MATCH NO – 51st MATCH
SERIES – Indian Premier Leagues – 2024
DATE – 03th May, 2024
TIME – 07:30 PM IST
VENUE – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
INTRODUCTION
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India, contested during the months of March and May every year. It was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007 and is considered one of the most prestigious and popular cricket leagues in the world.
The IPL features franchise teams representing different cities and regions of India. Each team is composed of a mix of domestic and international cricketers, and they compete in a round-robin group stage followed by knockout playoffs to determine the champion. The league has seen significant growth in terms of viewership, sponsorship, and revenue since its inception.
Apart from its cricketing significance, the IPL has also become a cultural phenomenon, attracting celebrities, business tycoons, and fans from all walks of life. It has revolutionised the sport by introducing innovative concepts like player auctions, strategic timeouts, and cheerleaders, which have added to its entertainment value.
However, the IPL has also faced controversies over the years, including allegations of match-fixing, corruption, and conflicts of interest. Despite these challenges, the league continues to thrive and remains a major event in the global cricket calendar, showcasing top talent and providing a platform for emerging players to shine.
Indian Premier League 2024 has started from 22nd March.52th match of Indian Premier League will be played between one of the most popular & Successful teams of IPL and 5 times IPL trophy winner Mumbai Indians & one of the most popular teams and two times winner Kolkata Knight Riders.
MATCH PREVIEW
The 48th match played between Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG) and Mumbai Indians (MI) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this Season Lucknow SuperGiants team won 5 matches and lost 4 out of 9 matches and fourth position in the points table.Whereas Mumbai Indians team have won only 3 matches and lost 6 out of 9 matches and ninth position in the Point table.
Last time when both teams Lucknow SuperGiants and Mumbai Indians played between each other, Mumbai Indians team scored 182 runs and Lucknow SuperGiants team scored only 101 runs and failed to chase and Mumbai team won the match by 81 runs.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians.
PITCH REPORT
The Wankhede Stadium is a cricket stadium located in Mumbai, India. It is one of the most renowned cricket stadiums in the country and has hosted numerous domestic and international cricket matches. The stadium has a seating capacity of around 33,000 spectators.Wankhede Stadium has witnessed many historic cricketing moments, including the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup final where India defeated Sri Lanka to win the championship.
It is also the home ground for the Mumbai Indians franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL), which is one of the most successful teams in the tournament’s history.The stadium was originally established in 1974 and has undergone several renovations and upgrades over the years to meet international standards. It is named after the former president of the Mumbai Cricket Association, Sheshrao Krushnarao Wankhede.
The pitches in Wankhede are known to be belters, where the batters have piled on the runs. But the wickets in the venue have also assisted quicks, providing good bounce and movement early doors of the game. The games here will favour the chasing teams due to the dew in the night.Batsmen need to be watchful against spinners and be prepared to rotate the strike rather than going for aggressive shots. Building partnerships and pacing the innings become crucial on this pitch. Fast bowlers also have a role to play, especially in the initial overs when the ball may seam and swing a bit. However, their effectiveness usually decreases as the match progresses.
Overall, the Wankhede Stadium pitch is known to produce competitive matches, providing opportunities for both batsmen and bowlers. It often rewards skillful pace bowling and strategic batting, making it a fascinating venue for cricket enthusiasts
GROUND STATS (IPL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 115 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 170+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 52 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 63 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 150 | 27 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 26 |
| BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 34 |
| ABOVE SCORE 190 | 28 |
BOWLERS STATS ON WANKHEDE STADIUM (IPL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 115
PACER WICKETS – 687
SPINNER WICKETS – 294.
MI TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
KEY POINTS
- One of the most successful teams in T20 league Mumbai Indians have won 5 IPL trophies but this season this team is the second team who has been eliminated after RCB.
- In this season Mumbai Indians team performance is very poor and they have won only 3 matches and lost 7 matches out of 10 matches and ninth position in Point table.
- Last match played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai team successfully chased a good score of 185 runs and won the match by 5 wickets.
- Surya Kumar Yadav has scored 176 runs in 7 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Ishan Kishan has scored 249 runs in 10 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Tim David has scored 217 runs in 9 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Rohit Sharma has scored 315 runs in 10 innings with the help of 1 century in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Nehal Wadhera has scored 99 runs in 3 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Tilak Varma has scored 343 runs in 10 innings with the help of 3 half centuries in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Hardik Pandya has scored 207 runs and taken 7 wickets in 10 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Jasprit Bumrah has taken 14 wickets in 10 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Gerald Coetzee has taken 13 wickets in 9 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- In the last match Mumbai Indians team failed to defend a low total of 144 runs and lost the match by 4 wickets against Lucknow SuperGiants.
- Ishan Kishan scored 32 runs, Nehal Wadhera scored 46 runs and Tim David scored 32 runs in the previous match against Lucknow SuperGiants.
- Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets, Nuwan Thusara, Gerald Coetzee & Mohammad Nabi took 1-1 wickets each in the previous match against Delhi Capitals.
- Both teams played 32 matches and Mumbai Indians team won 23 matches and lost only 9 matches against Kolkata Knight Riders.
SQUADS
Batting – Rohit Sharma, Tim David, Tilak Varma, Dewald Brevis, Nehal Wadhera, SuryaKuamr Yadav, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma.
Bowling – Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wod, Anshul Kamboj, Nuwan Thusara, Kwena Maphaka.
All Rounder – Hardik Pandya ©, Mohamamd Nabi, Shams Mulani, Shreyas Gopal, Kuamr Kartikeya, Arjun Tendulkar, Romario Shepherd.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Hardik Pandya, Nehal Wadhera, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Nabi, Nuwan Thusara, Piyush Chawla..
Substitutes-: Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Mohamamd Nabi.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Rohit Sharma | 4r, 8r, 6r, 36r, 105r. |
| Ishan Kishan | 32r, 20r, 0r, 8r, 23r. |
| SuryaKumar Yadav | 10r, 26r, 10r, 78r, 0r. |
| Tilak Varma | 7r, 63r, 65r, 34r, 31r. |
| Nehal Wadhera | 46r, 4r, 49r, 43r, 109r. |
| Hardik Pandya | 0+2W, 46+0W, 10+0W, 10+1W, 2+2W. |
| Tim David | 32r, 14r, 13r, 42r, 11r. |
| Mohammad Nabi | 1+1W, 7+1W, 23+0W, 0W, 4+0W. |
| Gerald Coetzee | 1W, 0W, 3W, 1W, 1W. |
| Piyush Chawla | 1W, 1W, 1W, 0W, 0W. |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 0W, 1W, 0W, 3W, 0W. |
| Nuwan Thusara | 1W, 0W, 0W, 5W, 0W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON WANKHEDE STADIUM (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Rohit Sharma | 75 INNINGS – 2212 RUNS. |
| Ishan Kishan | 25 INNINGS – 621 RUNS. |
| SuryaKumar Yadav | 29 INNINGS – 925 RUNS. |
| Tilak Varma | 12 INNINGS – 270 RUNS. |
| Nehal Wadhera | 4 INNINGS – 73 RUNS. |
| Hardik Pandya | 37 INNINGS – 666 RUNS – 25 WICKETS. |
| Tim David | 21 INNINGS – 301 RUNS. |
| Mohammad Nabi | 5 INNINGS – 49 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Gerald Coetzee | 4 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Piyush Chawla | 16 INNINGS – 12 WICKETS. |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 40 INNINGS – 46 WICKETS. |
| Nuwan Thusara | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS KKR (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS KKR |
| Rohit Sharma | 20r, 2r, 3r, 33r, 43r. |
| Ishan Kishan | 58r, 51r, 14r, 14r, 1r. |
| SuryaKumar Yadav | 43r, 52r, 5r, 56r, 10r. |
| Tilak Varma | 30r, 6r, 38r. |
| Nehal Wadhera | 6r. |
| Hardik Pandya | 26r, 67r, 15r, 21r, 18r. |
| Tim David | 24r, 13r. |
| Mohammad Nabi | 14+2W, 11+0W. |
| Gerald Coetzee | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Piyush Chawla | 1W, 0W, 0W, 2W, 3W. |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 5W, 0W, 3W, 0W, 1W. |
| Nuwan Thusara | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS KKR (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS KKR |
| Rohit Sharma | 31 INNINGS – 1040 RUNS – 43.3 AVG. |
| Ishan Kishan | 7 INNINGS – 204 RUNS. |
| SuryaKumar Yadav | 10 INNINGS – 380 RUNS – 47 AVG. |
| Tilak Varma | 3 INNINGS – 74 RUNS. |
| Nehal Wadhera | 1 INNING – 6 RUNS. |
| Hardik Pandya | 12 INNINGS – 392 RUNS – 11 WICKETS. |
| Tim David | 2 INNINGS – 37 RUNS. |
| Mohammad Nabi | 2 INNINGS – 25 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Gerald Coetzee | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Piyush Chawla | 12 INNINGS – 11 WICKETS. |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 16 INNINGS – 20 WICKETS. |
| Nuwan Thusara | NOT PLAYED YET. |
KKR TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
KEY POINTS
- Kolkata Knight Riders team performed well in this season and won 6 matches and lost 3 matches out of 9 matches and second position in point table.
- Last match played between Kolkata Knight Riders & Mumbai Indian, Kolkata Knight Riders team failed to defend the total of 185 runs and lost the match by 5 wickets.
