MI vs KKR Weather Report Live Today And Pitch Report Of Wankhede Stadium– IPL 2024, Match 51
Updated - 03 May 2024, 05:50 PM
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The Wankhede Stadium hosts the MI vs KKR IPL 2024 match next Friday, May 3 from 7.30 pm IST. This is the first meeting between the two sides this season.
KKR are heading into this match after a dominating win over Delhi Capitals. They now have beaten the Capitals twice this season. KKR are now second on the points table. In the last six games, they have won three and lost three.
Mumbai Indians are placed eighth on the points table heading into this game. The five-time champions have a stellar record against KKR winning 23 out of the 32 matches played to date.
KKR however, have won four out last five games against MI. MI won the last meeting between the two sides. However, they lost their previous game to LSG in Lucknow.
The match will be played at the Wankhede Stadium, a high-scoring venue. Mumbai have won two games and lost two out of the four games played. MI lost to RR and CSK. The form of Mumbai Indians has been a concern this season.
The captaincy shift to Hardik Pandya has not worked out as expected. He has had a below-par impact as captain of the franchise. As a captain, he can now pull up his franchise in the last few games. KKR have six wins and three losses, while MI have exactly the opposite.
MI vs KKR Weather Report Live Today And Pitch Report Of Wankhede Stadium– IPL 2024, Match 51
MI vs KKR Weather Report Of Mumbai
The MI vs KKR match will be played on Friday, May 3. The temperatures in the daytime will be around 34 degrees.
The temperature will remain stable during the afternoon and the weather conditions will be mostly sunny. The humidity levels will be around 50 percent. There is no chance of rain and the weather conditions will be hot and humid.
MI vs KKR Pitch Analysis
The pitch at the Wankhede Stadium historically has been a batting-friendly wicket. The wicket has good pace bounce and carry with the ball coming onto the bat quicker. 200 is the par score at this venue and teams prefer chasin here due to the impact of dew.
MI posted 234 already against DC. Against CSK they failed to score 207 to win. Thus given what the records at this venue have been, we can expect a high-scoring contest.
Weather Impact on MI vs KKR Match 51 of IPL 2024
The weather conditions will be very hot and humid in this game. The temperatures will be around 29 degrees in the evening with partly cloudy skies. There is no chance of rain but the humidity levels will be close to 70 percent.
Conclusion
KKR are in good form this season having won six out of the first nine games. They are on 12 points already and getting to 16 would almost guarantee them a spot in the playoffs.
They would fancy themselves to win four out of the remaining five games. They face a test though against MI who have had the wood over them historically in the IPL.
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