Mumbai, who are looking forward to their first win of the IPL 2022 series today, will take on Kolkata, who are looking forward to a successful tour.
Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Mumbai Indians in the 14th league match of the IPL 2022 series today at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. The Kolkata Knight Riders are currently second in the points table this season. Kolkata easily defeated a strong Chennai team in their first match. In the 2nd match, Bangalore suffered a shock defeat. In the next match, they easily defeated Punjab by 6 wickets and returned to winning ways. With the same inspiration the team will fight hard to win today’s match and grab the top spot in the standings.
The batting unit is strong as Andrew Russell, Raghane, Sam Billings, Nitish Rana and Shreyas Iyer all contribute to the batting. If Venkatesh Iyer and Sunil Narine, who have not played well in 3 matches, return to their form, Kolkata will be a major headache for Mumbai. Umesh Yadav’s fast bowling is now the biggest strength of the Kolkata team. Umesh will be a lion’s share for Mumbai batsmen. With many more star players like Tim Southee and Varun Chakraborty, there is no doubt that Kolkata will fight to the last to shut down Mumbai.
Mumbai Indians are currently eighth in the points table. Has embraced defeat in both matches played and has been pushed to a pitiable state. Despite amassing 177 runs against the Delhi team, they embraced defeat without being able to control it. In the 2nd match, Rajasthan scored 193 runs and failed to reach the target, scoring only 170 runs. Mumbai will bang with full enthusiasm to write the conclusion to the failed journey. Both youngsters Ishant Kishan and Tilak Verma have emerged as hopefuls for Mumbai. Both have been playing extremely well in batting.
If Rohit Sharma, Kieran Pollard and Tim David play responsibly with them, the team will touch the Himalayan score. It is said that Surya Kumar Yadav will return to the team. If he joins like that, the batting of the Mumbai team will become even stronger. Bowling left Mumbai Fort in two defeats. The team is unable to build a consistent bowling line-up as those who bowled correctly in one match bowled poorly in the next. Mumbai’s success lies in how Bumrah, Timothy Mills and Murugan Aswin are going to function. Will Mumbai revive its quality mantra of “Defend low total at any time” in this match? The match will take place at 7.30pm.
Proposed Playing Eleven:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings (wicket keeper), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Varun Chakraborty
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishant Kishan (wicket-keeper), Anmolpreet Singh *, Tilak Verma, Kieran Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Tim Mills, Jaspreet Bhumra, Basil Thampi
* If Suryakumar Yadav returns to the team, Anmolpreet Singh will be dropped from the squad.