Indian T20 League 2024: Mumbai vs Kolkata, Match 51 - MPL Opinio Prediction

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Mumbai (MUM) will face Kolkata (KOL) in the 51st match of the Indian T20 League 2024 on Friday (May 3) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Kolkata have won six out of nine games and are in second place in the points tally. Mumbai have managed just three wins in 10 outings and are in second-last position.

Kolkata defeated Delhi in their last outing by seven wickets after chasing down the target of 154 runs in 16.3 overs. Mumbai have lost their last three matches. Their last loss came at the hands of Lucknow. Lucknow chased down the target of 146 runs in 19.2 overs with four wickets in hand. 

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MUM vs KOL Head-to-Head Record: 

Mumbai and Kolkata have played a total of 32 matches against each other so far in the Indian T20 League. Mumbai have won 23 out of these 32 games, while Kolkata have won just nine matches. Kolkata have won three out of the last five matches against Mumbai and have lost nine out of 10 matches at the Wankhede Stadium. They last won a match at the Wankhede Stadium against Mumbai back in the 2012 season. 

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MUM vs KOL Probable Playing XIs

Mumbai:

Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah 

Kolkata:

Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Varun Chakaravarthy 

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Wankhede Stadium Pitch Report 

The average first innings score in the last 10 T20 matches at the Wankhede Stadium has been 155 runs. The surface might provide a decent amount of support to both batters and bowlers. Both pacers and spinners are likely to equally effective here. The team winning the toss might look to chase.

MUM vs KOL Key Player Battles

Philip Salt vs Mumbai’s bowlers 

Salt has been one of the best batters for Kolkata this season and will be expected to provide a fiery start once again. Salt has scored 26 runs off 17 deliveries against Mohammad Nabi in T20s since 2020. He has the batting strike rate of 175 against Gerald Coetzee. 

Sunil Narine vs Mumbai’s batters 

Narine has picked 23 wickets in 21 innings against Mumbai at an average of 24.5, an economy of 6.86, and a strike rate of 21.4. He has dismissed Rohit Sharma on eight occasions in T20s. He has conceded just 20 runs off 22 deliveries against Tim David. 

Rohit Sharma vs Kolkata’s bowlers 

Rohit has scored 1040 runs in 31 innings against Kolkata at an average of 43.3 and a strike rate of 130.2. He has a strike rate of 106.6 against Narine. He has scored 97 runs off 60 deliveries against Andre Russell. 

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Jasprit Bumrah vs Kolkata’s batters 

Bumrah has picked 20 wickets in 16 innings against Kolkata at an average of 23. Bumrah has dismissed Russell on four occasions in 44 deliveries. He has dismissed Narine once in five deliveries.