Preview:
Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders are going to play the 56th match of IPL 2022 on Monday. MI have won 2 out of 10 matches and are still in the last position in the points table. They managed to defeat the mighty Gujarat Titans in the last game by 5 runs after scoring 177 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. They would be hoping for a similar performance in this game against the last year’s runner-up team.
Kolkata Knight Riders have lost track and are on brink of elimination. They suffered a loss against Lucknow Super Giants in the last game by a huge margin of 75 runs. LSG’s bowlers had a great night as they managed to bundle up the KKR batting unit for just 101 runs. They are sitting in the number 8th position in the points table currently.
Match Details:
Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 56
Venue: Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Date & Time: 9th May at 7:30 PM IST and Local Time
Live Streaming: Star Sports Network and Disney+Hotstar
MI vs KKR, Match 56 Pitch Report:
The pitch is likely to offer a lot of support to the batters and we might witness a high-scoring encounter. The team winning the toss might look to bowl.
Injury News:
(will be added when there is an update)
MI vs KKR, Match 56 Probable Playing XIs:
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Kumar Kartikeya, Jasprit Bumrah, Riley Meredith
Kolkata Knight Riders
Aaron Finch, Baba Indrajith (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi, Harshit Rana/Umesh Yadav