IPL 2022: Live Streaming Of Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians - Where To Watch Live, Team News, Head-to-head, Likely Playing XIs

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The Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, IPL match will?be telecast live on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star?Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 HD Hindi, Star Sports 1 Tamil,?Star Sports 1 Telugu, Star Sports 1 Kannada, Star Sports?Select 1 and Star Sports Select 1 HD. Fans can also stream?the KKR vs MI clash live on Disney+ Hotstar.

Mumbai Indians, notorious for their their slow starts, are at it?again. They lost to Delhi Capitals by four wickets then failed?to chase down Rajasthan Royals' 193/8, losing the match by?23 runs. It's not all gloom and doom for the most-successful?side in IPL yet. But MI need a good win before it's too late. And?Kolkata Knight Riders present them that opportunity. They?just love playing against the the team from Kolkata.

For KKR, a revenge outing against defending champions?Chennai Super Kings eased new captain Shreyas Iyer into the?job - a comfortable six-wicket win in the tournament opener.?But the two-time champions faltered against Royal Challengers Bangalore by three wickets. It was followed by a?big win against Punjab Kings. Iyer & Co looked confident.

TEAM NEWS

Kolkata Knight Riders: A very strong team with lots of match?winners! Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Tim?Southee, Nitish Rana and skipper Iyer will once again?play crucial roles. But the biggest revelation in the fledgling?campaign so far for KKR is Umesh Yadad. The pacer has done the job with?the ball, and KKR will hope for another good outing from the 34-year-old.

Mumbai Indias: Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah?and Tilak Verma are already in the IPL mood, but Mumbai?Indians will need others to step up if they are to beat a?flambouyant team like KKR. Keiron Pollard looked out of touch?in the last match; and in the absence of Suryakumar Yadav,?MI can't afford to have a big player like him go missing.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

This is one of the most lopsided fixtures in the IPL. Mumbai Indians have defeated Kolkata Knight Riders 22 times in 29 previous meetings. MI have won four and lost one in their last five matches head-to-head matches. One of KKR's seven wins against MI?came in the last?season.

KEY STATS

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma need five boundaries to become the fifth batter in IPL to hit 500 fours. His 495 fours have come in?210 innings of 215 matches.

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer has scored 359 runs at an average?of 32.63 and a strike rate of 117.32 in 14 innings against Mumbai Indians.?

VENUE AND PITCH

The KKR vs MI match on Wednesday will the third fixture at?MCA Stadium this season. In the first match at the venue,?Rajasthan Royals scored 210/6, then restricted Sunrisers?Hyderabad to 149/7 for a big win. In the second match, one of the IPL, debutants Gujarat Titans defended 171/6 against Delhi?Capitals (157/9).

MCA pitch, as of now, looks like a tailor-made batting top.?Expect another run feast. Their a caveat though. Both the?matches played so far here witnessed pacers like Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna,?Umran Malik T Natarajan, Lockie Ferguson, Mustafizur?Rahman, etc having their say too.

LIKELY PLAYING XIs

KKR Likely XI: Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings (wk) Andre Russell, Sunil?Narine, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav and Varun?Chakaravarthy.

MI Likely XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk),?Anmolpreet Singh, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Tim David,?Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills,?Basil Thampi.