Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders
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22nd Match:
The match between MI and KKR is the twenty-second meeting of the IPL 2023, which is going to be played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on April 16th 2023.
MI vs KKR History:
Overall:
The teams competed against each other 31 times, till date. Out of them, MI won 22 times, whereas KKR won 9 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI against KKR are LLLWW.
@ MI Backyard:
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.
Teams and Ranks:
The Home Team (MI):
The team completed 258 games, out of them the team won 143 times and lost 111 times with 4 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the ninth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 2 points (in total), victory will bring the team at any of the fifth to ninth (current) place with 4 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at the ninth (same) place with 2 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI are WLLWL.
Last 5 (completed) match results at home for MI are LWWWL.
The Visiting Team (KKR):
The team completed 247 games, out of them the team won 125 times and lost 117 times with five (5) without any result (No Result).
The team is at the fifth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 4 points (in total), victory will bring the team in any of the top three places with 6 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at any of the fifth (current) to ninth position with 4 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are LWWLL.
Last 5 (completed) away match results of KKR are WLLWW.
Weather:
Weather forecast for Mumbai shows the weather would be pretty sunny and clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 0% to 1% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 30 to 32 celsius. The wind would be between 13 to 21 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature, both would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL & CLT20):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 29 times in 105 games. The selection didn’t favor the teams, as the team won 14 times including a victory in a tied game and lost 15 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLLWL.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 42 times and lost 34 times, though the teams lost the match in super over twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWLWW.
The first batting team won the matches 48 times including a (1) victory in a tied match. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 57 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LLLLW.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 56 times including a tied outing and lost 49 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLWLL.
The Home Side (MI):
The team won the toss 41 times in 72 games. The team won 25 times including a super over victory and lost 16 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the MI at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLWLW.
The team never lost a game after choosing to bat first since 2016.
The side never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2019.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the MI at the venue, while losing the toss, are LLWWL.
The team never got a chance to chase the target after losing the toss since 2017.
The team never lost a match while chasing the target after losing the toss since 2015.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 118 runs in 2018. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 198 runs in 2019 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 67 runs in 2008, and the highest total was 235 runs in 2015. For the second inning, the lowest total was 79 runs (completed innings) in 2013, whereas the highest was 223 runs in 2017.
The batting average of the first innings is 27.54 and 25.92 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
The teams faced each other 9 times at the venue. MI won 8 times, whereas KKR won just once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI against KKR at the venue are WWWWW.
The Visitors never won any encounter against the host at the venue since 2012.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
The Home Unit (MI):
The team had a very good record at the venue, as the team won 44 times including a super over victory in a tied outing and lost 28 times in 72 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI at the venue are LWLWL.
The Visiting Unit (KKR):
The team had a horrendous record at the venue, as the team won 4 times and lost 11 times in 15 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are WLWWL.
The side never chose to bat first after winning the toss, till date.
The toss winner chose to bat first in 2013, the only time in KKR’s presence.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Mumbai Indians:
The team may go with a winning combination.
Mumbai Indians Eleven: RG. Sharma, I. Kishan, S. Yadav, C. Green, T. Varma, N. Wadhera, + T. David, H. Shokeen, A. Khan, P. Chawla, R. Meredith, + J. Behrendorff
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team may go with D. Wiese in place of A. Russell, if the latter is not fit for the play.
Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: R. Gurbaz, N. Jagadeesan, + V. Iyer, N. Rana, D. Wiese, R. Singh, S. Thakur, S. Narine, L. Ferguson, U. Yadav, V. Chakravarthy, + S. Sharma
*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. *Notes: “+”indicate an impact player. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://sportewave.com/mi-vs-kkr-ipl-2023-match-prediction/
