mumbai Indians will hope for a face-saving win when they face off against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 51st match of the Indian Premier League. Get our latest expert MI vs KKR match betting tips, predictions and picks below.
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Mumbai vs Kolkata Match Information
- Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
- Date: Friday, May 3
- Time: 7.30 pm local (2 pm GMT, 10 am EDT)
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What Have The Two Teams Done So Far?
Kolkata Knight Riders occupy the second spot on the IPL 2024 points table with 12 points from nine matches. On the other side of the spectrum is Mumbai Indians with six points from 10 games and down to the ninth spot.
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With Mumbai Indians losing their last three matches in a row, they are all but out of the reckoning for a place in the playoffs. The outside chance that they have consists of Mumbai needing to win all their remaining four matches and to then hope for a miracle outside of that.
On the other hand, Kolkata need to win just two of their remaining five games but at the same time they wouldn’t be aiming for a playoffs berth alone.
What the Knight Riders would want is a place in the top two to ensure they get two shots at making the final.
And they have the team to do that as well, especially in conditions like the Wankhede Stadium where the ball comes very nicely on to the bat, the outfield is quick and it’s easy to hit the balls over the fence.
Mumbai Indians have been patchy with their batting though and that’s where things have gone awry for them. Hardik might find new players to blame their defeats on but it is down to his captaincy and with reports of there being a divide in the team, it is only going to get that much tougher against Salt, Narine and Russell.
Expecting another high-scoring contest with KKR grabbing the initiative.
MI vs KKR Head to Head Stats
- Overall MI vs KKR Head-to-head: Despite the presence of big-tickets players in the KKR side over the years, Mumbai Indians have a rather strong lead over them on head to head. They have won 23 of their 32 matches.
- At the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Indians are 9-1 ahead on head to head.
- Over the last five matches though, KKR are 3-2 ahead.
Possible Playing XIs/XIIs
Mumbai Indians
Kishan, Rohit, Suryakumar, Varma, Hardik, David, Nabi, Wadhera, Chawla, Bumrah, Coetzee, Thushara
Kolkata Knight Riders
Narine, Salt, Angkrish, S Iyer, V Iyer, Rinku, Russell, Ramandeep, Arora, Starc, Varun, Chetan.
MI vs KKR Predictions with Latest Odds*
- Prediction 1: Mumbai to win: 10/11 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Prediction 2: Team of Top Batter – KKR: 10/11
MI vs KKR Toss Prediction
MI to win the toss: 10/11
MI vs KKR Score Prediction
First Innings Score Over 195: 5/6
*odds correct at the time of writing.
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