IPL 2022 | Mumbai aiming for hat-trick win; KKR must win too; The toss fell

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Kolkata Knight Riders will bat first once morest Mumbai Indians in today’s IPL match. Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field. Both teams have made changes to the playing XI today. While Mumbai made one change, Kolkata made five changes today.

Injured Suryakumar Yadav has been replaced by Ramandeep Singh in the Mumbai team. Suryakumar will miss the remaining matches of the season. In Kolkata, Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Pat Cummins and Varun Chakraborty made it to the final XI.

KKR must win this match to retain at least a very slim chance, even if the playoff hopes are almost dashed. If they lose, Kolkata will be out of the tournament.

Mumbai, on the other hand, are bottom of the points table with nothing to lose. Mumbai, whose playoff hopes have come to an end, will be looking to maintain their dignity by winning the remaining matches. Currently, Kolkata are ninth in the points table and Mumbai are 10th. KKR has eight points and Mumbai four.

Kolkata have lost six of their last seven matches. This is exactly what turned their playoff hopes upside down. This is the second time Mumbai and Kolkata have met this season. At that time, Kolkata had beaten Mumbai by five wickets.

Published by:Sarath Mohanan

First published:May 09, 2022, 19:17 IST

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