IPL 2022 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Playing 11: The 14th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 is going to be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune from 7.30 pm on April 6. The toss will take place at 7 pm. This is the fourth match of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2022. He has won 2 out of 3 so far. At the same time, this is the third match of Mumbai Indians this season. He has lost his last two matches.
So far 29 matches have been played between Kolkata and Mumbai in IPL. Out of these, KKR has won only 7 matches, while Mumbai Indians have won 22 matches. The last encounter between the two took place in the year 2021 at the ground of Abu Dhabi. Then Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets.
An interesting fact is that Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have won all their matches played at the MCA Stadium in Pune. At the same time, Rohit Sharma has scored more than 1000 runs against KKR at an average of 46.14. This includes his one century and six half-centuries.
The pitch in Pune has been kind to the team that bowls later.
The pitch in Pune this season has been very kind to the bowlers who have bowled in the second innings so far. The bowlers have been able to defend their scores in the last two matches. There was no significant dew effect during the match. Despite this, it is unlikely that the captain winning the toss will want to bat first.
In this match, Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians can take the field with these players. Here is the probable playing XI of both the teams
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee/Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakraborty.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wk), Anmolpreet Singh/Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills, Basil Thampi.