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- The 12th match of the 18th season of IPL will be between 5-time champion Mumbai Indians and defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders. The match will be played at 7:30 pm at Mumbai Indians’ home ground Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai is still looking for its first win.
- Mumbai Indians had to face defeat in both the initial matches. Mumbai lost to Chennai in the first match and to Gujarat in the second match. Kolkata had lost to Bangalore in the first match but in the second match, Kolkata defeated Rajasthan and registered its first win of this season.
Match Details, 12th Match
MI vs KKR
Date: 31st March
Stadium: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Time: Toss- 7:00 PM
Match Start- 7:30 PM
MI vs KKR: Who is ahead in head to head?
- If we talk about head to head matches between the two teams, Mumbai team is way ahead of Kolkata. Till now 34 IPL matches have been played between the two teams in which Mumbai has won 23 matches and Kolkata has won 11 matches.
- If we talk about Wankhede Stadium, here too Mumbai Indians have the upper hand. So far 11 matches have been played between the two teams where Mumbai has won 9 matches and Kolkata has won 2 matches.
Surya Kumar Yadav in form in Mumbai’s batting
- So far, only Surya Kumar Yadav has been in form in Mumbai’s batting. In the last match too, he played a brilliant innings of 48 runs against Chennai. Apart from him, Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya have not been able to show any magic with their bat yet.
- Talking about bowling, Trent Boult and Deepak Chahar have not been in good form yet, but their spin bowler, 24-year-old Vignesh Puthur, showed a brilliant performance by taking 3 wickets against Chennai in his first match.
De Kock is in good form in Kolkata’s batting
- In Kolkata’s batting, their wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock has been in good form. In the last match also, he led his team to victory by playing a match-winning innings of 97 runs against Rajasthan.
- Apart from him, Kolkata’s spinner Varun Chakraborty has taken 3 wickets in 2 matches with a good economy.
MI vs KKR: Pitch Report
- The Wankhede pitch has mostly been a batting friendly pitch. The pitch here supports batsmen more, so big scores are seen on this ground. So far 116 IPL matches have been played here. In which the team batting first has won 54 matches and the chasing team has won 62 matches.
MI vs KKR: Weather Conditions
- The weather in Mumbai is going to be very clear on Monday. The day will be sunny. There is no chance of rain either. The temperature can remain between 25 to 36 degrees Celsius.
Mumbai Indians Probable Playing-12
- Hardik Pandya (captain), Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Naman Dheer, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Satyanarayan Raju, Robin Minj.
Kolkata Knight Riders Probable Playing-12
- Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Angkrish Raghuvanshi.
