In the upcoming IPL match between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Wankhede Stadium, KKR will aim to break their unfavorable record at the venue, having won only once there against MI back in 2012, with Sunil Narine starring then. Narine’s form and history against MI’s opener Rohit Sharma, coupled with the venue’s conducive conditions for batting, suggest a challenging encounter for MI. Rohit, however, draws confidence from his recent unbeaten century and his ability to tackle left-arm quicks. Jasprit Bumrah’s effectiveness and KKR’s strategy, including the potential return of Nitish Rana, add intrigue. MI’s batting order adjustments and KKR’s selection of Impact Players further enhance the anticipation. With the pitch likely favoring chasing, both teams must adapt to the humid Mumbai conditions for a competitive clash.
Keepers – Phil Salt(vc), Ishan Kishan
Batters – Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma
All-rounders – Hardik Pandya, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine(c)
Bowlers – Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy
MI: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Tilak Varma, Gerald Coetzee, Nuwan Thushara.
KKR: Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Phil Salt (wk), Vaibhav Arora, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (C), Ramandeep Singh, Dushmantha Chameera, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Dushmantha Chameera, Allah Ghazanfar, Sakib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya, Nitish Rana, Srikar Bharat
Mumbai Indians Squad: Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Shams Mulani, Dewald Brevis, Kumar Kartikeya, Luke Wood, Shreyas Gopal, Harvik Desai, Romario Shepherd, Arjun Tendulkar, Shivalik Sharma, Anshul Kamboj, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka
