Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians
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14th Match:
The match between KKR and MI is the fourteenth meeting of the IPL 2022, which is going to be played at the Maharastra Cricket Association (MCA) International Stadium, Pune on April 6th 2022.
KKR vs MI History:
The teams competed against each other 29 times, till date. Out of them, KKR won 7 times and lost 22 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against MI are WLLLL.
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 9 times at the neutral venue. KKR won thrice, whereas MI won 6 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against MI are WLLLL.
Teams and Ranks:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team completed 232 games, out of them the team won 119 times and lost 108 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the second place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 4 points (in total), victory will bring the team to top position with 6 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team to any of second to sixth position with 4 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are WLWLW.
Mumbai Indians:
The team completed 243 games, out of them the team won 138 times and lost 101 times with 4 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the eighth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 0 points (in total), victory will bring the team to any of the seventh or eighth places with 2 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team to any of last three positions with 0 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI are LLWWL.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Pune shows the weather would be partly cloudy till the interval of the play and then mostly clear till the end of the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 3% to 9% as of now, so there would be extremely less chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 26 to 30 Celsius. The wind would be between 7 to 9 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 17 times in 40 games. The selection favored the teams, as the team won 10 times and lost 7 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WLWLW.
The teams never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2015.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 13 times and lost 10 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LLWWW.
The first batting team won the matches 20 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, also won 20 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WWLLL.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 23 times and lost 17 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLWWW.
KKR:
The team won the toss 6 times in 6 played games. The team won all 6 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWWWW.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2013.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while losing the toss, are – – – – -.
MI:
The team won the toss 3 times in 5 played games. The team won all 3 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the MI at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWW – -.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2012.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the MI at the venue, while losing the toss, are LW – – -.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 119 runs in 2013. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 196 runs in 2016 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 73 runs in 2017, and the highest total was 211 runs in 2018. For the second inning, the lowest total was 96 runs (completed innings) in 2017, whereas the highest was 198 runs in 2018.
The batting average of the first innings is 28.59 and 23.71 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against MI at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
KKR:
KKR had a dream record as the team won all 6 times and never lost, yet.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are WWWWW.
MI:
MI had an excellent record as the team won 4 times and lost once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI at the venue are WLWWW.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team would like to go with S. Jackson in place of S. Billings and P. Cummins in place of S. Mavi.
Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: V. Iyer, A. Rahane, S. Iyer, N. Rana, S. Jackson, A. Russell, S. Narine, T. Southee, P. Cummins, U. Yadav, V. Chakravarthy
Mumbai Indians:
The team would like to go with S. Yadav in place of A. Singh, if S. Yadav will be fit for the play. The team would like to include J. Unadkat in place of B. Thampi.
Mumbai Indians Eleven: RG. Sharma, I. Kishan, S. Yadav, T. Varma, K. Pollard, T. David, D. Sams, M. Ashwin, T. Mills, J. Unadkat, 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.
