Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders - 22nd match - April 16th
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Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders - 22nd match - April 16th
The 22nd match of the Indian Premier League, 2023 will take place between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders on the 16th of April, 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
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Mumbai Indians Form Guide:
Mumbai Indians are placed at the 9th position on points table.
The top run scorer for Mumbai Indians is Tilak Varma with 147 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Mumbai Indians is Piyush Chawla with 4 scalps under his belt.
Mumbai Indians have won their previous match against Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets.
Delhi Capitals batted first and they posted a total of 172 before being bowled out. Manish Pandey played a good knock of 26 runs in 18 balls. David Warner at the top of the order scored 51 off 47 deliveries. A real game changing knock was played by Axar Patel, who smashed 54 off just 25 balls to take Delhi Capitals to a competitive total of 172.
During the chase, Mumbai Indians got off to a dream start with their opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan taking the bowlers on. They stitched an opening partnership of 71 runs. Tilak Varma in the middle order played a helping hand by scoring 41 runs in 29 balls. Rohit Sharma was dismissed after scoring 65 off 45 balls. It all came down to 2 runs to win in 1 ball and Cameron Green along with Tim David kept their nerves as they steered their side home on the last ball of the match with 6 wickets in hand.
Kolkata Knight Riders Form Guide:
Kolkata Knight Riders are currently placed at the 4th position on points table.
The top run scorer for Kolkata Knight Riders is Rinku Singh with 156 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Kolkata Knight Riders is Sunil Narine with 6 scalps under his belt.
Kolkata Knight Riders have lost their previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad by 23 runs.
Sunrisers Hyderabad batted first and they posted a total of 228 for 4 in 20 overs. Harry Brook at the top of the order scored 100 not out in 55 balls. It was the highlight of the first innings. Aiden Markram also played a great supporting act and smashed 50 in just 26 balls. He hit 5 sixes during the knock. On the back of these brilliant batting performances, Sunrisers Hyderabad got to a total of 228 in 20 overs of play.
During the chase, Kolkata Knight Riders lost Rahmanullah Gurbaz early on. Venkatesh Iyer also got out early. Nitish Rana played a captain's knock of 75 runs in 41 balls. He tried his best along with Rinku Singh who scored 58 not out in 31 balls but neither of them could take KKR home as they were restricted to 205 for 7, losing the match by 23 runs.
Let’s have a look at the squads:
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Shreyas Iyer (Injured), Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Lockie Ferguson (T), Nitish Rana (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (T), Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur (T), Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Shakib Al Hasan, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Kulwant Khejroliya, David Wiese, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, N. Jagadeesan
Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Dewald Brevis, Hrithik Shokeen, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff (T), Jofra Archer, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Mohd. Arshad Khan, N. Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Tim David, Tristan Stubbs, Raghav Goyal, Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani, Vishnu Vinod, Duan Jansen, Piyush Chawla, Jhye Richardson, Cameron Green
Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay
Who will win the toss? – Mumbai Indians
Who will win? - Kolkata Knight Riders
Top Batter (Runs Score) – Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Kolkata Knight Riders), Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians)
Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders), Piyush Chawla (Mumbai Indians)
Most Sixes – Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders), Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians)
Player of the Match - Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Team Scores Batting first – Kolkata Knight Riders 180+, Mumbai Indians 170+
Match Handicap: Kolkata Knight Riders
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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.
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