Defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) will take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their eighth match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi tonight.
Mumbai Indians with 10 points from 7 matches is at second position and are on a 4-match winning streak and will look to extend it. Their batsmen as well as bowlers are doing a fine job. Quinton de Kock, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard are in good form and the likes of Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya have contributed as well.
In bowling, Trent Boult is doing good job with the new ball and Jasprit Bumrah is taking care of middle and death overs. Although spinners have been average but now they should come good as pitches are getting slower.
On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders have 8 points from 7 matches and are coming after a big 82-run loss at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore and will look to bounce back. First of all they need to stick with a fixed batting order and the likes of Eoin Morgan and Andre Russell should bat in top five so they can get set to play bigger innings and Dinesh Karthik should play finisher's role.
In bowling, Pat Cummins has bowled decently in the last three-four matches but he needs to take wickets upfront. In spin, Varun Chakravarthy is doing well and in the absence of Sunil Narine who was reported for a suspect action, wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav may come in.
All the major stats and facts ahead of the 32nd match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi :
Head to Head in IPL -
Matches - 26
Mumbai Indians won - 20
Kolkata Knight Riders won - 6
2 - Pat Cummins has taken only 2 wickets at an average of 111.0 in 7 matches of this IPL season so far.
11 - Jasprit Bumrah has taken only 11 wickets in 11 matches against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL.
50 - Trent Boult needs 1 more wicket to complete 50 wickets in Indian Premier League.
71 - Andre Russell has scored only 71 runs in 6 innings of this IPL season with a highest score of 24.
904 - Rohit Sharma has scored 904 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL - the most by any batsman.
3000 - Kieron Pollard needs 71 more runs to achieve the milestone of 3000 IPL runs.
4000 - Rohit Sharma needs 56 more runs to score 4000 runs for Mumbai Indians in IPL.
