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Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Predictions - Varma to derail Knight Riders

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 02 May 2024

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Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders tips for Thursday’s IPL group clash (04:00 PM SAST)
Tilak Varma has scored 63 & 65 runs in his last three innings.
Can the Knight Riders pick up just their second win at the Wankhede in the history of the IPL?

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Tilak Varma cuts against Lucknow Super Giants. (credit: Arun Sankar / Getty Images)

Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Predictions

Mumbai are stuck near the bottom of the table after losing four of their last five matches, but their record at the Wankhede Stadium will hopefully spark them back to winning ways. The Knight Riders are second on the table and will be eager to consolidate that place for the play-offs. Their win/loss ratio over their last six match is 3:3, so they desperately need to find a greater degree of consistency.

Mumbai Indians’ Tilak Varma (343 runs) is 11th in the IPL runs list.
Mumbai Indians’ Tim David has scored 37 & 35* in his last 2 innings.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Phil Salt has scored 89*, 48, 75 & 68 in his last 5 innings.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Sunil Narine has scored 109 & 71 in his last 4 innings.

Head-to-Head

The Knight Riders have won three of the last four matches between the two sides. Mumbai won the last match between them, in April last year.

Mumbai Indians Form

After beating Punjab Kings by nine runs, Mumbai lost their next three matches on the bounce.

Their most recent match was against Lucknow Super Giants, who restricted Mumbai to 144/7 off their 20 overs. Nehal Wadhera top-scored with 46 off 41 balls.

The Super Giants hit their target with four balls and four wickets in hand, despite good bowling from Hardik Pandya (2/26, econ 6.50).

Mumbai Indians Team News

Mumbai Indians need to improve their batting and bowling and are likely to make some changes to their squad ahead of this clash.

Kolkata Knight Riders Form

The Knight Riders’ last six matches have seen them yo-yo between winning and losing. After losing to the Punjab Kings, the Knight Riders won their next match against Delhi Capitals by seven wickets.

The Capitals were restricted to 153/9 off their 20 overs. Varun Chakravarthy was the pick of the bowling, returning figures of 3/16 (econ 4.00).

The Knight Riders raced to the win off 16.3 overs and with seven wickets in hand. Phil Salt hit five sixes in his match-winning innings of 68 off 33 balls.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team News

Kolkata Knight Riders are in good form but they will be looking for greater consistency from their batters and bowlers.

Verdict

Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders

I am backing Mumbai Indians to win. I am also backing Tilak Varma to top score for Mumbai Indians.

Phil Salt is a good bet to top score for the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Mumbai Indians win

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