- Philip Salt has scored 392 runs in 9 innings with a 49+ average in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Andre Russell has scored 179 runs and also taken 9 wickets in 9 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Sunil Narine has scored 372 runs with a help of 1 century & 2 half centuries and also taken 11 wickets in 9 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Harshit Rana has taken 11 wickets in 8 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Varun Chakravarthy has taken 11 wickets in 11 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Mitchell Starc has taken 7 wickets in 8 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- In the last match Kolkata Knight Rider team successfully chased the total of 153 runs and won the match by 7 wickets against Delhi Capitals.
- Philip Salt Scored 68 runs in 33 balls with the help of 7 fours & 5 sixes, Shreyas Iyer scored 33 runs & Venkatesh Iyer scored 26 runs in the previous match against Delhi Capitals.
- Varun Chakravarthy took 3 wickets, Vaibhav Arora & Harshita Rana took 2-2 wickets and Mitchell Starc & Narine 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against Delhi Capitals.
- Both teams played 32 matches and Kolkata Knight Riders team won 09 matches and lost 23 matches against Mumbai Indians.
SQUADS
Batting – Philip Slat (wk), Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer ©, Nitish Rana, Sakib Hussain, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Srikar Bharat (wk).
Bowling – Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy, Chetan Sakaraia, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Dushmantha Chameera.
All Rounder – Sherfane Rutherford, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Angkridh Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer ©, Andrish Raghuvan, Ramndeep Singh, Rinku SIngh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora.
Substitutes – : Suyash Sharma, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Philip Salt | 68r, 75r, 48r, 10r, 89r. |
| Sunil Narine | 15+1W, 71+1W, 10+2W, 109+2W, 6+1W. |
| Angkrish Raghavan | 3r, 30r, 7r, 24r, 54r. |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 26r, 39r, 16r, 8r, 3r. |
| Shreyas Iyer | 33r, 28r, 50r, 11r, 38r. |
| Ramandeep Singh | 6r, 24r, 1r, 13r, 2r. |
| Rinku Singh | 11r, 5r, 24r, 20r, 9r. |
| Andre Rsusell | 0W, 24+0W, 27+3W, 13+0W, 10+0W. |
| Mitchell Starc | 1W, 1W, 0W, 3W, 0W. |
| Vaibhav Arora | 2W, 1W, 1W, 2W, 3W. |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 3W, 0W, 1W, 2W, 1W. |
| Harshit Rana | 2W, 0W, 2W, 2W, 0W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON WANKHEDE STADIUM (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Philip Salt | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sunil Narine | 14 INNINGS – 30 RUNS – 13 WICKETS. |
| Angkrish Raghavan | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 4 INNINGS – 129 RUNS. |
| Shreyas Iyer | 7 INNINGS – 184 RUNS. |
| Ramandeep Singh | 3 INNINGS – 27 RUNS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Rinku Singh | 4 INNINGS – 87 RUNS. |
| Andre Rsusell | 9 INNINGS – 187 RUNS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Mitchell Starc | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
| Vaibhav Arora | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 5 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Harshit Rana | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS MI (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS MI |
| Philip Salt | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sunil Narine | 0W, 0W, 0W, 1W, 1W. |
| Angkrish Raghavan | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 104r, 43r, 50r, 53r. |
| Shreyas Iyer | 6r, 10r, 33r, 65r, 12r. |
| Ramandeep Singh | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Rinku Singh | 18r, 23r, 4r, 5r. |
| Andre Russell | 21+0W, 9+2W, 11+0W, 0W, 9+5W. |
| Mitchell Starc | 1W, 0W, 2W. |
| Vaibhav Arora | 1W. |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 1W, 1W, 1W, 0W, 1W. |
| Harshit Rana | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS MI (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS MI |
| Philip Salt | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sunil Narine | 21 INNINGS – 43 RUNS – 23 WICKETS. |
| Angkrish Raghavan | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 4 INNINGS – 250 RUNS – 83.3 AVG. |
| Shreyas Iyer | 16 INNINGS – 375 RUNS. |
| Ramandeep Singh | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Rinku Singh | 4 INNINGS – 50 RUNS. |
| Andre Rsusell | 16 INNINGS – 224 RUNS – 13 WICKETS. |
| Mitchell Starc | 3 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Vaibhav Arora | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 6 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Harshit Rana | NOT PLAYED YET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 31
- MI WIN – 23
- KKR WIN – 09
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – P. Salt, I. Kishan.
BATSMEN – R. Sharma, S. Yadav, T. Varma, S. Iyer.
ALL-ROUNDERS – S. Nariner, A. Russell, H. Pandya.
BOWLERS – J. Bumrah, G. Coetzee.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – P. Salt, I. Kishan.
BATSMEN – R. Sharma, S. Yadav, T. David, T. Varma/N. Wadhera.
ALL-ROUNDERS – S. Nariner, A. Russell, H. Pandya.
BOWLERS – J. Bumrah, V. Chakravarthy.
BACK-UPS – R. Singh, M. Nabi, N. Wadhera.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – S. Narine, P. Salt.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – R. Sharma, A. Russell.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.