- Match: Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
- Date- 16th April 2023
- Match Format- T20 (IPL 2023)
- Venue- Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
- Time- 3:30 PM (IST)
- Weather Forecast- 34 Degrees Celsius, Humid
Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Prediction Preview:
Welcome to MI vs KKR Today Prediction curated by Kheltalk cricket experts. Mumbai Indians will be locking horns with Kolkata Knight Riders in this IPL 2023 game.
Kolkata Knight Riders are coming on the back of a narrow loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad and they would be itching to bounce back to winning ways.
Under the astute leadership of Rohit Sharma, the 5-time IPL winners Mumbai staged a comeback and recorded a win in their previous game.
Top Batter for MI vs KKR (overall)
- Rohit Sharma (MI)- 904 runs
Top Bowlers MI vs KKR (overall)
- Sunil Narine (KKR)- 23 wickets
MI vs KKR Today Match Prediction Scenarios
Scenario 1- If MI bats first
- First Innings score prediction- MI is expected to score 170-180
- Result prediction- KKR will win the match by 5 wickets
Scenario 2- If KKR bats first
- First Innings score prediction- KKR is expected to score 180-190
- Result prediction- KKR will win by 5-10 runs
MI vs KKR Today Match Prediction, IPL 2023, Who Will Win the Match?
Kolkata Knight Riders
As the likes of Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh are in red-hot form, KKR would fancy themselves to break their dubious record against the MI paltans.
Rinku scored a top-notch knock of 58* runs in the previous game and will be one of the key cogs in the wheels of Kolkata Knight Riders.
Team Update/Players Availability/Injury News
KKR are expected to go with an unchanged XI. Mumbai Indians have no injury concerns at the moment.
MI vs KKR Probable Playing 11
MI Playing XI
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Cameron Green, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Kartikeya, Riley Meredith/Jofra Archer, Arshad Khan, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff
KKR Playing XI
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Narayan Jagadeesan (WK), Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer (impact player)
Squads
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Riley Meredith, Arshad Khan, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff, Tim David, Sandeep Warrier, Jofra Archer, Vishnu Vinod, Ramandeep Singh, Shams Mulani, Arjun Tendulkar, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Duan Jansen, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Raghav Goyal
Kolkata Knight Riders
Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Tim Southee, Mandeep Singh, Jason Roy, Litton Das, David Wiese, Anukul Roy, Kulwant Khejroliya, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Aarya Desai
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