KKR Playing 11 vs Mumbai Indians- IPL 2024, Match 51
Updated - 03 May 2024, 05:51 PM
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Kolkata Knight Riders take on Mumbai Indians in their next match in IPL 2024. This is their 10th match of the season and the first meeting between the two sides this season.
KKR are placed second on the points table heading into this season and has the best NRR. They won against DC in a 154-run chase with 21 balls to spare. Meanwhile, MI lost their previous game to LSG in Lucknow.
The start provided by Phil Salt and Sunil Narine has so far worked wonders for KKR. The batters who have followed have been able to maintain that momentum and churn out wins. Varun Chakravarthy's spell against DC was the biggest positive for KKR in the last match. He took 3/16 and prized out the wickets of Rishabh Pant and Tristan Stubbs.
Varun and Narine have now taken 11 wickets each in this year's IPL. Young pacers Harshit Rana has taken 11 while Vaibhav Arora has taken nine. With the spinners bowling well KKR are looking like a good unit.
Harshit has been handed a one-match ban following his celebrations in the last match against DC. It will be interesting to see who replaces him in the XI. Barring him, KKR would like to keep the same side as Nitish Rana's fitness update is yet unknown.
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KKR Playing 11 vs Mumbai Indians- IPL 2024, Match 51
Phil Salt (WK)
Phil Salt will open the batting for KKR. He has scored 392 runs in 9 matches for KKR so far this season. He is fresh off a match-winning 63 against DC.
Salt will be missing the playoffs if KKR qualifies for the last four as England have called back their players for the T20 World Cup preparations.
Sunil Narine
Narine will open the batting for KKR with Salt. The duo have been brilliant for the Kolkata Knight Riders. The mystery spinner has scored 372 runs and picked up 11 wickets so far this season.
Shreyas Iyer (c)
Iyer will slot in at three. He scored an unbeaten 33 and anchored the run chase against DC. He was not included in the Indian T20I squad that was announced for the T20 World Cup 2024.
Venkatesh Iyer
The southpaw will slot in at four. He also scored an unbeaten 26 off 23 against DC and added an unbeaten 57-run stand with his skipper to take KKR home.
Rinku Singh
Rinku Singh will slot in at five. He scored 11 off 11 balls as he was promoted in the batting lineup against DC. This year, his highest score has been 26 and he has scored 150 runs in nine games. He was kept in the reserves in India's T20 World Cup squad.
Andre Russell
Russell will slot in at six. He bowled just one over against DC and was not required with the bat in the run-chase. KKR beat DC on his birthday on April 29. This season he has scored 179 runs and picked up nine wickets so far.
Ramandeep Singh
Ramandeep will slot in at seven. He has played his part with the bat whenever he has got his opportunities. He has been a brilliant fielder for KKR this season so far.
Mitchell Starc
Starc will slot in at eight. He went for 43 runs and picked up a wicket against DC. He has continued to be expensive and has taken seven wickets in 8 games conceding 330 runs.
Vaibhav Arora
Arora will slot in at nine He will be the only Indian pacer in the XI with Harshit Rana banned for one match. The pacer picked up 2/29 against DC and has overall picked up nine wickets in five games.
Varun Chakravarthy
Chakravarthy will slot in at 10. He picked up 3/16 against DC and bowled a match-winning spell. His return to form was the biggest positive for KKR from the game. He has now taken 11 wickets this season.
Sakib Hussain
KKR can look to include Sakib Hussain in place of Harshit Rana against MI. The right-arm medium pacer has picked up four wickets from two T20Is and is known to bowl with pace.
Impact Sub-Syuash Sharma / Angkrish Raghuvanshi
KKR can use either Suyash or Raghuvanshi as the Impact player depending upon the match situation. They also have Manish Pandey in their ranks and his experience can also make him a useful Impact Sub.
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