The two of the past IPL champions; KKR and MI, having won the tournaments twice in the history of IP, will fight it out at the Qualifier 2 later tonight in Bangalore. Whoever wins today will go straight to the IPL finale to meet RPS for the title match. KKR are coming fresh into this game after their thumping victory against the defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Thursday on this very pitch.
KKR might be having a dreadful record against Mumbai Indians at IPL, but they are surely playing sublimely this year. MI have defeated KKR at both home and away matches against the KKR, but Gautam Gambhir knows it very well how to bounce back at the right time. In the first match at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Hardik Pandya hit explosive 29 off 11 balls, while guiding his team to a fantastic win when men-in-blue still needed 60 runs from the last 4 overs.
KKR Vs MI Live Score Match 59th Vivo Ipl 10 2017 Qualifier-2
Then again, at another close match in Eden Gardens, MI restricted KKR from scoring the last 9 runs snatching another victory from team Kolkata. However, tonight’s qualifier 2 match is completely different, and if KKR gets better of MI then Rohit Sharma’s team will be ousted from the tournament. No doubt, it is literally a semi-final between MI Vs KKR.
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Team News for Mumbai Indians (MI)
Mumbai Indians have a strong batting line-up including two of its finest openers; Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel. Then in the middle order, the team has a good combination of experienced pinch hitters like Rohit Sharma, Rayudu, Kierron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya and Harbhajan Singh.
Mumbai Indians are in commanding position right now with 10 victories in their kitty. Their bowling is clicking well too. Tonight, the bowling combination of the MI team will have the likes of Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell McClenaghan and Hardik Pandya spearheading the MI’s bowling attack.
However, Mumbai faced a shocking defeat at Qualifier 1 against its neighbor Pune, which might have demoralized them to some extent for sure. Mumbai needs to start afresh tonight with an aim to beat KKR and head to final.
Match Details:
Match: MI vs KKR, Qualifier 2, Indian Premier League, 2017
Date: Friday, May 19, 2017
Third Umpire: Nitin Menon
Probable Playing XI of MI
Mumbai Indians (MI): Lendl Simmons, Parthiv Patel (Wicket Keeper), Rohit Sharma (Captain), Krunal Pandya, Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, ) , Karn Sharma, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah.
Team News for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
KKR’s top order batsmen are in outstanding form this series. Starting from Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa to Yusuf Pathan, all of them are playing superbly these days. KKR will expect one more match-winning performance from them. KKR must be eyeing to pit down MI as early as possible in tonight’s match so that Rohit Sharma and Co. won’t get any chance to outplay them.
Manish Pandey’s absence might hurt KKR, but Ishan Jaggi is likely to give a solid performance tonight. KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir is also in a dazzling form with 486 runs in his kitty. He is in red-hot form and likely to play well against Mumbai also.
KKR’s bowling will spin around Nathan Coulter-Nile, Umesh Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav and Sunil Narine. KKR’s bowlers need to play aggressive cricket tonight to trouble Mumbai more and stop their free-flow scoring.
Probable Playing XI of KKR
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Gautam Gambhir (Capt), Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa (Wicket Keeper), Piyush Chawla, Ishan Jaggi, Yusuf Pathan, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav and Surya Kumar Yadav, Coulter-Nile, Boult.
Match Result Prediction:
Kolkata Knight Riders 40%
Mumbai Indians 60%
Who Win Won The Match 🙂 🙂
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