MI vs KKR Probable Playing 11: Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai Indians is set to host Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2024 season on May 03 at Wankhede Stadium.
MI vs KKR Probable Playing 11
MI vs KKR Probable Playing 11: With only three victories in hand, Mumbai Indians have only a few chances for their chances for playoffs. They are desperate in need of a victory while they set to host Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday clash. They suffered a defeat against Lucknow in their last encounter.
On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders are comfortable with their position in the table with 6 victories in hand. They played against Delhi Capitals in a previous encounter where KKR won the match by seven wickets.
Harshit Rana has been banned for the MI clash due to a Code of Conduct breach while Mumbai is set to play with full strength squad.
“We have to play to win and that’s the way we play cricket, to win each game. So it doesn’t matter how many points we can get, we’re going to play each game and try to win as big as possible and if there is opportunity, you know, that’s the only way we can actually get opportunities if we win the games,” said Romario Shepherd.
“It’s a very personal bond. It is best understood by those two people. It is not necessarily a coaching thing, it can also be a trust thing. Sometimes just having someone in the dugout and having that aura around you can have a positive effect on the player.”
“There can be many other things like Gauti telling him to go there and play with freedom. Gautam Gambhir is Kolkata’s golden boy, he has come and won us two championships as captain, and Sunil Narine has been part of that journey.”
“There’s always going to be a certain memory that Sunny taps into. It’s a deeper bond that both of them have and that is reflected in Sunny’s batting. He understands and trusts the guy trusts everything I am gonna do, win or lose, succeed or rail,” said Abhishek Nayar.
Currently, KKR secured second place while Mumbai Indians are in the second bottom of the IPL 2024 points table.
Mumbai Indians Probable 11
Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Kumar Kartikeya, Jasprit Bumrah
Kolkata Knight Riders probable 11
Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakaravarthy
MI vs KKR Squad
Mumbai Indians
| Player | Role |
| Ishan Kishan | Wk-Batter |
| Hardik Pandya | Batting All-rounder |
| Rohit Sharma | Batter |
| Suryakumar Yadav | Batter |
| Tilak Varma | Batter |
| Tim David | Batter |
| Romario Shepherd | Bowler |
| Mohammad Nabi | Bowling All-rounder |
| Gerald Coetzee | Bowler |
| Shreyas Gopal | Bowling All-rounder |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Bowler |
| Akash Madhwal | Bowler |
| Nuwan Thushara | Bowler |
| Kumar Karthikeya | Bowling All-rounder |
| Piyush Chawla | Bowler |
| Naman Dhir | Batter |
| Luke Wood | Bowler |
| Harvik Desai | Wk-Batter |
| Shams Mulani | Batting All-rounder |
| Arjun Tendulkar | Bowling All-rounder |
| Nehal Wadhera | Batter |
| Shivalik Sharma | Batter |
| Anshul Kamboj | Bowler |
| Dewal Brevis | Batter |
| Kwena Maphaka | Bowler |
Kolkata Knight Riders
| Player | Role |
| Philip Salt | Wk-Batter |
| Shreyas Iyer | Batter |
| Sunil Narine | Bowling All-rounder |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Batting All-rounder |
| Andre Russell | Batter |
| Rinku Singh | Batter |
| Venkatesh Iyer | Batting All-rounder |
| Ramandeep Singh | Batter |
| Mitchell Starc | Bowler |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | Bowler |
| Harshit Rana | Bowler |
| Vaibhav Arora | Bowler |
| Suyash Sharma | Bowler |
| Manish Pandey | Batter |
| Anukul Roy | Batting All-rounder |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Wk-Batter |
| Allah Ghazanfar | Bowler |
| Sakib Hussain | Batter |
| Sherfane Rutherford | Batting All-rounder |
| Chetan Sakariya | Bowler |
| Nitish Rana | Batter |
| Srikar Bharat | Wk-Batter |
| Dushmantha Chameera | Bowler |
