El Clásico: Why Mumbai Indians Should Worry Kolkata Knight Riders?: MI vs KKR, IPL 2022

MI vs KKR, MCA Stadium. Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders is the second El Clasico game after Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings in the IPL. MI dominated the KKR throughout the IPL history, but the games are always highly competitive. Out of 27 matches, MI won 22, and KKR managed to win only 7.

Mumbai Indians have a very stable batting line-up. Probably the best on-paper batting depth. Now that SKY is fit to play, and he is likely to replace Anmolpreet Singh to reclaim his number 3 position. Tilak Varma is as a piller of MI batting. We can see Rohit Sharma bat down the order to give other batters a chance to perform.

KKR is in outstanding form in the IPL 2022. Every player contributes to the win, but Andre-The-Giant-Russell is the primary factor for KKR to win. His knock of 70 runs off 31 balls in the last game shows how dangerous a batter he is—no matter which batting position he bats at. P Cummins and S Narine are the keys for KKR to dismiss R Sharma and Ishan Kishan early in the powerplay. Nitish Rana can play the role of off-spinner against Kishan and Varma. The addition of P Cummins will only increase the danger for MI batters. Because Southee, Cummins, S Narine, and Russell dismissed MI batters more often than MI bowlers dismissed KKR batters.

At MCA Stadium:

H2H Stats:

H2H Stats:

Venue Stats:

(Overall T20 stats)

Probable Playing 11:

Suryakumar Yadav is fit and likely to come in for Anmolpreet Singh. Besides that, no other changes are expected in the MI squad.

MI: R Sharma, I Kishan, S Yadav, T Varma, T David, K Pollard, D Sams, T Mills, J Bumrah, M Ashwin, B Thampi
Unavailable: J Archer

P Cummins is out of quarantine now and available for selection. Sam Billings is likely to miss the game.

KKR: V Iyer, A Rahane, S Iyer, N Rana, S Jackson, A Russell, P Cummins, S Narine, T Southee, U Yadav, S Mavi/V Chakravarthy

Fantasy Picks:

WK – S Jackson
Batters – S Yadav, R Sharma, A Rahane, T Varma
AR – A Russell, S Narine, K Pollard/D Sams
Bowlers – J Bumrah, U Yadav, P Cummins, T Mills

Punt picks – T Varma, T David, D Sams, S Yadav

Common C/VC – R Sharma, A Russell, J Bumrah, S Iyer

Punt C/VC – A Rahane, P Cummins, T Mills, S Yadav

KKR Batters vs MI Bowlers:

A Rahane:
vs Bumrah – 0W
vs Pollard – 1W
vs Unadkat – 2W

V Iyer:
vs Bumrah – 1W
vs Unadkat – 1W

S Iyer:
vs Bumrah – 1W
vs Unadkat – 3W
vs Pollard – 1W
vs Markande – 1W
vs Thampi – 1W
vs M Ashwin – 1W

N Rana:
vs Pollard – 1W
vs Unadkat – 1W

S Billings:
vs Mills – 1W

A Russell:
vs Bumrah – 3W
vs Pollard – 1W

S Narine:
vs T Mills – 1W
vs Pollard – 1W
vs M Ashwin – 1W

S Jackson:
vs M Ashwin – 1W

MI Batters vs KKR Bowlers:

R Sharma:
vs S Narine – 9W
vs Southee – 4W
vs U Yadav – 4W
vs S Mavi – 2W
vs Cummins – 1W

I Kishan:
vs S Narine – 1W
vs Southee – 1W
vs U Yadav – 1W
vs Cummins – 2W

S Yadav:
vs Cummins – 1W
vs Russell – 2W
vs Chakravarthy – 1W
vs U Yadav- 2W
vs Southee – 2W

K Pollard:
vs Cummins – 3W
vs Russell – 4W
vs U Yadav- 1W
vs Southee – 3W

Interesting Records:

• Ajinkya Rahane, while playing against MI, was dismissed seven times by left-arm bowlers of MI.
• S Narine has dismissed R Sharma nine times and T Southee four times in the T20s.
• Cummins dismissed Kishan three times in five balls in the T20s.
• Pacers are way more effective in wicket-taking than spinners at MCA.
• Since 2018, the team winning the toss opted to bowl first in every match played at MCA.