KKR will take on Mumbai Indians in the first leg at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday, April 11. This It is the inverse encounter between the two sides. KKR are on a three-game winning streak defeating DC, MI and LSG in their previous three games.
They defended 235 against LSG and 170 against MI at the Wankhede stadium. The victory against MI at Wankhede came after 12 long years for the Knight Riders. They are looking as a solid unit as according to experts and looking good to seal their playoff spot in the next game.
KKR leads the points table with the best NRR among all the teams. Rajasthan Royals’ loss to DC in their last match meant that KKR retained the top position. Now they can become the first team to achieve that to the playoffs if they achieve to 18 points.
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Kolkata Knight Riders have been playing with the same almost all season and will back the same side to deliver. once again.
KKR Playing 11 vs Mumbai Indians – IPL 2024, match 60
Phil Salt (WK)
Salt will open the batting for KKR. He scored 32 off 14 balls against LSG and He has marked 429 runs for KKR so far. He has been surprisingly over 180 this season.
Sunil Narine
Narine will open the batting with Salt. The duo has forged a brilliant partnership at the top. He scored 81 off 39 balls against LSG and has scored 461 runs this season. until now. Both he and Salt have a chance to surpass 500 runs in the next game.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi
KKR has given Raghuvanshi a longer rope at three. He scored 32 off 26 balls and added a 79-run stand with Sunil Narine. which It was crucial for the team.
Shreyas Iyer (C)
Iyer he pattern It will fit all four. He has scored 280 runs in the season in 11 games at a strike rate of 138.61 with a score of over fifty. Unfortunately, he has won too many pitches this season.
Venkatesh Iyer
Iyer will come in at five. He scored 70 in the first match against MI. It was because of his score that KKR reached 169 and defended it in the end. He has scored 320 runs against MI in five innings.
Rinku Singh
Rinku will come in at six. He hasn’t played too many deliveries this season and hasn’t scored too many runs either. He scored 9 off 8 balls against ME and fair 16 of 11 balls against LSG.
Andre Russell
Russell will take over at seven. He and Rinku have been used as floaters this season. Since that half-century against SRH and the 41 off 18 balls against DC, the all-rounder hasn’t scored too many runs. He has so far got 13 wickets this season.
Ramandeep Singh
Ramandeep has been very helpful in the order. Scored 35 6 balls against LSG and made two brilliant catches. He also adds tremendous depth to KKR’s batting line-up.
Mitchell Starc
Starc will come in at nine. He has so far got 12 wickets for the season. He hit a four against MI to help KKR win the match.
Harshit Rana
Rana will enter at ten. KKR pacer has now He picked up 14 wickets for the season after his three-wicket haul against LSG. In total, he has 20 IPL wickets.
Varun Chakraborty
“Chakravarthy concludes probable KKR XI”. He is now KKR’s main wicket-taker. with 16 wickets this season until now. After a slow start, he has taken nine wickets in his last five games.
Impact Sub: Vaibhav Arora / Manish Pandey
Arora will be KKR’s Impact Sub. The franchisor has consistently used him in that role. He has taken nine wickets in seven games despite not having any wickets in the last two games. Manish Pandey is Impact’s other sub-option. KKR used it in the first match against MI with the Knight Riders reeling at 57/5.
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