Match detailsKolkata Knight RidersFor a few games now, MI have been swapping Suryakumar Yadav and Nuwan Thushara and that is likely to continue.Nitish Rana, who played just the opening game for KKR before injuring his hand, has returned to batting in the nets KKR are hoping he will be “fit soon”.
Will KKR bowl Narine early for his match-up against Rohit? In all T20s, Rohit has scored 187 runs off Narine’s 171 balls while getting out nine times.
Suryakumar has been watchful against KKR’s spinning duo Narine and Chakravarthy, scoring 89 runs off 78 balls against them in all T20s while getting out just once. Will he try to take them on on Friday, considering MI’s top order hasn’t been firing of late?
Tim David has been batting pretty low for MI but he will hope he gets to face Andre Russell, having smashed him for 57 off 25 balls in all T20s so far
Narine has faced just nine balls from Bumrah so far for four runs and one dismissal
Rohit Sharma needs another 29 runs to reach the 12000-mark in T20s
MI’s win percentage of 71.8% against KKR in the IPL is the most dominant head-to-head record in the league
Pitch and conditions
Dew hasn’t been as conspicuous as it has been in Chennai, but chasing is always the favourable option in Mumbai. Twenty-six out of the 42 matches have been won batting second since IPL 2021 and seven out of 11 since IPL 2023. It’s extremely humid in Mumbai and the temperature is expected to stay around 30 degrees even around 11pm, which won’t make bowling second too much better.
Vishal Dikshit is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo