The 14th Match of the IPL 2022 is scheduled to take place between last season’s runner up, Kolkata Knight Riders and the team with most IPL trophies, Mumbai Indians. The contest will be held on 6th April at MCA Stadium, Pune.
KKR is currently at the 2nd spot on the table with 2 wins so far while MI is struggling at the 9th spot with no win in 2 matches.
Kolkata Knight Riders is having a good season under the new skipper Shreyas Iyer. The star of KKR’s last season, Venkatesh Iyer has cemented his spot at the top of the batting line up and the newly signed Ajinkya Rahane along with him looks in decent form.
Explosive all-rounder Andre Russell, who was retained by the team before the auction, has come into form in the last match where he smashed 70 runs off 31 balls and picked a wicket as well.
A great news for KKR camp is that Aussie red-ball skipper Pat Cummins is available to play in this match after returning from Pakistan. With Tim Southee in good form since the last 2 matches, Sunil Narine might have to make way for Pat Cummins to complete the 4 overseas players quota.
Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings (wk), Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Pat Cummins, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Mavi
Player | Matches | Runs | Average |
---|---|---|---|
Ajinkya Rahane | 154 | 4006 | 31.30 |
Venkatesh Iyer | 13 | 399 | 33.25 |
Shreyas Iyer | 90 | 2434 | 31.61 |
Nitish Rana | 80 | 1851 | 27.63 |
Andre Russell | 87 | 1795 | 30.42 |
Sam Billings | 25 | 397 | 18.90 |
Player | Matches | Wickets | Economy |
---|---|---|---|
Umesh Yadav | 124 | 127 | 8.41 |
Tim Southee | 45 | 36 | 8.60 |
Andre Russell | 87 | 74 | 9.11 |
Varun Chakravarthy | 34 | 38 | 6.73 |
Pat Cummins | 37 | 38 | 8.24 |
Shivam Mavi | 28 | 26 | 8.56 |
Hailed as the top IPL team, Mumbai Indians have been struggling since last season, after they failed to make it to the play-offs. Their average form is continuing in this season as well as they have lost the first two matches and now the 3rd match is against the in-form KKR.
Ishan Kishan, who was the most expensive purchase at the mega auction, is proving his worth with his good form. In 2 matches, he has scored 135 runs. Rohit Sharma is yet to play a big knock to get into his old IPL form.
The absence of Suryakumar Yadav has been felt in the 2 matches but now he has fully recovered from the injury and might play this match. Tilak Varma has surprised everyone with his fine batting skills, he smashed 61 runs off just 33 balls in the last match.
The all-rounders Kieron Pollard, Tim David and Daniel Sams have been disappointing for the team so far and the void left by Hardik Pandya is being felt.
With Bumrah trying to get back in form, MI is definitely missing his partner in crime Trent Boult.
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills, Basil Thampi
Player | Matches | Runs | Average |
---|---|---|---|
Rohit Sharma | 215 | 5662 | 31.11 |
Ishan Kishan | 63 | 1587 | 30.52 |
Suryakumar Yadav | 114 | 2341 | 29.26 |
Tilak Varma | 2 | 83 | 41.50 |
Kieron Pollard | 180 | 3293 | 29.67 |
Player | Matches | Wickets | Economy |
---|---|---|---|
Jasprit Bumrah | 108 | 133 | 7.43 |
Basil Thampi | 22 | 20 | 9.96 |
Kieron Pollard | 180 | 66 | 8.83 |
Tymal Mills | 7 | 9 | 8.62 |
Murugan Ashwin | 36 | 28 | 7.79 |
Daniel Sams | 7 | 1 | 9.31 |