IPL 2023, MI vs KKR Preview: Predicted playing XI, pitch report, Players to watch and all you need to know

Mumbai Indians will lock horns with Kolkata Knight Riders in the 22^nd match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023. Both teams will play this match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai today from 3.30 pm. Notably, Mumbai Indians are coming off with a win in their last match. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders lost their last match in the tournament.

Both teams will be eyeing to win this match to gain winning momentum in the current season of the IPL 2023. With said that, here we’ll have a look at the match preview of this match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders. It will include the pitch report, predicted playing XIs, players to watch out for, and all you need to know.

MI vs KKR, Match 22: Pitch Report and Conditions

The surface at the Wankhede Stadium is quite a bit supportive for the spinners instead of batters. It would be very tough for the batters to post a big total but the dew factor could make it easy to chase the target in the second innings. Considering that, the team winning the toss will definitely want to bat first.

MI vs KKR, Match 22: Broadcast Details and Timings

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Date & Time: 16^th of April, Sunday, 3.30 PM (Indian Standard Time)

Live Telecast:

Television – Star Sports Network

OTT and Digital – JioCinema

MI vs KKR, Match 22: Predicted Playing XIs

MI:

Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Jofra Archer, Arshad Khan, Piyush Chawla, and Jason Behrendorff.

KKR:

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, and Varun Chakaravarthy.

MI vs KKR, Match 22: Players to Watch Out for

Rinku Singh

The star Southpaw has stunned everyone with his sensational performances in the last two matches he played for KKR in the team including a half-century. It also includes his remarkable performance against Gujarat Titans where he won the match for Kolkata by smashing five consecutive sixes in the last over when they required 29 runs off the last five balls. He could be a great asset for KKR while facing the five-time champions Mumbai Indians.

Nitish Rana

The KKR skipper Nitish Rana has played two brilliant knocks of 45 and 75 runs respectively in the last two IPL 2023 appearances for his team. In the last 10 T20 matches, Rana has scored 363 runs with a very good average of 40.33 runs having a strike rate of 152.52. He can make a difference in favor of visitors while batting at the top of the batting order. KKR can count on him in both conditions, be it batting first or chasing the target.

Tilak Varma

The young Mumbai batter has impressed everyone with his remarkable batting of late in the Indian Premier League 2023; He has played the knocks of 84*, 22, and 41 so far in the three matches he played for Mumbai. Apart from that, Varma has scored 310 runs in the last 10 T20 appearances with an average of 38.75. He can produce a good foundation at the start of Mumbai’s batting in either of the conditions.