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Hello and welcome to India.com‘s coverage of Indian Premier league match number 54 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians. Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians are through to playoffs while Knight Riders are almost certain but yet to confirm their place. So the home side will take the field with an eye on next round. Stay tuned for KKR vs MI IPL match live score updates.
With 16 points from 13 matches, KKR are in a comfortable place among the four teams, apart from Mumbai Indians, to advance to the playoffs thanks to their superior run rate. All the permutations favour Knight Riders to make it to last four, however, the Gautam Gambhir-led side will be keen to do things themselves and confirm the place in next round. Also Check- IPL 2017 LIVE Streaming Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, will be eyeing to take top spot on the IPL 2017 points table. The side suffered a defeat in their last encounter against Kings XI Punjab and will be looking to bounce back ahead of the all-important playoffs.
This will be the 20th match between these two teams. MI dominate the head to head record with 14 wins while KKR have emerged victorious in just five matches. These two sides met earlier in the tournament and MI won that match by four wickets. Also Read- MI take on KKR in battle for No. 1
Likely Playing XIs:
KKR: Gautam Gambhir (c) , Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa (wk), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Colin de Grandhomme, Chris Woakes, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Umesh Yadav, Ankit Rajpoot.
MI: Lendl Simmons, Parthiv Patel (wk), Nitish Rana, Rohit Sharma (c), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Karn Sharma/Krunal Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah.
Mumbai Indians win by nine runs! Fantastic win for MI. They now seal the top spot on IPL 2017 points table. KKR despite defeat qualify for playoffs.
Mumbai Indians win by nine runs! Fantastic win for MI. They now seal the top spot on IPL 2017 points table. KKR despite defeat qualify for playoffs.
11 needed off one ball
11 needed off one ball
Another dot ball, 11 needed off two balls
Dot ball! 11 needed off three balls
KKR need a big hit here
Two runs on the second ball, 11 needed off four balls
Single on first ball, 13 needed off five balls
Single on first ball, 13 needed off five balls
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