Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians
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34th Match:
The match between KKR and MI is the thirty-fourth meeting of the IPL 2021, which is going to be played at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi on September 23rd 2021.
KKR vs MI History:
The teams competed against each other 28 times, till date. Out of them, KKR won 6 times and lost 22 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against MI are LLLLW.
KKR Home:
The teams faced each other 10 times at the home ground of KKR. The host won just thrice. On the other hand, the visitors won 7 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against MI are WLLLW.
MI Home:
The teams competed 10 times at the home ground of MI. The home team won 9 times and lost just once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI against KKR are WWWWW.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 8 times at the neutral venue. KKR won twice, whereas MI won 6 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against MI are LLLLW.
Points and Ranks:
In the group stage, the winner will earn 2 points and the defeating team will earn 0 points.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
KKR is at the sixth rank in the table and will come to fourth position with earning 2 points after winning the match. The team may stay at the current rank or come to seventh while losing the game.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are WLWLL.
Mumbai Indians:
MI is at fourth rank in the table and will come to third rank with earning 2 points after winning the outing. The team may go to fifth or sixth position while losing the encounter.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI are LWWLL.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Abu Dhabi shows the weather would be sunny till sunset and clear till the end of the match. The precipitation percentage would be 0% to 1% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be 33 to 34 Celsius. The wind would be between 7 to 16 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL Matches):
Teams prefer to bat first 16 times in 30 matches. The selection didn’t favor the teams, as the team won 7 times, though one of them was tied, but the team, with batting first, managed to win by boundary counts (as, the super over was also tied), and lost 9 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LWLLL.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, which happened 14 times out of 28 matches. The selection favors the teams, and the teams won 8 times, and lost also 6 times, though one of the defeats was in a super over in a tied game.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWWWW.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the matches 15 times and lost 15 times, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWWWW.
The first batting team won the matches 13 times including two ties, in one game the first batting team won by boundary counts (as the super over was also tied) and the other one was decided by super over. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 17 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LWLLL.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 132 on the venue. On the other hand, the highest successful chase is 206 on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 70, and the highest total was 205 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 84 runs (completed innings), whereas the highest was 206 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 26.25 and 27.32 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other thrice at the venue. KKR won once, whereas MI won twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against MI at the venue are WWL – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
KKR got plenty of chances (12) to play the match at the venue, in which the team has a pretty good record, as the team won 7 times including one super over victory in a tied game, and lost 5 times, including one boundary count defeat in a tied super over in the tied game.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are WWLW*L.
MI got 9 chances to play the match at the venue, the team has a pretty good record, as the team won 6 times, and lost thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI at the venue are WLWWW.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team may go with the winning combination.
Kolkata Knight Riders: S. Gill, V. Iyer, N. Rana, R. Tripathi, A. Russell, E. Morgan, D. Karthik, S. Narine, L. Ferguson, P. Krishna, V. Chakravarthy
Mumbai Indians:
The team may replace R. Sharma and H. Pandya, whoever fits for the play, in place of A. Singh and S. Tiwary, respectively.
Mumbai Indians Eleven: Q. de Kock, R. Sharma / A. Singh, I. Kishan, S. Yadav, H. Pandya / S. Tiwary, K. Pollard, K. Pandya, A. Milne, R. Chahar, T. Boult, J. Bumrah
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
