IPL 2017: 37th Match, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Weather Forecast

Hosts Mumbai Indians (MI) will look to continue their resurgence when they square off against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at their own territory on Sunday (May 6) at the Wankhede Stadium.

Both the teams are coming from the back of a win and will look to carry on the momentum to the business end.

Meanwhile, Mumbai will take confidence from their opening batsman Suryakumar Yadav. Yadav has scored 340 runs from nine outings and has been in great touch.

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The middle-order is also contributing in the last few games, however, they will want Evin Lewis to score some runs with the bat.

KKR, on the other hand, will be elated with the emergence of Shubman Gill. Skipper in the form of Dinesh Karthik, Chris Lynn, and Sunil Narine are also among runs for the side and their batting looks strong.

Nitish Rana, who missed the last game is likely to return which adds balance to the playing XI.

The spinners have done a great job for Kolkata and have been among wickets.

However, it will be an exciting encounter with both the team striving for victory.

Weather Forecast:

It will be a sunny day out there in Mumbai with the temperature hovering around 32 degree Celsius. It will be a hazy day and interestingly there’s no cloud cover over the stadium in particular.

However, the temperature is likely to go down in the evening much to the relief of the players.

Moreover, there are absolutely no chances of rain which will indeed is a good news for the fans.

As a result, fans will get to see full 40 overs and could expect a thriller of a match.

Here’s hourly weather update prior to the kick off of a match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders:

Also, Read: Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted XI